Jon Nyberg

Jon Nyberg
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LEAVING ALWAYS TURNS INTO GONE

[Verse]
Her makeup still sits by the sink
Her picture still hangs by the bed
After awhile you would think
At least I would try to forget
I thought she'd come back
Now it seems all hope is lost
It's amazin how leavin
Always turns into gone

[Verse]
So many loved ones I've had
Are faces frozen in time
And now it all seems so sad
The fault has always been mine
I was so stubborn
But now I know the cost
It's amazing how leavin
Always turns into gone

[Chorus]
When somebody turns from me
They never turn back
And everything I've got
Turns into what I once had
I've made mistakes
But repeating them is the flaw
It's amazin how leavin
Always turns into gone

Now I'm stuck with memories
Livin with all I've done wrong
Its amazin how leavin
Always turns into gone

Jon Nyberg
218-639-0103
thatguy2372@yahoo.com

OLD SCHOOL COOL

(Verse 1)
Saw a hand-painted sign
in a small-town storefront window
It read "Vintage, Velvet and Vinyl."
Had to check it out 'cause that’s my style
A brass bell on the door
and the smell of paper older than me
An old school overload to my memory

(Chorus 1)
In a stack of 45s
I found Stayin' Alive
And the Beatles in a Yellow Submarine
An eight-track player
A pair of Chuck Taylors
And a Dolly Parton pinball machine
I walked around the floor
Like a kid in a candy store
Yeah it was old school
Old school cool

(Verse 2)
I met a man there in a tie-dyed shirt
And a long white ponytail
He talked to me about Woodstock
how he witnessed the birth of classic rock
His friends are all gone now
But he still pledges allegiance
To Janis, Jimi and Creedence

(Repeat Chorus 1)

(Chorus 2)
In a stack of 33s
I found Bobby McGee
And Meatloaf Like a Bat out of Hell
A rotary phone A GI Joe
And a lava lamp lit up on a shelf
I walked around the floor
Like a kid in a candy store
Yeah it was old school
Old school cool
Old school cool

Songwriters: Eric Blossman & Jon Nyberg
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GOD POSTED SIGNS

[Verse 1]
Bouncing down a dirt road
I take a right and keep on rolling
Now I'm headed off the beaten path
My dog's riding shotgun
Windows wide open
I'm officially off the map
My phone lost signal somewhere
And my gas is running low
Now I'm looking for landmarks
Where the satellites don't go

[Chorus]

I see moss on the north side
of a century oak
A hand-cut arrow pointing south on a hitching post
No bars, no maps, no phone lines
still I'm doing just fine
My only GPS is God-posted signs

[Verse 2]
I see a farmer on his tractor
Ride the fence line of his pasture
I ask him how to make it back into town
He points up ahead and says that way
But you won't make it through today
The creek's running high across the low ground
So swing around that old farmhouse
And hang a left at the crow's nest
You'll see County Road 9 and head straight out due west

[Chorus]
I see moss on the north side
of a century oak
A hand-cut arrow pointing south on a hitching post
No bars, no maps, no phone lines
still I'm doing just fine
My only GPS is God-posted signs

[Bridge]
Maybe heaven kills the signal
When all the noise gets in your way
So the signs He left can guide you
Down the road He meant you to take

[Chorus 2]
I see gravel up ahead fades into paved road
A church steeple shadow falls on some old gravestones
My dog on my lap, yapping
Just thrilled to be alive
My only GPS is God-posted signs

Jon Nyberg
218-639-0103
thatguy2372@yahoo.com

BIG BULLS

I slap the Waco dust out of my jeans
Walking into the Dixie Pig in Abilene
Talking to the waitress about the rodeo life
Every ear in the place perks up when I say I ride

[Chorus]
The Big Bulls
With the attitude
They'll get your heart pounding
And your body bruised
But every cowboy knows what draws the people
They want to see you thrown
By the Big Bulls

I pull into Lubbock at the crack of dawn
I've got all day to think about the bull I've drawn
I know he's big and I hope he's mean
Cause you don't get respect until you beat

[Chorus]

Sittin on a monster they call Stalemate
I give a quick nod and they pull the gate
Seven seconds later I've got a horn in my back
That adrenaline picks me up and I tip my hat to


[Chorus]

And you know I've been thrown by the Big Bulls

Jon Nyberg
218-639-0103
thatguy2372@yahoo.com

PARKING LOT PROM

(VERSE)
The late eighties in a cracked up
Asphalt parking lot
Some of us were dressed up
Some of us were not
Chevy C-10s and rusty sedans
A couple Kawasaki's and a GMC van

Hair bands in the tape deck
Nothing but a good time
Girls girls girls and
Sweet child of mine

(Chorus)
Parking lot prom
Just down the street from school
Parking lot prom
No cheesy DJ no balloons
No flashbulb pictures taken
By an over anxious mom
Parking lot prom

(Verse)
Our prom queen smelling like
Cheap perfume and aquanet
Dancing in the high beams
Smoking a cigarette
A small town cop circles the block
He's staring us down but he never stops

Hair bands in the tape deck
You give love a bad name
Welcome to the jungle
We've got fun and games

(REPEAT CHORUS)

Hair bands in the tape deck
Once bitten twice shy
Every rose has its thorn
Wanted dead or alive

Parking lot prom
Just down the street from school
Parking lot prom
Parking lot prom

Jon Nyberg
218-639-0103
thatguy2372@yahoo.com

WHISKEY WEATHER

VERSE 1:
The sky is the color of a galvanized bucket
The wind’s got a bite like a saw
There’s ice on the wires
snow on the tires
Waiting on a season to thaw

My calendar froze on the day you left
And I need all the heat I can get... it’s

CHORUS
Whiskey weather
distilled distraction
staring in the mirror
just to get a reaction
a jacked up fireball
melts my reason to remember
its whiskey weather

VERSE 2:
The label is peeling from a high-shelf bottle
Like the paint on the frame of our bed
I’m pouring out what’s left
of the spirit
With the devil hanging over my head

The sweat on the glass falls like tears
the ninety proof makes the truth disappear...its

REPEAT CHORUS

My calendar froze on the day you left
And I need all the heat I can get... it’s

REPEAT CHORUS

(Verse 1)
He's got a shiny new Silverado
an unhealthy excess of bravado
He's got a smile that will melt a girl's heart if she lets it.
I should really have a couple conversations with his exes

(Chorus)
He's a bad habit in a good truck
Mammas disappointed when he picks me up
He's got an old school mullet
a cheek full of Zyn
a forearm tattoo of a skeleton
He's got a big belt buckle
And a beer belly gut
He's a bad habit in a good truck

(Verse 2)
He's got an appetite for adrenaline
a maniacal laugh but it's genuine
the floorboards are full of empty cans
of energy drinks
He's got Morgan Wallen cranked so loud
i can't even think

(Repeat Chorus)

(Bridge)
On those back country curves
I swear he's taking 'em on two wheels
I really should be frightened
but its giving me chills

(Repeat Chorus)

Jon Nyberg
218-639-0103
thatguy2372@yahoo.com

MARINA MOONLIGHT

Verse 1
We've had a long day
Sunburned shoulders
And a cooler full of melted ice
The suns gone
Drifting into harbor
Like we're planning on calling it a night

But we know it don't have to end
We can snuggle up on the deck
Watching that

CHORUS
Marina Moonlight
Slowly rockin
With the fiberglass knocking on the wood
Marina Moonlight
Muffled music from a tiki bar
Somewhere in the neighborhood
Somewhere in the neighborhood

Verse 2
Toastin glasses
Of lukewarm tequila
Salsa dancing to a Spanish beat
Docks creaking
Like crickets chirping
Reminds me of back home in Tennessee

And we know it don't have to end
We can snuggle up on the deck
Soakin in

CHORUS
Marina Moonlight
Slowly rockin
With the fiberglass knocking on the wood
Marina Moonlight
Muffled music from a tiki bar
Somewhere in the neighborhood
Somewhere in the neighborhood

REPEAT CHORUS

Jon Nyberg
218-639-0103
thatguy2372@yahoo.com

THAT OLD MILL BRIDGE

We knew our way was better
So we skipped our prom together
We drove out to that old mill bridge
We danced out in the open
To the rythm of the river flowing
It sure beat a crowded high school gym

[Chorus]
I still remember the wood creaking
With every step we took on that old mill bridge
You took my hand and stepped up on the rail
You jumped back down and asked for a kiss
Yeah the night we fell in love on that old mill bridge

You left our graduation
Convinced the world was waitin
But I wasn't ready to leave home
We said goodbye that summer
I thought I would never recover
But I had to let you go

[Chorus]

Now that bridge is layin
On its side decayin
It always takes me back in time
I still hear you laughin
I still see us dancin
Back when all the world was right

[Chorus]

Jon Nyberg
218-639-0103
thatguy2372@yahoo.com

GRACE AND GASOLINE

Verse 1
I was raised in the ways of a debutante lady
Pure and sweet like the good lord made me
Yes sirs and no ma'ams that's who I am
But theres an undeniable truth I cant hide
You don't wanna get on my bad side

CHORUS
I'm a walking contradiction
The calm and storm
Fact and fiction
Ice and warm
I'm an angel and I'm mean
Composed and combustible
Grace and gasoline

VERSE 2
Every guy has an eye for a delicate princess
I swear I've tried with God as my witness
But too many men I meet lie and cheat
I just want a happy ever after
Give me sadness I'll turn it into laughter

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
I'm a whole lot of heaven
And a little devil
I'm blind to the vision
And plum off the level

REPEAT CHORUS

Jon Nyberg
218-639-0103
thatguy2372@yahoo.com


JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM LOVE


There's a hound dog sitting on the front porch
Staring at the screen door waiting for me
I throw him a bone and say stay home
There's someone I've gotta see
I hop in the cab of an old red ford
With one door painted black
All I hear are the grinding gears
And an old tire bouncin in back
I know she'll be waiting by the gate
Cause she can hear me coming a mile away oh I'm

[Chorus]
Just down the road from love
Just down the road from love
And in the rear view mirror
The world disappears in the dust
Just down the road from love

She's sitting on the gate with her legs crossed
Leaning on a mailbox smiling at me
She starts to laugh as she jumps in the cab
And slides on down the seat
I put the pedal to the floor and the wheels spin
Making her lean in real close
Dont know how fast or how much gas
Cause all the gauges are broke
We drive into the sunset without a care
Don't know where we're goin till we get there
But we know we're

[Chorus]

Jon Nyberg
218-639-0103
thatguy2372@yahoo.com

LOST IN AUSTIN


Today I made a wrong turn onto Alameda drive
In the back of my mind
I know that's where you are
I can't get over you
as easily as you've gotten over me
I'm runnin around in circles in the dark
Oh I'm

[Chorus]
Lost in Austin tonight
Finding nothing but a memory
of a time when love was right
Nothings quite the same
without a chance you could be mine
I'm lost in Austin tonight

I drive by the drive-in
where you gave me my first kiss
It's sad to see they shut the old place down
A faded memory and a vacant lot
Without you boy it's all I've got
It's like I'm just some stranger in this town
Oh I'm

[Chorus]
I should leave this town before I run into you
But if love is what I'm running from
What am I running to
Oh I'm
[Chorus]

Jon Nyberg
218-639-0103
thatguy2372@yahoo.com

NOT THIS ONE

You're coming on strong again
When will it ever end
Two times burned
You made me learn
The hard way

[Chorus]
Maybe some lady could forgive you
But not this one
I know you'll keep breaking hearts
But not this one
You say your ways are changed
Your lying days are done
I believe in miracles
But not this one

I'm sorry but I have to laugh
Is that the best line you have
Try someone else
Do yourself
A favor

[Chorus]

I do wish you well in life
As long as you're not in mine
You made me see
That I can be
The strong one

[Chorus]

I believe in miracles
But not this one

Jon Nyberg
218-639-0103
thatguy2372@yahoo.com


ITS LOVE NOW


I walked on the wild side you walked on water
Everybody said whose that boy
with the preachers daughter
But you wanted to ride in my rusty old Camaro
And you held on tight when i hit eighty five

[Chorus]
It could've been adrenaline
Makin our hearts pound that way and maybe
The chills came when we rolled the windows down
No we can't say it was love back then
But these things have a way of working out
And its love now

I saved every dime I made and bought seven acres
And we got your family's blessing
a few months later
Your daddy smiled and said son you may kiss the bride now
It goes to show Good thing we didn't know

[Chorus]

Yeah its love now and maybe it always has been
It ain't meant to be explained it just happens

[Chorus]

Jon Nyberg & Brian Frederick
218-639-0103
thatguy2372@yahoo.com


THAT'S THE TROUBLE WITH ANGEL'S


I told her I hoped we could still be friends
Just another way to say it's the end
That's when the tears started filling her eyes
I wanted to hold her and say it would be alright
But it won't be alright

[Chorus]
That's the trouble with Angel's
Give em your heart you cant take it back
That's the trouble when you're holding somebody
Only to find you're all they have
And no curtain call can break the fall
Without a brand new set of wings
That's the trouble with Angel's
Heaven can't hold everything

I wonder is she's sitting at home
Can't stand the thought of her all alone
I pray she finds the strength somewhere
I wish I loved her as much as I still care
Cause I still care

[Chorus]

I pray she finds the strength somewhere
I wish I loved her as much as I still care
Oh cause I still care
That's the trouble with angel's

Jon Nyberg
218-639-0103
thatguy2372@yahoo.com


JUST LIKE I DID WITH YOU


The sunsets sure get red this time of year
And I still sit and watch em just like when you were here
I still walk down the mountain side
I still enjoy the view
I still sit on the back porch swing
Just like I did with you and

[Chorus]
I still like the feel of the wind through my hair
riding around on my Harley
And I still like to feel like
I don't have a care and I ain't
hurting nobody
I still drive to the ocean every Sunday afternoon
I let the sand slip through my hands
Just like I did with you
Just like I did with you

I still like a movie that makes me cry
And I'll go on pretending you're not the reason why
But through it all I've kept my faith
It's one thing I won't lose
I give thanks for every day
Just like I did with you and

[Chorus]

When you left I felt the world come crashing down
But on the surface nothing changed

[Chorus]

Jon Nyberg
218-639-0103
thatguy2372@yahoo.com


BEFORE AMEN

I lie here in the dark
Folded hands over my heart
And my mind off somewhere
I fade into a dream
And you're not here with me
And I wake up scared
I turn and see your silhouette
And hear you breath
Yeah Gods been good to me

[Chorus]
I close my eyes and think about Gods promise
It always sends a chill through my soul
But it comes and goes
And I'm gone again, before amen
Before amen

I've walked a real thin line
What brings me back every time
Heaven knows
And when I lose my way
When the hours turn to days
I'm not alone
I turn and see your silhouette
And hear you breath
Yeah Gods been good to me

[Chorus]
[Tag]
What brings me back every time
Heaven knows
Before amen

Jon Nyberg & Brent Wiebe
218-639-0103
thatguy2372@yahoo.com


STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD

He ain't no muscle man
He's a little on the clumsy side
But he's strong where it matters
Loving this heart of mine

[Chorus]
He don't have to prove a thing to anyone but me
When I look into his eyes love is all I see
He's got a soft touch when I need it so much
And in the eyes of this girl
He is the strongest man in the world

He knows when I need attention
And When I need time alone
He likes to talk to me and
He loves to hold me close

[Chorus]

He puts my feelings first in every thing we do
And I'll cry on his shoulder when I need to

[Chorus]
He ain't no muscle man
He's a little on the clumsy side...

Jon Nyberg
218-639-0103
thatguy2372@yahoo.com


STOP THE WORLD I'M GETTING ON

You fell out of love
but i can't say the same for me
I thought the world revolved around us
I never thought you would leave
But I finally realized
I've just been wasting time
I held on to your memory too long
Stop the world I'm getting on

[Chorus]
I'm getting on I'm getting over you
I'm getting on with my life
I'm getting past the pain
I've gone through the rain
Heaven knows it just takes time
I finally faced the fact you're gone
Stop the world I'm getting on

I know I'm on my own
But I'll put my heart out there again
Cause when it comes to where im going
It shouldn't matter where I've been
I'll get my courage up
Restore my faith in love
I'll make up for all the time I've lost
Stop the world I'm getting on

[Chorus]