verse 1: I won't even try to lie lord it's been a while since I been calling out your name N' I got no good excuses to tell the truth I've just been wavering on faith PC: well you ain't got to worry anymore My faith in you returned the second she walked in that door Chorus: now I'm counting my blessings I'm raising up my hands and I'm singing hallelujah and amen cuz you delivered me an angel you answered all my prayers and she's so much more than I deserve to get n' Lord she makes me want to be a better man with her I'm born again. verse 2: I swear I've died and gone to heaven every morning I wake up and see her face she the calm to all my crazy lord she’s found a way To tame my lost boy ways. PC: it's like she's washed away my sins and set me free She made a true believer out of me Chorus: Bridge: so tonight lord when I lay me down to sleep I pray you give me one more day to keep Chorus: counting my blessings raising my hands and singing hallelujah and amen. to keep holding this angel that's answered all my prayers she's so much more than I deserve to get Lord she makes me want to be a better man with her I'm born again
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I CANT I WONT RORY SCOTT VERSE 1: WELL HONEY I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN SOME LONG DARK ROADS AND THOSE TIMES HAVE LEFT SOME SCARS ON YOU AND I KNOW YOUR SCARED THAT IF YOU JUMP BACK IN YOUR PAST WILL FIND IT'S WAY BACK TO YOU PC: I CANT TELL U THAT THERE WONT BE CLOUDY DAYS AND I WONT LIE AND PAINT A PICTURE I CANT PAINT I CANT ERASE ALL YOUR BAD MEMORIES AND MISTAKES BUT THERES ONE THING I CAN PROMISE I WONT DO I CANT I WONT STOP LOVING YOU VERSE 2: THERE COULD BE TIMES THAT WE’LL FALL BEHIND, WERE IN A BIND AND WE GET LOST ALONG THE WAY BUT I CAN YOU PROMISE THIS RIGHT HERE AND NOW YOUR MY RIDE OR DIE ON EVERY ROAD WE TAKE PC: I CANT TELL YOU THAT THERE WONT BE CLOUDY DAYS AND I WONT LIE AND PAINT A PICTURE I CANT PAINT I CANT ERASE ALL YOUR BAD MEMORIES AND MISTAKES BUT THERES ONE THING I CAN PROMISE I WONT DO CHORUS: BRIDGE: DONT RUN AWAY GIRL U CAN PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME WE CAN MAKE IT IF WE HOLD ON AND BELIEVE PC + CHORUS: TAG OUT I CANT I WONT NO I CANT AND I WONT I CANT I WONT STOP LOVING YOU
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Jessi N' Jenning Verse 1: She was the lace to all his leather the beauty to his beast N' Waylon always told us she was way out of his league she was the calm behind the crazy behind the outlaw and the fame and if he hadn't married Jessi we might not know his name CHORUS: Every Waylon needs a Jessi Every Johnny needs a June Every lost ship needs a beacon To help them make it thru Every Cowboy needs an Angel Every sinner needs a saint Just like Jessie was to Waylon She’s Everything i ain’t Verse 2: She's a good girl, like her mama She believes in Jesus Christ I'm a wild one, so i struggle i just try to walk the line She's my patience when I’ve got none N’ when I stumble she is strong She's my conscience when i need one like a singer needs a song. CHORUS: Bridge: for all my questions she's the answer she's the steady in my heart she's the reason that i even got thru life this far CHORUS OUT
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BETTER THAN LOVING YOU Writers: Rory Scott VERSE 1: I LOVE THE SOUND OF THOSE 38'S SPINNING OUT THE PARKING LOT ON FRIDAY AT QUITTING TIME, AND IT'S WINDOWS DOWN N' I'M GETTING GONE I LOVE THE THOUGHT OF THAT FIRST COLD BEER, AND CRACKIN IT OPEN CUZ THE WEEKENDS HERE N' I'M FREE TO GO AND GET MY GOOD VIBE ON PC: I LOVE THE RADIO SAYING WE GOT TWO DAYS OF SKIES ALL FILLED WITH BLUE BUT THERE'S NOTHING I LOVE MORE THAN KNOWING I GOT 2 DAYS WITH YOU CHORUS: THERES' NOTHING BETTER THAN YOUR SWEET LIPS PUSHING ME BACK WITH A BIG WET KISS THE SECOND THAT I WALK INTO THE ROOM THERES NOTHING BETTER THAN YOUR SOFT HANDS ROAMING AROUND DRIVING THIS MAN ALL CRAZY BABY WITH EVERYTHING YOU DO THERE AIN'T NOTHING BETTER N' LOVING YOU VERSE 2: I LOVE THE WAY THAT MORNING FOG JUST CRAWLS ACROSS THE LAKE AT DAWN AS I'M CASTING OUT IN MY CEDAR STRIP CANOE. I LOVE A TAILGATE PARTY IN A PARKING LOT I LOVE THE CINNAMON HIT OF A FIREBALL SHOT I LOVE A BACK ROAD CRANKIN 3 CHORDS AND THE TRUTH CHORUS: INSTRUMENTAL CHORUS OUT
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Get Me Drunk VERSE 1 I HAVENT HAD A SINGLE DROP OF WHISKEY BUT YOU GOT ME FALLING LIKE A FOOL I'M STONE COLD SOBER BUT I'M TIPSY YOUR LIPS HIT HARD AS 100 PROOF CHORUS: YOU GIVE ME A BUZZ LIKE SWEET TEQUILA STRAIGHT TO MY BLOOD I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THIS RUSH EACH TIME I KISS YA WELL HIT ME AGAIN, FILL ME UP N' GET ME DRUNK VERSE 2: WELL DON'T HOLD BACK JUST KEEP EM COMING. LAY ME ON OUT UNDER THIS MOON I WANNA JUST DRINK YOU IN TILL MORNING N WAKE UP ALL HUNG OVER YOU CHORUS BRIDGE: OH HONEY I'M ADDICTED TO THOSE THINGS YOUR KISSES DO I NEED ANOTHER NEED ANOTHER DOUBLE SHOT OF YOU OH HONEY I'M ADDICTED TO THOSE THINGS YOUR KISSES DO I NEED SOME MORE I NEED SOME MORE, I NEED SOME MORE OF YOUR CHORUS OUT
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Song Title: Give me a Reason VERSE 1: Ive barely made the turn out of your drive n Im hesitating I keep looking in the rearview for a sign- I should not be leaving My heart is still back there but here I am pulling away from you cuz girl we've done this dance just one too many times… I won't be dancing fool .. no CHORUS: But Give me a reason- I'll spin this truck around Ill push my foot down thru the floorboard - scream back into to town Bust thru the front door- back you up against the wall And love you like you've never been loved before, Just give me a reason. VERSE 2: You cut me deeper every time I try, n' leave me bleeding Is it so hard for you to let me into your life- to say I'm needed Cuz I been begging baby begging for your love- not just your company no no no I want a little, just a little of your heart- all Im asking CHORUS: INSTRUMENTAL CHORUS OUT
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VERSE 1: WELL YOU DON’T HAVE TO RUN AND HIDE BEHIND THOSE WALLS YOU PUT AROUND YOU UP SO HIGH I PROMISE YOU I’M NOTHING LIKE THAT OTHER GUY DON’T SHUT ME OUT BEFORE I GET A CHANCE TO TRY CHORUS: I’LL HELP YOU SMILE AGAIN SOME WAY I’LL HELP YOU LEARN TO TRUST IN LOVE AGAIN SOMEDAY GIRL I GOT THIS, I CAN FIX UP EVERYTHING HE TORE APART I’LL STOP YOUR CRYING LET ME HEAL YOUR BROKEN HEART VERSE 2: HE REALLY TORE YOUR HEART IN TWO WELL GIRL ITS NOTHING THAT SOME LOVING CAN UNDO WE CAN PUT YOU BACK TOGETHER HONEY LET ME BE THE GLUE LETS GET YOU RUNNING BABY BETTER THAN BRAND NEW CHORUS: BRIDGE: YOUR GONNA LAUGH YOUR GONNA SING YOUR GONNA DANCE I’M GONNA BRING YOU BACK TO EVERYTHING YOU BEEN MISSING CHORUS TAG: YEAH I GOT THIS I CAN FIX IT AND I KNOW JUST WHERE TO START JUST LET ME TRY GIRL I CAN HEAL YOUR BROKEN HEART.
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WE VERSE 1: Another night We just ain’t right We used to be so good together Now all we do is fight Why can’t we see? Eye to eye We disappear like we’re not here Like we’ve already said goodbye CHORUS: What happened to we? Where did we go? Both in this house Both all alone Where’d we go wrong? It used to feel Like we were Each others everything What did we do? Where’d we lose track? When did you and I Take different paths? What happened to you? What happened to me? What happened to We? Verse 2: You get the bed I get the couch I see the lights go out beneath The door. So I end up going out. How did we get here? I don’t know why We just stopped trying, and now it Feel s like we are Living different lives. Chorus INSTRUMENTAL Chorus 2: What happened to we? Where did we go? Both in this house And both alone Where’d we go wrong? Was it a dream? When we were Each others everything Is still there a chance? Now that it’s gone south? Can we get it back? What do we do now? To figure it out what it is we need? And get back to when you and me Were still a We
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Title:Mr. Nobody Songwriters: Rory Scott, Alyson Tracy Verse 1: Well everybody knows everybody's business in little map dot towns like these. So it didn't take long for the whole damn bar knew it was over 'tween her and me But what really hurt, made it all worse, was running into her last night. Walkin' right by me like I was nobody, hangin onto her brand new guy. Chorus: And now I'm Mr. Nobody That's how far down that I've gone. From her number one to the bottom rung I can't sink down any lower than I've sunken right now. I'm Mr. Nobody she just erased me out of her heart ain't no comin back, or undoin' all that damage- what's done is done I went from "nobody's ever gonna love me like you do" straight to Mr. Nobody nobody to you Verse 2: Now i really would love it if all my drinkin' buddies stopped givin me the 411 On where they saw her and how good she's looking they mean well but they ain't helpin' none They don't understand, me tryin to forget her ain't as simple as it may seem. And i wish I knew her secret cuz i just can't delete her the same way she did me Chorus: Bridge: Nobody in his right mind would have let her go And I wish that i could tell her but she ain't gonna listen to a somebody that she don't know Chorus out:
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Nowhere gravel road Verse 1: Its just stop and go in these traffic lights day after day the same old grind no fresh clean air, no stars that shine no wonder everybody here’s lost their mind. I miss my teens and the simpler times the fields of green and the small town life I bet right now there’s four bald tires screaming by a no trespass sign, I wish they were mine Chorus: Somewhere on a nowhere gravel road outside a little map dot they call home theres a couple kids in a beat up truck spinning the tires and kickin up dust. bouncing along to an old kraco growing up fast in the headlight glow just driving around with no place to go somewhere on a nowhere somewhere on a nowhere gravel road. verse 2: Well I’d put money there’s a couple of friends riding on dirt wondering where it ends barely got a quarter tank of gas out in the boonies no GPS hoping it leads to where the party is. Chorus: Bridge: a boy and girl out on a date a back road drive when it get late turn off the lights for that first kiss it don’t get no better than this. Chorus 2: Somewhere on a nowhere gravel road outside a little map dot they call home just a couple kids in a beat up truck spinning the tires and kickin up dust. when I look back into my rear view some of the best times I ever knew was driving around with no place to go somewhere on a nowhere somewhere on a nowhere gravel road
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TITLE: DO IT AGAIN VERSE 1: What the hell’s goin on inside me? My heart is pounding pulling in your drive From the second you hop into My right seat I can’t stop myself from smiling There’s something ‘bout you makes me crazy Something you do makes me shine N’ I can’t figure it on out -but baby I just know it feels right so CHORUS: Do it again Take my breath away Look at me that way Do that thing Only you can Driving me insane I want it every day Girl you know me makes Me say, makes me say Do it again Do it again Do it again VERSE 2: Girl I’m falling like a whiskey headspin N’ I’m a gonner for your steel blue eyes Don’t know what you got me feelin But you got me hypnotized. Push me back and then you pull me closer I’m so helpless I’m just sucked right in I don’t know what the hell you’re doing I just know I want you to CHORUS BRIDGE: oh yeah because you know it Makes Me want to give you my last name So every morning when I wake, CHORUS OUT: (Alternate)Verse 2 (written after the demo was produced ) You got me falling like a whiskey tailspin N' I'm a gonner for you steel blue eyes Just a flip of those curls and girl you got me hypnotized Just a hair over 5 foot nothing But you hit harder than a hurricane N I sound like a broken record But I just know I want you to..
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Baby I’m Blessed Writers: Charlie Mangus, Rory Scott, Alyson Tracy, Mark Turner V1 Another Friday night Feeling’ alright Baby why don’t wet just stay home We can pull down the shades Turn down the lights Put on some music Turn off the phones And forget about the day I’ll kiss those cares away With no words left to say Let’s do what we do Chorus And just glide lazy in 3/4 time Baby if it’s a crime Lady I confess Moving slow like honey You’re right on the money You’ve got me in a beautiful mess Baby I’m blessed V2 Pour a couple glasses of wine Just takin’ our time Come dance with me by the fire And the smell of your skin Is reeling’ me in You’re taking me higher and higher With your hands up and down my shirt A little kiss A little flirt It feels so good it hurts Let’s do what we do CHORUS Bridge Your body next to mine We’re just turning slow And I never want to let go I’ll take the lead, yeah And you take control CHORUS Out
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Contact Info: Rory S. Thurston Email: roryscottband@gmail.com phone: 603-717-6676 ONCE UPON A LIME Writers: Rory Scott IPI: 01193847615 Key F# V1: She was sitting all alone With wind blown hair Skin kissed gold From the sun and the sand She had an empty chair.. N' she offered it up to me So I bought her a beer N' we got to talkin' We started laughin' N' we took a walk That led to a kiss to this day still feels like a dream Ch: From Once upon a lime And a couple coronas A little bar on a pier Just south of Daytona In a little flip flop town With the sun goin down N' the roll of the waves On the beach all around Caught up in the rush, N' buzzin' off every touch lost in her eyes Drunk on the night Once upon a lime V2: Now for just one night we found each other and a spark that lit a fire under a coconut palm till dawn on that white beach N' I know it's crazy but I still wonder How that fiery night didn't fuel another she was there , then she was gone like a memory Ch: Br: Now whenever I feel the sun on my skin or take a sip off one of those Mexican beers I'm right back there Tasting her lips again Ch
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Pages VERSE 1: WELL THAT MONDAY MORNING MIRROR'S PLAYING TRICKS ON ME THAT HOUR GLASS IS SPILLING SANDS OF TIME MY COVER SHOWING SIGNS OF IT’S HISTORY BUT LIKE GEORGE STRAIT I STILL FEEL 25 NOW YOUNG FOLK WALK CLOSE BY AND THEY JUST WRITE ME OFF WHEN THE LIGHT SHOWS OFF THE GREY INSIDE MY BEARD WELL.. I MAY SHOW SOME WEATHER BUT IF YOU READ PAST THE LEATHER YOU'LL SEE WAY MORE TO THIS NOVEL..THAN JUST YEARS CHORUS: I HAVE LAUGHED, I HAVE LOVED I HAVE LIVED AND I HAVE SEEN BROKE THE RULES BEEN THE FOOL D DONE SOME CRAZY THINGS I’VE LOST BETS, I HAVE REGRETS N’ I PROBABLY DRANK MORE WHISKEY THAN I SHOULD BUT THERE’S A STILL A FEW MORE MILES UNDER THIS HOOD I’M STILL ADDING PAGES TO MY BOOK VERSE 2: NOW COULD WRITE A CHAPTER JUST ON LESSONS LEARNED N' THERE’S A COUPLE I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN AGAIN THERE'S STILL A FEW MORE STONES THAT REMAIN UNTURNED THERE’S STILL TROUBLE, I AIN’T GOT INTO YET. CHORUS BRIDGE: I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN STORE OH BUT I STILL GOT SOME TIME THERE'S STILL INK INSIDE THE WELL AND AN ENDING LEFT TO WRITE CHORUS 2: G CUZ I STILL LAUGH, I STILL LOVE Em I STILL LIVE AND I STILL BREATHE C I STILL THANK THE LORD ABOVE G D FOR EACH NEW MEMORY STILL REGRETS I AINT HAD YET C I STILL DRINK WAY MORE WHISKEY THAN I SHOULD. BUT THAT’ THE STUFF THAT MADE THIS STORY GOOD AND I’M STILL ADDING PAGES TO MY BOOK
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Being Honest V1 Being honest.. I never saw us goin out this way I trusted every single word you'd say.. Until today Being honest.. I honestly can't tell looking at you If those tears you cry are lies or if they're true.. I guess I don't know you Chorus Being honest this relationship crumbled down brick by brick With every lie you told that I believed How could you go and take Everything we worked to make Throw it all away so easily Maybe you and I think differently About what It means... V2 Being honest... If everything you felt for me is gone Why'd you keep pretending for so long If I'm so wrong N' Being honest There's a pain inside of me I wish you knew This kind of silent hell I'm going thru Getting over you Chorus Bridge: Cuz being honest why'd you have to leave Without a single word to me You said goodbye so easily Like what we had don't mean a thing I'm left alone with basically A bottle and your memory The ghost of what we used to be Is gonna be the death of me... Tag: Being honest.. I never saw us goin down this way I trusted every single word you'd say.. Until today
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No Changing Me V1 I tried being just what you needed Tried ropin my cowboy down For you I moved to the big ol' city Watched the rearview swallow my Texas town. I took a job I had no place taking I softened up my calloused hands Put away my old Durango's, tried impressing all your high class friends PC But, who are we fooling This ain't working out I'm dust you're diamonds I'm North you're South CHORUS There ain't no changing me It's just who I am This Abilene blood inside my veins Runs deep as the Rio Grande I'm all, rodeos and wrangler jeans I'm red dirt roads on ripped bench seats It's how made, it's part of me, I tried for you but there ain't no changing me V2 There's nothing 'bout me that fits Your big town I'm a fish out of water here You're painting classes with Chardonnay I'm old bar rooms with Ice cold beer PC It's just too hard We're too far apart From different sides of the tracks So I'm heading back CHORUS BRIDGE I'm just a son of a son of a gun from a Texas farm N' girl we had a good run but we can't change who we are CHORUS OUT
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Chance Of Rain V1 I ain't been right in a dogs year Cuz It's been 7 since you been gone You'd think I'd run out of sad tears You'd think by now I'd moved on You always said I was stubborn Once again you proved you right Some days are better than others N I promise you I'm trying CHORUS Well I don't know about tomorrow But I'm better than yesterday The memories hit just like the weather N' it can change from day to day N' if you flew down from heaven right now just to see if I'm ok I'd say right now girl it's just sunshine in the sky But in my eyes tonight There's a pretty good chance of rain V2 I'm pretty good thru the work day Hell you might even catch me smile But when I head home to the lonely Sometimes I can stop the crying Now I ain't saying that good nights Or fun times, don't occasionally blow my way But day to day as of right now, For the most part It seems the skies are stuck on grey CHORUS CHORUS 2 Well I don't know about tomorrow But I'm better than yesterday The memories hit just like the weather N' it can change from day to day N' if you flew down from heaven right now just to see if I'm ok I'd say right now girl it's just sunshine in the sky But the night is the hardest time N' in my eyes, when I'm alone, tonight There's a pretty good chance of rain
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