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Don't Leave Me Blue
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Don’t Leave Me Blue - by Jackson Emmer
I thought we had a good thing trust was all around.
Now you’ve gone and burned our sweet love to the ground.
I knew this day was coming But hoped it wasn’t true. Don’t leave me lonesome. Don’t leave me blue.
Don’t turn me loose
Don’t break my heart Don’t leave me scrambling for a brand new start. Don’t leave me searching for a love so true.
Don’t leave me lonesome Don’t leave me blue.
We used to hit the town about eight nights a week. Now you’re out with another and I can hardly sleep.
You told me that it’s over
I can’t believe it’s true. Don’t leave me lonesome. Don’t leave me blue.
Chorus
Bridge
Don’t leave me lonesome, Over here.
I’ma howlin’ at the moon, with the lovesick blues I’ma cryin’ in my beer.
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Dreamers and Fools
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Dreamers and Fools - by John Lilly and Jackson Emmer
She plays the guitar, writes her own songs.
Her kids and her girlfriends they all sing along.
She’ll be on the Opry before very long,
Thank God for Dreamers and Fools.
Thank God for Dreamers and Fools like you and me
hopeless romantics, wild-eyed wannabes
Taking their chances and breaking the rules,
Thank God for Dreamers and Fools.
For thirty-five years he had managed the store
Then he got fired, then got a divorce.
Now he’s moving to Fiji and buying a horse,
Thank God for Dreamers and Fools.
Chorus
He was a dachshund, and she a great dane.
How they will manage is hard to explain.
But where there’s a will there is always a way.
Thank God for Dreamers and Fools.
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At The Bottle Again
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At The Bottle Again - by Jackson Emmer and Mark Kilianski
stop me if you’ve heard this one, i’m at the bottle again
wound up, low down
laying in a gutter
with my only friend
i’ve got fifteen sours to my name and i ain’t gonna pay no rent stop me if you’ve heard this one i’m at the bottle again
walked into the double crown on a rainy monday night some folks call it
living in sin,
i call it living right.
don’t answer to no one
or tell ‘em where i’ve been,
stop me if you’ve heard this one i’m at the bottle again
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drinking and a’ gamblin’ and a’ running around i do just what i want
i may not spend it pretty
but the money’s all my own.
gonna stop and sit down at the bar have me one or ten
stop me if you’ve heard this one i’m at the bottle again
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it may sound familiar
it may break your heart.
i don’t need to make a home, i’m living bar to bar.
i don’t give a good god damn
if you don’t comprehend.
stop me if you’ve heard this one i’m at the bottle again
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Flowers
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Flowers - by Jackson Emmer and Olivia Siegel
You don’t get home quick and hold me tight.
What kind of man works late on a Saturday night? I got all gussied up, but what for?
Cause you don’t bring me flowers anymore.
You don’t bring me flowers anymore.
You don’t steal a kiss on the ol’ dance floor. We only go on dates to the hardware store, cause you don’t bring me flowers anymore.
Better days surely came and went.
Now we’re just a’fussin’ ‘bout the rent.
I used to have the blues, and you my cure. But you don’t bring me flowers anymore.
Chorus
Late last night I peered into your dreams, no not a single one included me.
So finally, I’m walking out your door
Cause you don’t bring me flowers anymore.
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Hold Me
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Hold Me - by Jackson Emmer
timid as a high school dance
shaking like a leaf on a tree
first kiss was the first thing on the list
for you and me.
now that it's gone
tension has moved on
you've got an easy way of laying hands on me
hold me,
hold me,
when the sun goes down.
doesn’t matter how you count.
was it days or years?
sometimes people feel like angels
others, wild steers
desert stars and cowboy bars
highways ‘cross the plains.
you can take me anywhere,
you're the rails, and i'm the train.
chorus
every night our little toes
tango ‘low the sheets
sure, the blanket's working fine
but i prefer your heat
now that you’re near
tell it in my ear
true love’s hit me once before
but now the feeling's clear
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Hot Mess
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Hot Mess - by Jackson Emmer
i want you, but you turned me down. said you’ve got another lover,
and he’s sticking around.
he don’t make you happy, but nothing does.
you’re a hot mess, honey and I’m so in love.
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say you want to be friends and nothing more.
but you keep me on the phone ’til a quarter to four.
got me on my knees like a lowdown dog,
I love you honey, don’t string me along.
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tell me all the ways he’s letting you down. i’m here for you now, and i’m sticking around.
Tell me mama
have you heard the news? I’m datin’ round town
just to get to you.
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Jukebox
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Jukebox - by Jackson Emmer
I miss the old days
with a jukebox on.
Plastic buttons
play your favorite song. Nostalgia is here to stay.
The world was sweet, yesterday.
Atari, Mario- Wasted days
oh how the time would go.
What a shame! What a shame!
The old folks say,
we used to have some fun back in the good ole’ days.
Do you remember passing time? Do you remember
what you could get for a dime?
Many moons have come around
since first I heard
the juke-juke sound.
Fall in love, or change the world- sparked by the juke givin’ records a twirl.
Do you remember passing time? Do you remember
what you could get for a dime?
Traveled far, traveled wide.
Still never had a boss I liked.
Kick my feet up at the end of the day, listen to the songs that jukebox play.
I miss the old days
with a jukebox on.
Plastic buttons
play your favorite song. Nostalgia is here to stay.
The world was sweet, yesterday.
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Making Eggs
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Making Eggs - by Jackson Emmer
I bet you know that person
who woke up in second grade,
i know what i’m doing
with my life, and all today
they often study latin
foreign policy and kant,
color coded planners
they work for what they want
oh dang.
so self assured.
they plan their life and death
just as soon as they are born.
oh dang.
i’m on the skids.
you woke up and changed the world,
while i’m just making eggs.
some folks work for paychecks
some just work for love.
i’m stuck in the middle,
counting singles,
stacking ones
their brains are always turning
like the hands of grandpa’s clock.
inching towards a grand design
they know just what they want.
chorus
from tiburon to texas,
i’ve seen some things, i guess.
some folks have the fire
some folks are just a mess.
don’t let it bring you down
don’t let if break your yoke.
better living as an ember
than to just go up in smoke.
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My Love For You Texas
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My Love For You Texas - by Jackson Emmer
send for my mother,
tell her it’s true.
i’m moving to Texas
please, don’t be blue.
down to el paso
south to big bend,
back up to marfa
i’ll rest in midland.
I grew up rambling, looking for home
i think i’ve found it sing, yipee kai yo
oh what a vision!
oh what a state!
my love for you, Texas, grows bigger each day.
some folks are lucky,
born where they belong.
others must find it
if it takes all life long.
i’ve had enough
of cold weather and pines.
take me to Texas
and show me the sky.
chorus
willie and lyle,
bob wills and the boys,
music from texas
always brings me joy.
let’s not forget
the others we love:
beyonce, joe ely
selena and ZZ
son volt and hopkins
mendoza, scott joplin.
george jones and george strait
and flaco jimenez
and REK and SRV and
TVZ and leadbelly
t bone walker and gene autry
and waylon, janis, buddy, bopper, mance and tex, and gary clark jr, norah jones, stoney larue, meat loaf, and st vincent, reverend horton heat, roy orbison, and erykah badu!
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Time
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Time - by Jackson Emmer and Olivia Siegel
Times they are ‘a changin’
Bobby said it best.
Cadillacs and two-cent coke,
cowboys way out west.
Seems the past and present
are going toe to toe.
I cannot slow the hands of time,
feels good letting go.
Time. Time, time, time’ll wear you thin.
Time. Time, time, time it always wins.
Take a walk on main street.
You’ll see what I mean.
The lousy side of town is lately
rolling in the green.
Life here once was simple
and the neighbors said hello.
Now everyone’s narcissus
at the mercy of their phone.
Time. Time, time, time’ll wear you thin.
Time. Time, time, time it always wins.
The last guitar shop’s closing
down on Haywood Rd.
The owner was a weirdo,
but those guitars had the tone.
I don’t care what moves in,
it just won’t be the same.
I cannot slow the hands of time,
nothing gold can stay.
Time. Time, time, time’ll wear you thin.
Time. Time, time, time it always wins.
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