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I hear that ringtone ringing through
A Luke Bryan song to let me know its you
That's calling

I see that picture pop up on my screen
It's that one from last summer of you and me
When I was falling

Why do I just let it ring through
Even though I know it's you

Once I was fallin fallin for you
Now it's we are just fallin fallin apart
Everything We say and everything we do
Just pushes me further from you

Can we just try try to love again
It is just too late to fall fall back in
Love for 2 hearts can we have a brand start
Or beginning of the end of me and you

Brothers Song (unfinished)

You walked me to my first day of school
You taught me what it meant to be cool
You gave me my first black eye
And was the only one on my side

You would hold me down and make your stand
Go running to mom when I was fighting mad
Together we found trouble and a little Jesus
We were baptized and still chasing demons

PreC?

Chorus
We were best friends bonded by blood
There was no man coming between us
But those girls caused more than one fight

We lived life thicker than thieves
And at the same time greatest enemies
And more than once you saved my life
This is the story of our life

Teenage years they came and quickly went
Life moved us both different directions
I took a wife and you took a job
We took off to find a place in this world

Now once in awhile I pick up my phone
 leave you a message after the tone
Our Busy lives keep us hypnotized
And running after much more


PreC?


Bridge
You have 2 daughters, I have 3 kids of my own
But sometimes I wanna go back to being 6 years old
Waking up each morning us in the same home
Life has caught us by surprise, this is the story of our lives

The Music In Me (unfinished)

She comes like a mistress that haunts me when I sleep
Whispers in my ear late at night while I dream
I have fought back temptation for all these years
But a volcano of passion erupts inside my ears

My heart matches the beat of that mental drum
At midnight I find that old guitar and begin to strum
While my wife lays asleep, I am tangled in melody
I've never heard
Tasting the sweet kiss of every word

Chorus

Your notes they keep me guessing
I find sweet release in your harmony
You're my hidden lover in midnight meeting
Your melody is setting me free



Like the warmth of a visit from an old friend
You knock on my hearts door once again
She is the lover that I just can't let go
Feeling alive with inside with every note

I sing, I write and I play
My songs stay hidden away
I strum, I write and I sing
No one knows that we meet
...the music in me...


Bridge idea:
She allows me to feel when the world has made me numb
Gave voice to the words I could never say on my own
You helped me to see
The music in me

Home

When you find where home is
You build the life of your dreams
Let nothing come in between
Let never rip at the seams

When you find where you belong
You open up your heart
Hold it tight and love it strong
Hold her close in your arms

When you find a place in this world
You stake a piece if ground
Start family build a house
What was lost has finally been found

Pre chorus
I have ran for my past
Seen my reflection
Through broken glass
But never trusted until
You crossed my path

When you see through another's eyes
Its when love catches by surprise
Your dreams are all realized
And you know that you are
Finally Home

Nashville Tonight

She hopped a greyhound bus
as mama kissed her forehead
Said baby chase your dreams
Don't do things you will regret

She packed a red suitcase
Grandpa's flat top six string
A notebook full of songs
And a head full of dreams

She giving it all her might
She'll be in Nashville tonight

Chorus:
What happens here doesn't stay here
It's small town with Big City lights
Saturday morning bloggers will post
 the mistakes of Friday night

She walks the streets eyes wide
Taking in all the Music City sights
Puts her name on the list
She'll be singing at Tootsies tonight

She's in Nashville tonight

She has a Hollywood smile
And an Oklahoma heart
A pair of Tony Lama boots
Wearing her black mini skirt

She'll sing Shania just right
She's in Nashville tonight


Chorus:
What happens here doesn't stay here
It's small town with Big City lights
Saturday morning bloggers will post
the mistakes of a Friday night

She walks the streets eyes wide
Taking in all the Music City sights
Puts her name on the list
She'll be singing her songs at Tootsies
In Nashville tonight

Bridge:
Mama calls her on phone
Says girl when you coming home
And tell me is everything alright
There in Nashville tonight...

Jennifer's Song

Anytime I hear Bon Jovi sing
I'm taken back to a front porch swing
A Polaroid of  when I was a child of 11
You were a  woman of 13

I was in innocent childhood lust
Chased by whispers of your past
It was just enough to be holding hands,
Leaning close and sharing a laugh

Chorus
It was the butterflies in the belly
Sharing summer nights in July
You were my very first love
And we chased after fireflies

To me you will always be
In a yellow striped tee
Sitting next to me sharing
The best almost kiss of my life

It was 5 years later, my phone would ring
I was caught by surprise with your voice
You were going to be a bride at 16
Broke my heart telling me he was your choice

I was there dressed up in black
You were in white and stood by his side
As I took your hand one last time
Danced you around the floor
And shared one last laugh


And STILL____

It was the butterflies in the belly
Sharing summer nights in July
It was my very first love
And chasing after fireflies

To me you will always be
In a yellow striped tee
Sitting next to me sharing
The best almost kiss of my life

You out there somewhere listening to this song
Shattered by your choices, maybe even singing along
Wondering what took me so long
Jenny this is your song...

Not alone

Dark clouds on a black night
Starless sky, alone again tonight
Bedroom, radio, glass of wine
Your picture, sad song plays on

Just when I thought it was done
Your face comes up in my phone
But tonight I'm not alone

I might be lonely but I am not alone
No not alone
I might be broken, I might be hurting
But not alone, not alone

Good friends, Friday night
Lots of laugh and a glass of wine
Loud bar, flirty brown eyes
And that downtown band plays on

Just when I thought it was done
Your face comes up on my phone
But tonight I'm not alone

I might be hurting but I am not alone
No not alone
I might be missing you tonight
But not alone, no not alone

I am one day closer to being over you
And what I do know is that I am
Not alone, no not alone

Refuge

I am hidden in you
Behind your wings
Protected by your love
Guarded by your grace

In you I find my rest
In you there is peace
My uncertainty is assured
In the safety of your love

Chaos I find and finds me
When security is what I seek
Chased by the lions of this life,
I run to the shelter of you

My refuge, my safe place
In the middle of life's storms
In the eye of the hurricane
You protect me

You Carry On

When I'm too heavy,

When life is too much to take

You carry me on

When I'm too much for us both

Your patience is long

You carry me on

You carry all my sins and still love

To move me past my past

You carry all my weakness

To make me stronger than I could ever be
Without YOU

When my love comes and goes

When I am cold as stone
You carry me on

When you love and I leave
When I come back heart in hand
You carry me on

You carry all my sins and still love
To move me past my past
You carry all my weaknesses
To make me stronger than I could ever be
Without YOU

It's not fair to ask you to bear all this load
I would leave, never come back, ask me to go
So Girl you can carry on, carry on
Without Me

On My Way

I left a girl in the music city
For a show in Little Rock
Down a two lane road to Biloxi
For a gig at the Hard Rock

I hit the road chasing a dream
In hopes of finding my heart's peace
Making music of the melodies in my mind
In every little bar in the South

(pre-chorus)
They say my stock is rising
They say I'm gonna hit the chart
Girl this is just the start

(Chorus)
They are calling my name.
    I'm on my way
They need me on the stage
   I'm on my way
Girl, can't you just see me on that walk of fame
   I'm on my way

The road gets cold and lonely
One more night, one more stage
Another smoke filled tavern
Not sure they even know my name

Above the noise of the bar
I still her voice saying
    Come home, boy come home (female vocal)
                                  (I'm on my way)

The Invisible Man

I walk on this stage every day
Just in hopes of capturing your gaze
But you look right through me

I pause, I walk, I move your direction
You stare in the looking glass, but miss my reflection
You only see you and never me


You're in the spotlight
I am in the background
Your star shines bright
I am the one making the sound

Your voice brings joy and pain
While I am a man in the band
You live and die off all the fame
And I remain the invisible man

Like fragile China you're easily broken
The tabloid voices all have spoken
And once again you shatter

You may walk head held high
But I know your dying inside
You crumbling under all the glamour


You're in the spotlight
I am in the background
Your star shines bright
I am the one making the sound

Your voice brings joy and pain
While I am a man in the band
You live and die off all the fame
And I will stay the invisible man

Bring out the hurt in me

You're silence is deafening as you pass me by
Your eyes cold and distant, never meeting mine
It is like we never met, never shared this bed

The distance is great in our king size life
Your words sharp like daggers, cut like knives,
Girl is there anything of this love left

We don't fight, we don't speak
We don't shout, we don't scream
Then why all this space in between...

No broken picture frames
There are no holes in the wall
As a matter of fact,
We don't seem to talk at all,
But everything about you
Brings out the hurt in me

I look at the image of you in white
On that day we were all smiles
I never guessed this is where we would be

Is there a chance that our love lives on
Can we find what we once had
Girl can you ever again love me


No broken picture frames
There are no holes in the wall
As a matter of fact,
We don't talk at all,
But everything about you
Brings out the hurt in me

Eastwood

Dirty Harry on a Friday night
Delivery pizza, cold Bud Light
Just you and me at your place

You get a funny look on your face
Point your finger start to say
Boy, go ahead and make my day

I've been waiting for oh so long
For the right moment to come along
Just so girl I could say

Make your day, make your night
Make it last the rest of our lives
Make love, make it right
Girl, I wanna make you my wife
So every morning I can hear you say
Go ahead and make my day.

I think I caught her by surprise
Tears well up in baby blue eyes
And left her without a word to say

Finally when she caught her breath
She looked at me and she said
Boy, go ahead and make my day


Make my day, make my night
Make it last the rest of our lives
Make love, make it right
Boy I wanna be your wife
So every morning I can  say
Boy, go ahead and make my day.

Point that 44 at my heart
Pull the trigger, blow it apart


Make your day, make your night
Make it last the rest of our lives
Make love, make it right
Girl, I wanna make you my wife
So every morning I can hear you say
Go ahead and make my day.

Where Home Is

Been a vagabound, homeless
and out on the loose
Been a wanderer, lost
and man with worn out shoes
I've been out here on the fringes
This is where you go,
when you don't know where home is

I've been a drifter, a sailor
lost out at sea
I'm poet, a painter, a writer
lost in a mystery
I've been out here riding fences
This where you go,
when you don't know where home is

Where do you go___
When it's a cold shoulder and turning back
Where do you go___
When your train has jumped the track
When you have burned all your bridges
It's where you are
When you don't know where home is

When the world has left you all alone
When there is no place to call your own
When you can't go back home
Where do you go_____


Where do you go___
When it's a cold shoulder and turning back
Where do you go___
When your train has jumped the track
When you have burned all your bridges
It's where you are
When you don't know where home is

Been a vagabond...

Middle of Nowhere

Have you ever been to California
Watched water fall off the pallisaides
Stayed all day at the beach
To watch the sun set on Laguna Bay
Sailed the ocean to the middle of nowhere
Girl, I wanna take you there

Have you ever seen the sunrise
Over the a Smokey Mountain range
Spend a drunk Friday night
Singing the blues on Beale Street
Snuggled in the bed of truck in the middle of nowhere
Girl, I want to take you there

I'm California boy, You're Tennessee girl
Two different lives, two different worlds
Loves tangles us in a hot mess
(Chorus in progress)

We could be in an Oklahoma dust storm
Tornado alley on Midwest summer night
We could go from West coast to East
We could end up broke on any  ole' street
Even if it is right there in the middle of nowhere
Girl, I wanna take you there

First Kiss

Sunday morning sittin in Grandpa's yard
Sippin' more than lemonade out of a mason jar
I'd sit and listen to that old guitar
As grandpa sings

He strums and picks songs from his past
Talks of harder times and childhood laughs
But there's one memory that seems to out last
Every other thing

He stops his song, winks his eye
As his love passes by
He looks at me and says

(chorus)
Boy this may catch you by surprise
Of all the good things in my life
The one thing I will never forget
Is the sweet taste of that first kiss

We were just leavin' Johnson store
Where we been sippin' on cherry cokes
That sweet cherry bliss still on her lips
As I leaned to the taste of my very first kiss

He goes back to singing them ole songs
Grandma comes smilin' and humming along
You can see how there love is still so strong
As it every been

(chorus)
Says boy this may catch you by surprise
Of all the good things in my life
The one thing I will never forget
Is the sweet taste of that first kiss

We were just leavin' Johnson store
Where we been sippin' on cherry coke
That sweet bliss still on her lips
As I leaned for that first kiss