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THE HARD STUFF
The Hard Stuff
Judy Klaas, Phillip Sandifer
We leaned in for a little taste
And we both liked the way
It made us feel
Drinking in our life together
Mostly for the better
Now it’s gettin real
Channel:
What was a pleasant buzz
Is pulling us in deep because
Chorus:
We’re down to the
The hard stuff the when’s and how’s
The why’d you do this and what now’s
Loud voices, angry tears
Sayin I was wrong, bring on the years
It feels grown up, scary risky
Harsh as gin, sweet as whiskey
We won’t give up on our love
We’ll make it through
The hard stuff
Verse 2:
Straight up love is hard to learn
There are times that
It can really burn
Strong enough to make you cry
Hits you, leaves you stumbling
Wondering why
Channel:
No chaser pour it on
Every drop until it’s gone
Chorus:
Bridge
On the rocks, smooth or rough
I’m with you when time get tough, we're just
Down ½ chorus to full:
Final chorus:
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GO FIND THE SUNSHINE
Go Find The Sunshine
Philllip Sandifer, 2019
Yea, I hear ya
I see it goin round again
This time you’re the one
That got singled out
And it hurts me
Seeing such a good friend
Be the one
That feels so down
Just keep walkin
There’s some light up ahead
That’s the way
It always goes
It’s a choice you make
It always is
Yea you can sink
Or you can float, so
Chorus:
Go find The Sunshine
Yea it’s there to be embraced
And when you get a little closer
Let it warm your face
You can overcome the darkness
If you’ll turn away
Into light where it gets bright
Baby go find the sunshine
Verse 2:
Plenty of people
Want to feed that frown
When yo’re having
A tough time
And keepin your hopes up
Ain’t as easy as it sounds
Try to grab the good
That’s out there – it’s your lifeline
Bridge:
There’s a lot in this world
That’ll get you down
But there’s a lot that’ll get you through
Just don’t stop where you are
It comes back around
You gotta keep lookin up
When it all hits you, you gotta
Chorus x 2:
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REMIND ME TOMORROW
Remind Me Tomorrow
Fred Knobloch/Phillip Sandifer
Didn’t see this comin
Never thought I’d be running
Running into you today
The last thing that I need
Working through memories
Is your lips, those eyes, that face
Where did I go wrong?
Chorus:
Don’t tell me now
Remind me tomorrow
Don’t say a single word
About what we both know
Baby just lean in
Cuz it can wait till then
Remind me tomorrow
Vs2:
What was that broke us
Was it a new love
Or just me and you
How will this end
We might never know
Even when this night is through
Am I thinking clearly?
Chorus:
Bridge:
It’s only a night away
Maybe then we’ll know, but
Chorus:
:
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WHAT THEY REALLY WANT
What They Really Want
(Phillip Sandifer)
Dad, he came down hard at times
Mother was a helicopter
Both of them wondering
What was on my mind
I didn’t have much to offer
Seemed like I was always wearing training wheels
Bumping into this, pulling out of that
Didn’t hit my groove till I’d had my fill
But I think I understand looking back
Chorus:
What they really want
Is a son or a daughter
To find out what they really
Want for themselves
What they really want
Is a child to be
Grown and doing well
Sometimes it’s hard to tell but
That’s what they really want
I know that’s what they really want
I remember pulling out
Of that lingering teenage mess
Sortin through this, makin sense out of that
And dealing with my regrets
Thinkin a lot about the measure of a man
And who’s measure we’re goin on
A grown up life and maybe someone to share it
Ain’t that what we all really want
Chorus:
Bridge:
Well I’ve found a little solid footing
And my job don’t even feel like work
He’d smile if he knew what I was doing
I turned out a lot different from my dad
But he’d be good with that, cuz
Chorus:
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RIGHT ABOUT KANSAS
Right About Kansas
(Phillip Sandifer)
You said I wouldn’t get 200 miles
Before I’d realized what I had done
That I’m a good man on the inside
My conscience wouldn’t let me run
The road it tries to steal the blessings
Girl that you bring into my life
And this hard head I was born with
It gets the best of me at times, but
Chorus:
You were right about Kansas
That’s where I turned around
And now I’m just south of Tulsa
About an hour from town
And while I knew that you’d be sleeping
I needed you to hear me say
I was wrong about us, but I finally woke up
Right about Kansas
Yea I worked the fight out of my system
Once again you were right
The driving got my head straight again
But I could have been home lovin you tonight
Chorus:
Bridge:
I thank God for your patience
You know we always work it out
Ain’t no distance stronger than our love
Girl you understand me
Yea this time it was….
Chorus:
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SHORT STORY LONG
Short Story Long
(Phillip Sandifer, 2018)
Took you out
Hit the town
Couldn’t believe
What I’d found
I didn’t expect
Such a sweet connect
You never know
About the internet
But this chance that we took
It just might have start us our own book
Now let’s make this…
Chorus:
Short story long
Don’t want to leave you at the door
Want to take you in my arms
Carry you all the way home
And look into forever
I want every chapter
Not just the notes
Live every moment, baby here we go
I’ll play whatever part you want
We can make this - short story long
Too many times
I just see tonight
And I leave it there
Don’t really care
About tomorrow
Where it might go, but
Girl you’ve got to know
This is the life that I need
You can make it complete
If we make this…
Chorus:
….if we can make this….
Bridge:
I want to look back and read
Relive every chapter
You spent with me, cuz we made a…
Chorus:
Short story long
I didn’t leave you at the door
I took you in my arms
Carried you all the way home
Looked into forever
I knew every chapter
Not just the notes
Cuz you said, baby here we go
I played every part you wrote
Why don’t we this a - short story long
A short story long
Let’s make a short long
Short story long
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FIND YOUR OWN WAY
Find Your Own Way
(Phillip Sandifer)
Momma said veryone wants company, but you’ve got to find your own way
You will love, but you’ll also bleed, that’s how you find your own way
No matter what they tell you
No matter what they say
She said, just keep walkin, and you will find, you‘ve got to find your own way
So turn on your mind, let it lead you down the road
Open your eyes, you will see a plan unfold
Where all of the questions and, all of the answers will come together
Chorus:
Baby, when you are down, never think of giving up
It comes back around, you will have strength enough
To handle the pressure, it’s all a measure, of who you are inside
Guitar solo with chorus (first 4 measures):
Break down:
No matter what they tell you
No matter what they say
Just keep walkin, and you will find, you’ve got to find your own
Back full:
No matter what they tell you
No matter what they say
She said, just keep walkin, and you will find, you’ve got to find your own way
You’ve got to find your own way
Momma said, you’ve got to find your own way
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THE TROUBLE WITH GUITARS (FEMALE)
The Trouble With Guitars
(Phillip Sandifer)
We’d fought all afternoon, so it was bound to happen
Now here I am again, reflecting on us
But the quiet companion that helps me with my thoughts
Is unable to stop me when I might have shared too much
I decided, to write it
With a common turn of phrase
But he knew it, was about him
The story gave itself away
A too honest, sad at times
Bleeding of my heart
And now that I think about it
That’s the trouble with guitars
I tell myself no one really knows how much of it is real
They’ll think, it was mostly written for the rhymes
Why must I feel the need to constantly reveal?
Is it really how I work things through or a creative way to hide?
Chorus:
Bridge:
And now that my whole life’s been reconstructed in these songs
Dang’d if it ain’t inviting me, to write another one, so
Chorus2:
I decided, to write it
With a common turn of phrase
It’s always about him
The stories give themselves away
A too honest, sad at times
Bleeding of my heart
And now that I think about it, now that I think about it
That’s the trouble with guitars, The trouble with guitars, The trouble with guitars
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HEART FULL OF YOU
HEART FULL OF YOU
(Phillip Sandifer)
All that time we spent building up
To what I thought was a lifetime
There’s never been anyone
But you
So full of your love
I was blind the stop signs
Now my heart has so much
To undo, cuz there….
Chorus:
Ain’t no room, ain’t no room
God I’ve got to find some room
With no memories turnin loose
Nothing else can move
Searching for new feelings
But nothing’s getting through
Everything I’m needing’s been
Crowded out by
A Heart full of you, a Heart full of you
Now I’m tryin’ to reacquaint myself
With the world that went on around us
Play’n a little catch up
With my pride
But I can’t seem to find the space
There’s no room for new love
I’ve got too much
Of you inside, now
Chorus:
Chorus2:
Ain’t no room, ain’t no room
God I’ve got find some room
With no memories turnin loose
Nothing else can move
Searching for new feelings
Nothing’s getting through
Everything I’m needing’s been
Crowded out by
A Heart full of you, a Heart full of you
A Heart full of you, a Heart full of you
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NO BETTER WORD (THAN GOODBYE)
No Better Word Than Goodbye
(Phillip Sandifer)
Dang all this technology
Put her right in front of me
I hadn’t thought of her for ages
But there she was, a suggested friend
Man I loved her way back when
I started wandering through her pages
That’s when I realized what might have been
Chorus:
I remembered how her love consumed me
Long before you ever knew me
Destiny has its reasons
But at the time I couldn’t see them
Sometimes there ain’t no better word
No sometimes there ain’t no better word – than goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, girl goodbye
Well you crashed into my life
Showed me what real love looks like
Baby you are the perfect woman, it's
Strange how time becomes a better lens
Chorus:
Bridge:
She once meant the world to me
But I'm forever here with you
Where I was always meant to be
Chorus:
There ain’t no better, no better word than goodbye
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THAT KIND OF LONELY
That Kind Of Lonely
(Phillip Sandifer, 2015)
I walked the highway between Lockhart and Austin
Slept in a field as the rain washed me clean
Days without voices, nights of wrong choices
Chasing away those on whom I might lean
It’s not a quiet, but it’s a silence
It’s not a road, but it’s an escape
Have you ever been that kind of lonely
Have you ever felt that kind of pain
Would you ever go to the edge of your conscience
Just so you might find some undisturbed space
That kind of lonely
I try to reach, for a rope to grab hold of
But I shake in the dark, and I’m numb to the touch
It’s not a sin, but it’s a problem
It’s not a weight, but it drags me down
Chorus:
Bridge:
That kind of lonely, it is a sinking
depression that's only…misunderstood
Chorus:
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LIFE MOVED ON
LIFE MOVED ON
(PHILLIP SANDIFER)
WHERE DID EVERYBODY GO
TIME HAS PASSED ME BY, I FEEL SO ALONE
WHERE HAVE I BEEN
I WAS LIVING IN YESTERDAY BUT THEN YESTERDAY ENDED
YOU TOOK THE PLANE TO CALIFORNIA
AND I STAYED HOPING YOU’D COME HOME
BUT LIFE MOVED ON, IT TOOK A WHILE TO SEE IT
I WAS SO WRAPPED UP IN YOU
I WAS WRONG, I THOUGHT WE WERE FOREVER
BUT IT JUST WASN’T TRUE
AND WHILE I STOOD HERE HOPING, DREAMING, WISHING
LIVING IN A SONG
LIFE MOVED ON
BABE I HOPE YOU’RE WELL
THINGS ARE STILL THE SAME ROUND HERE BEST I CAN TELL
BUT IT’S STARTED TO SINK IN
YOU’RE NEVER COMIN BACK AND I’VE GOT TO START BELIEVING
(CHORUS)
AND I COULD STAND HERE HOPING, DREAMING WISHING THAT YOU WEREN’T GONE
BUT LIFE MOVED ON, IT JUST TOOK A WHILE TO SEE IT
I WAS SO WRAPPED UP IN YOU
I WAS WRONG WE DIDN’T HAVE FOREVER
BUT WE SURE HAD A LOVE ME AND YOU
YEA LIFE MOVED ON, IT’S TIME TO GET IT TOGETHER
AND FIND SOMEONE NEW
A LOVE THAT’S STRONG, ONE THAT MAY LAST FOREVER
TURNS OUT IT JUST WASN’T YOU
AND I WILL WALK ON HOPING DREAMING WISHING
LIVING IN A SONG
CUZ LIFE MOVED ON, LIFE MOVED, LIFE MOVED ON
AND NOW I’VE MOVED ON
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LOOKING FOR A WAR
Looking For A War
When Billy joined the army he was no more than a child
He was tough and he was crazy he was bad and he was wild
He thought that high adventure was the thing he'd waited for
So he left his home and his family and went looking for a war
There are battles fought for glory, there are battles fought in vain
The are victories won for no one, but you win them all the same
And when the days stretch out forever and you can't take it anymore
You load your heart with weapons and go looking for a war, looking for a war
When Billy came back home again the change was clear to see
He'd learned the things we should never know, forgot who he used to be
He hurt the ones who loved him like he never had before
It's hard to live in peace when you are looking for a war
Chorus:
Bridge:
We think they may not see us
Through the anger in their eyes
In fact they may just be us
Only less disguised
Dodging missiles in the traffic, that explode outside our doors
It's hard to find relief
When you're looking for a war
Chorus:
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THAT WIND
That Wind
(Phillip Sandifer, 2016)
You’d rock in that beat up chair
Southern wind running through your hair
I’d look across the patio
Past the fountain to your grin
But then you left
Heaven called you home
Now Autumn’s rolling in again
And here I go rememberin
Every year the wind reminds me
How much I loved you
There’s no way to leave behind me
All that we walked through
It’s been so long
But the feeling’s still strong
And it’s pickin up again
That wind, reminds me
I planted trees
All across the backyard
They frame the view I had of you
Help me see your face
And when that beat up chair starts rockin
The wind seems like it’s talkin
Stirrin up the memories
Of when you filled up this place, yea
Chorus:
Baby it may die down one day
Maybe even the memories too
Till then I’ll keep
Holding on to you
Chorus:
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SHE USED TO BELIEVE
She Used To Believe (In Me)
(Phillip Sandifer, 2018)
We started out together, the world in front of us
Two hearts just hoping to get by
We shared it all but then, I made it really tough
Let her down now we’re trying to survive
My eyes told her, then her touch grew colder, but
She used to believe in me
That used to be all I’d need
For her to
Know where I was going
And know that I’d get there
But we got lost somewhere on the way
Cuz I didn’t keep my promises
Still, she used to believe in me
With my tendency, to try and bury
All this guilt in a bottle and dumb choices
She said to me it would come out one day
And when it does, it might destroy us
We are here now, it’s all bleeding out, but
Chorus:
Bridge:
Still she said, if could learn
To give all, she’d meet me there
At that place, where love returns
And I might find, my way back to where
Chorus:
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ANOTHER SONG ABOUT TEXAS
Another Song About Texas
(Phillip Sandifer, Hope Sandifer)
I love the coast, city walking, window shopping
And I love the most, you and I in the middle of it all
But when you get homesick for more room and less style
I’ll get out my guitar, and take you there for while baby
Chorus1:
I’ll sing you a song about spaces far and wide
Paint you a picture of a river walk, with me by your side
Give you the gift of warmer weather in your mind
I’ll sing you another song about Texas
Vs. 2
I love morning coffee at a café near the park
But I know you dream of wakin’ up in a tent under the stars
So, let’s get out of this traffic, drive across the open plain
I’ll grab that ole guitar, and take us there again
Chorus2:
I’ll sing you a song where the cowboy gets the girl
Another song about that rugged and romantic world
Take you along to a ranch that’s bigger than this city
I’ll sing you another song about Texas
Bridge:
Oh baby I’ll be your window to a million childhood dreams
That were mostly an idea, only sometimes a reality
It’s so much more about you, listening to me
Making up another song about Texas
Chorus3:
I’ll sing you a song where the woman falls in love
With the singer from the coast who can’t play guitar enough
And I will live with you and love you in this city
While I sing you another song about Texas
Oh baby, I’ll sing you another song about Texas
I’ll sing you another song about Texas
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IF YOU SEE TAYLOR
If You See Taylor
(Phillip Sandifer, 2018)
Yea I was that guy, in that country song
The one that she put down, cuz he had done her wrong
Well I’ve grown up a now, I’m on my own
Learned a thing or two, about what I really want
But now she won’t take my call
So would you tell her for me
If you see Taylor, tell her that I didn’t mean it
It took a while for me to find my feet
I think I finally get what it means to be a lover
Now you’re all I’ve got, I’m trying to reach
That special southern girl, I couldn’t understand
I didn’t really know how to be her man
If you see Taylor tell her that I’m really sorry
Yea I know it’s been, too many years
I know I’m slow, it just takes me that long
It’s clear to see, she’s out of reach
In a different league, yea she’s more than moved on
I know she’s got a whole new life now
But I’ve gotta tell her somehow
Chorus:
Yea I’ve circled back with an apology
All I really want, all that I need
Is for her to somehow see
That boys can grow up too
Chorus:
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WHERE LOVE GROWS WILDER
Where Love Grows Wilder
(Phillip Sandifer)
Took a left out of Fielding’s Wood
Headed west to Navasota
8:00 am puts us there round 10
We'll pack and head towards Oklahoma
Been gettin tighter every day
The money and the protocol
We got to go find us a place to breathe
If we don’t we might lose it all
Gas ain't cheap, but our love is deep
The weather's warm
But it's getting milder
The work's slowed down
Baby’s let’s go find us a town
That understands we all need that place
Where live grows wilder, where love grows wilder
Well we’ve work in vain trying to define
The boundaries of a southern town
It’s clear we just don’t fit in here
And we’re not a puzzle anyhow
But our love is real
And baby it ain’t measured by what other’s think
It'll grow stronger anywhere
As long as it's wild and free
Chorus:
And no one’s putting fences around us
Where we’re set free to follow that wild path of love
Chorus:
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SWEET MORNING FIRE
Sweet Morning Fire
(Phillip Sandifer)
We grabbed some matches
And some blankets
To contend with the Georgia frost
Found a clearing at sunrise
Then we got a little lost
Sweet morning fire
Comin all undone
Comin all undone
She pulled me down beside her
Nowhere To run
Got nowhere to run
The leaves whisper around us
A distant highway awakes
The dawn intrudes, but still enthused
Her lips explore my face
Chorus:
Bridge:
Hearts on fire in the night
Young desire Into the morning light
Chorus:
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I HOPE YOU KNOW
I Hope You Know
(Phillip Sandifer, 2019)
You know you saved me
I was driftwood in a wandering stream
Girl you changed me
Gave me direction and some company
You’re everything that is good
And everything that I need
Chorus:
And I hope you know
Just how it breaks down inside me
I don’t always show
The side that says how much I need
Everything you are
Baby I hope you know
When you are near me
There is this inner strength that takes control
Helps me see more clearly
The deeper colors that I’d never known
And baby I understand
You make me a better man
Chorus:
Bridge:
What I can’t always show
And when those words come so slow, still
Chorus:
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ANGELA'S PRAYER
Angela’s Prayer
Her Momma told her daddy that she’s leaving him
And poor little Angela’s world crashes in
They’ve been together as long as she’s known
And that’s a whole handle when you’re seven years old
And though she barely knows how to pray
She begs God to somehow make her mommy stay
Chorus1:
She prays “God please make mommy love daddy again
Whatever he’s done please help her to forgive him
It’s all that I want and God if you’re there
If it helps you remember – call it “Angela’s Prayer”
She prays “God I know you’re busy with hate and war
But it scares me to think that we we’re not a family anymore
Please hear my prayer and put us together again
God this is Angela asking please…if you can”
And though she doesn’t quite know what to say
Words aren’t what matter to God anyway
She prays “God please make daddy love mommy again
Whatever she's done please let her be forgiven
It’s all that I want and God if you’re there
If it helps you remember – call it “Angela’s Prayer”
Chorus:
Bridge:
Well life is hard there’s so much unhappiness
But to poor little Angela is all comes down do this
All that matters is this
Chorus1:
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CATFISH BREW
Catfish Brew
Phillip Sandifer
It's been a part of me since I was sixteen
Texoma sunsets daddy and me
He’s gone now but it’s still as sweet
Catfish in the cooker beer at my feet
Fry em up deep and toss me another
Ain't nothing beats bein here on the water
It’s me and the boys but daddy, here's to you
Another memory, and a Catfish brew, nothing like sippin on a catfish brew
I start licking my lips around Thursday night
Saturday morning it’s feeling right
The sun starts sinking and we're finally here
Toss the fish in the friar break out the beer
Chorus:
Bridge:
Now we know these days aren’t forever
But for now there’s not much that’s better
Out on the water, in the country sun
It’s one of our favorite things to do
Ending our days of our summer fun
Having ourselves a Catfish brew
Chorus:
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DON'T BE SWINGIN' NAKED ON A WRECKING BALL
Don’t Be Swingin' Naked On a Wrecking Ball
(Phillip Sandifer, 2013
Well I know that high school can be mighty tough time
Homework, homecoming looking good for the guys
But you’ll figure it out, baby you’ve got the mind
And I’ve only got one little piece of advice
Chorus:
Don’t be swinging naked on a wrecking ball
Everyone will laugh and ask – “who made that call”?
You’re sure to get attention from the press and all
And they’ll ask “why’d you swing naked on a wrecking ball”? Oh yea!
Verse 2:
Just know that you’ll be asked if you’ve your flipped lid
Most will write it off and say that “kids will be kids”
But if you think that “fro” was funny in my annual
You’ll look back and know that you….
Yes that’s really you….
You went swinging naked (or is it Necked)
Don’t go swinging naked on a wrecking ball
Everyone will laugh and ask – “who made that call”?
You’re sure to get attention from the press and all
And they’ll ask “why’d you swing naked on a wrecking ball”? Yea.
Fiddle solo:
Naked
Bridge:
Some things are best kept to themselves
Other things will happen and we’ll say “oh well”
They’ll cut you lots of slack for growing up and all
Just don’t be swinging naked
Even if you fake it
You can’t retake it. No.
Chorus x 2:
Don’t be swinging naked on a wrecking ball
Everyone will laugh and ask – “who made that call”?
You’re sure to get attention from the press and all
And they’ll ask “why’d you swing naked”
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EFFORTLESS
Effortless
(Phillip Sandifer)
Heading out the door
I caught his look
Boss never thinks the day is over
I would do more if I could
He knows I’m a faithful soldier
But I thank God that
One thing’s easy for me
Chorus:
Lov’n you is – effortless, effortless
Life with you has always been effortless
The grind takes its toll
But our love will not grow cold cuz
Lov’n you is effortless
When I walk through that door
Man it grabs me
That how was your day grin
Makes it all real
It’s everlasting therapy
Giving back to you everything I feel
Yea, it’s lov’n you that saves me
And it comes so easy baby
Chorus:
Bridge:
It’s a reaction, a reflex to me
Lov’n you baby, to me is to breathe
Chorus:
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FINISH WELL
Finish Well
(Phillip Sandifer)
Daddy noticed something was slowing down his pace
The doctors gave him very little time
Then he became more focused, on everybody close
As if he’d gained a new lease on life
And the day he passed he pulled me near, and offered this advice
Finish well, finish strong
Leave nothing on the table
When your time is gone
Cuz no one else may notice
But you will surely tell
When you reach the final chapters
Of your life
Remember this simple advice
Finish Well
Mattie caught the virus just shy of 32
Saving other people at St. Lukes
She texted me a message one day before her last
“Remember what dad said to me and you”
Bother it’s your turn now, you know what to do
Chorus:
Bridge:
A final hope from an ending life
Simple words of wisdom
For young and old alike
Chorus:
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GOODNIGHT TO SARA
Goodnight to Sara
(Phillip Sandifer, 2014)
She’s left him, the preacher, that she had married
He’d thrown her down the stairs for the last time
She grabbed the kids from school and took them to the plane
Called him from Houston when she felt safe
Say goodnight to Sara, he told the older kids
Tell her, I’ll drop her blanket in the mail
If Sam has nightmares just sit with him a while
Get a goodnight’s sleep, say your prayers
I’ll call back on the weekend
She blamed him, he blamed her, the kids they blamed themselves
His pride and denial kept him awkwardly at ease
He wrote and reached out to them carefully
But his strange composure was always hard to read
Say goodnight to Sara, he wrote the older kids
Tell her I’ll drop her present in the mail
If Sam’s still having nightmares just sit with him a while
Get a goodnight’s sleep, say your prayers
I’ll write back in the fall
Bridge:
But he died without us ever knowing
His explanation for the past, we never got to ask
Say goodnight to Sara, the child he barely knew
So young she had no memory of the past
And I’m still having nightmares of mother tumbling down those stairs
I still can’t sleep but I say my prayers
And I say goodnight to Sara
Goodnight to Sara
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I WANT HER BAD
I Want Her Bad (tempo 132)
(Phillip Sandifer, 2013)
Intro:
Verse I:
Well she’s the one everybody says is off limits
But she’s the one that puts me in a trance
How’m I supposed to work when I’m around her
When all I think about is getting my chance
Chorus:
I want her bad, but everybody says that she’s unreachable
I just want her to know, that I’m here if she’s agreeable
We could make a whole lot of love and have even more fun
Maybe she’s the one – I sure want her…………bad
Verse II:
Well that girl is really out of my league
But those heels make her taller than she really is
I’m gonna ask her out and let the chips fall where they fall
Cuz I just can’t…. stand it
Chorus:
Guitar solo with verse
Bridge:
We’ll she’s worth me making a fool out of myself
The worst thing that can happen is that she’ll
Know where I am, way out here on this limb
Hoping she’ll invite me in…….
Chorus x 2:
Ending with intro pattern
--- END ---
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IF YOU NEVER FOUND ME
If You Never Found me
(Hope Sandifer, Phillip Sandifer, 2014)
VERSE 1
Summer days
Came and went and saw me alone
On my own
Waiting for someone to sing that
Simple song that only I could hear
Then you came along
And whispered in my ear
CHORUS
Now I don’t think I’d be anywhere
Half this good
No, I don’t think I’d be sittin’ here
If I couldn’t hear you singin’
Boy I don’t know where I’d be
If you never found me
I wait all day
In this house for you to come
Anticipate
The smile I know will be on my face
When you walk in, you light up my life
You take my hand
And everything’s alright
CHORUS
And I don’t think I’d be anywhere
Half this good
No, I don’t think I’d be sittin’ here
If I couldn’t hear you laughin’
Boy, I don’t know where I’d be
If you never found me
BRIDGE
I’d be a lonely girl
I’d still be walkin’ this world on my own
I might be a happy girl
A whole and happy girl
I just wouldn’t know
The kind of love we’ve grown
CHORUS x2
--- END ---
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LIKE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME
Like Is Was The First Time
Hope Sandifer, Phillip Sandifer, 2014
VERSE 1
I don’t wanna be the one you bow to
I don’t wanna be no ball and chain
Don’t wanna be the one who says no
Or the one who shatters you hopes
Or the one who’s always drivin’ you insane
I don’t wanna wonder who you’re out with
Cause I wanna be right where you are
Not because I just don’t trust you
Or ‘cause I’m protective of you
Just because you’re still the one who has my
heart
CHORUS
I wanna see you smile, oh-oh
Baby cause you’re mine, all mine
I wanna take you out, all night
Spinin’ around, shinin’ bright
Like it was the first time
VERSE 2
Don’t wanna smother you with emotion
Don’t wanna tick off all your friends
Just wanna be the one on your arm
And the one who keeps you from harm
And the one you wanna be with till the end
BRIDGE:
Cause it just don’t matter
How long it’s been
I wanna keep on fallin’ in love again
And again
Don’t ever want to take you for granted
No
CHORUS:
--- END ---
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LOUSY WAY TO SAY GOODBYE
LOUSY WAY TO SAY GOODBYE
VERSE 1
August was a strange time
For you to go and me to find out
All you’d lied about about, ya
I thought I would be fine
With all that change
Just another thing to leave behind
But I was wrong
October came and I found
Myself on the cold ground
With leaves falling down
While you were far away and warm
And you haunted me then
Through the streets you used to walk me down
Before I knew this town, before you broke my heart
CHORUS
When you walked away
I fell apart
I didn’t know where you ended and I started
And I couldn’t understand
Why you’d do those things to me
I loved you and I
Think you chose a lousy way
To say goodbye
VERSE 2
Now it’s been almost a year
I don’t wish you were here
But random things still remind me of what once was
And I wish we could be friends
I still regret the way it had to end
The way you let this end so casually
CHORUS
BRIDGE
I guess I could have handled things better
I could have given you a little more space
But I was hurting
….
And every now and then
I think about the way we were
How you would hold my hand
And tell me things that made me feel secure
And I almost miss you
CHORUS
But when you walked away
I fell apart
I didn’t know where you ended and I started
And I couldn’t understand
Why you’d do those things to me
I loved you and I
Think you chose a lousy way
I loved you and I
Think you chose a lousy way
You loved me and I
Think you chose a lousy way
To say goodbye
--- END ---
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MY HEART, YOUR HOME
My Heart, Your Home
(Hope Sandifer, Phillip Sandifer, 2013)
Bright eyed and… innocent
I made my heart your home
Without any hesitance
I shared all I own
And you let me
And you loved me
For a season, or a few
Then you left me
Now you haunt me
And there’s nothing I can do
So I
CHORUS
Lock the doors
And I…. pace around the room
You know, you used to be here
We would sleep here
So I move… furniture around
And try to make things new
So I can forget you
But these walls still know your sound
People come and ring the bell
And I stand to let them in
These floors remind me how hard I fell
So I sit back down again
And they knock on the windows
But I choose to close the blinds
And they wonder why I’m broken
And I’m lonely all the time, cuz I
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Oh and I’ve tried
To climb the stairs
And put our pictures in the attic
Sometimes I go outside
To breathe air
But this cold heart just won’t have it
So I
CHORUS
Lock the doors
And I…. pace around the room
You used to be here
We would sleep here
So I move… furniture around
I try to make things new
Try to forget you
But these walls still know your sound
Bright eyed and… innocent
I made my heart your home
--- END ---
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NEVER TOO OLD TO CRY
NEVER TOO OLD TO CRY
PHILLIP SANDIFER
ANSWERS ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY
FOR THIS SENSELESS ACT OF RAGE
REASONS DON’T APPLY HERE
THESE CHILDREN DIED IN VAIN
NUMB BEFORE THE SCREEN
I TRY TO ABSORB
THIS GUY'S 15 TICKS OF FAME
AND IT’S CUT ME TO THE CORE
I MAY BE TOO OLD TO BOW TO PRESSURE
TOO OLD TO PICK A FIGHT
TOO OLD TO LAUGH AT DANGER
TOO OLD TO RUN AND HIDE
BUT AS LONG AS THE STRONG HURT THE WEAK
AS LONG AS PEOPLE HATE AND CHILDREN DIE
I'M NEVER TOO OLD TO CRY
WELL I SEE SO MUCH DAMAGE
THAT'S CREATED NEEDLESSLY
VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION
USED AS A REMEDY
NOT THAT MUCH HAS CHANGED
SINCE OUR PLAYGROUND DAYS
EXCEPT WE'RE ALL GROWN UP NOW
AND THE WEAPONS CAUSE REAL PAIN
CHORUS:
I WILL NEVER BE TOO OLD TO SEE
THE UNENDING NEED
AND TEARS OF HOPE AND SADNESS
SHOULD GET THE BEST OF ME
CHORUS:
--- END ---
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ONE THING YOU WON'T LOSE
ONE THING YOU WON'T LOSE
I see it in your face
You didn’t mean to say those things
That hurt me last night
Your eyes, they break my heart
I know this life gets hard on you
But we’ll make it through
I believe in you and
CHORUS
HEY!
Things will come back around again
We’re gonna know what it’s like to live
Come kick off your shoes and be with me
HEY!
I love you more than yesterday
Tomorrow will be the same
You bet your whole life through
I’m one thing you won’t lose
VERSE 2
Come here into these arms
Let me undo the harm this day
Has done to you
I know your soul is good
There’s no other man who could
Love me like you do
CHORUS
BRIDGE
I know dark will fall
We won’t have all the answers
Our demons will call
Sometimes we’ll feel like givin’ up
Darlin don’t give u
CHORUS
--- END ---
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SHE TAKES THE PARTY WITH HER
She Takes The Party With Her
(Phillip Sandifer)
Well she’s comin down the stairs with her red dress on
Austin here she comes
Heading down town on a Thursday night
Ain’t got no plans cuz the money’s tight
We swing into the Shell to grab some gas
The boy behind the counter had to ask
Hey, where’s the party ya’ll are lookin so fine
I say it’s wherever she goes tonight
She takes the party, she takes party with her
It’s going her way, the woman’s undeterred
Don’t matter where she goes, or what she might disturb
She takes the party, she takes party with her
Well it’s a park it’s a bar it’s a swimming hole
I love to watch the night unfold
Got a heart for play and a mind that knows
She’ll bring the fun wherever she goes
Chorus:
Bridge:
She’s got an endless smile and a crazy laugh
She takes a love for loud to wherever she’s at
Chorus:
--- END ---
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SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT
Should Have Thought About That
Phillip Sandifer, 2013
I just reacted to the news the other day
I quit my job and moved out of LA
Went up to Bakersfield and joined a country band
To feed my soul and stop working for the man
But I got to live somewhere, I gotta have something to eat
My band ain’t playing much, Pandora’s stole my royalties
My whole life can be downloaded, digitize me, change the facts
And I guess I should have thought about that
Well I went on up to Fresno to buy a piece of land
I’s gonna work it for my food and feed the band
But the local politicians are flipping farmland in a scam
We couldn’t eat the sidewalks so I headed north again
I got to live somewhere, gotta have something to eat
My band ain’t playing much, Pandora’s stole my royalties
My whole life can be downloaded, digitize me change the facts
And I guess I should have thought about that
Bridge:
When I got to Sacramento I was dead broke from the trip
A friend of mine says all the money’s now in Cannabis
What used to kill you, feeds you, if you just bend a few facts
And I sure wish I’d have thought about that
Chorus:
We all got to live somewhere, gotta have something to eat
My band ain’t playing much and Pandora’s stole my royalties
My whole life can be downloaded, digitize me change the facts
And I guess I should have thought about that
I guess I should have thought about that
Yes I guess I should have thought about that
--- END ---
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TAKE IT OUTSIDE
Take It Outside
Phillip Sandifer, 2014
Man didn’t Donny take it on the chin
Took about a year till she was on to him
Came home one morning when the bars closed down
Found his life on the lawn spread all around
Take it outside, take it away
Get it all gone, she was heard to say
I’ve had my fill, there’s nothing left to waste
I’ve done my time, we gave it a try
Now take it outside
Well he picked up where she left him
Found another sucker who would take him in
His puppy smile, they think it says a lot
Then they find he’s a stray, never had its shots
Take it outside, take it away
Get it all gone, is what they say
I’ve my fill, there’s nothin left to waste
I’ve done my time, we gave it a try
Now take it outside
Solo:
Bridge:
It gets really real cozy, downright rosy for while
But when it all breaks down, his laundry can be seen for
Miles, and miles and miles
Chorus:
Take it outside, take it away
Get it all gone, they we heard to say
I’ve my fill, there’s nothin left to waste
I’ve done my time, we gave it a try
Now take it outside (repeat chorus)
--- END ---
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UNDERTOW
Undertow
(Phillip Sandifer, 2014)
It’s 2:00 am and I’m calling your number
Can’t seem to erase it from my memory
We keep saying goodbye but you’re makin me wonder
When you that it’s over, what the hell to mean
Chorus:
I keep trying to leave, ain’t no place to stand
Can’t seem to keep my balance anymore
I never know if I’m on solid ground
I can’t seem to find my way back to the shore
You’re pullin at me boy you know
You’re like an undertow, you’re like an undertow (2nd chorus)
I know I’ve got to get past you to a better place
But just when things are lookin up, boy you drag me down
I've got to get a little air, find a little space
If this lasts much longer, you know I’m gonna drown
Chorus:
Bridge:
Until I break free, I’ll just stay here on my knees
Won’t go deep no one else, until I learn to stand again myself
Chorus:
--- END ---
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WHAT I SHOULD'VE SAID
What I Should've Said
(Phillip Sandifer)
I told her that I understood
People walk away from love everyday
It’s just the way it is
That’s what I told myself anyway
I didn’t want to seem demanding
But now she’s gone and I can’t stand it
Chorus:
What I should've said, is baby don’t to this
How’m I ever gonna find my heart again
But that’s not what I did, I kept it all inside
So I’ll go on and try to do the best I can
Keep myself from thinking about her
Try to find my way without her
But baby don’t go – that’s what I should've said
Vs. 2
I’d tried to find the words to say
But I just couldn’t do it face to face
Does she know how I really feel?
I never fought to try to make her stay
Chorus:
Bridge:
If I’d have just fought that goodbye – I might have worked out better
Now there are no words to describe – the thought of losing her forever
Chorus:
--- END ---
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WHICH WOMAN
Which Woman
(Phillip Sandifer, 2013)
Which woman is gonna walk through that door
I’ve been wondering all night
Will it be the woman who’s gonna want to cozy up to me
Or the woman who gonna try to start a fight
Chorus:
You are two sides of the same coin
When rowdy’s on your mind
I never know who’s comin home
Who’s gonna come inside
The one I fell in love with or the one that’s out on the edge
Which woman – an all night lover
Or a mess of pain instead, baby tell me which woman, which woman
Verse 2:
I thought I knew what I was getting in for
But I just didn’t understand
You like to have fun, get undone, take the edge off of your day
But that side of you can really get out of hand
Chorus:
Bridge:
Let me tell you, baby your loving side's better
Your inner wild child is giving us nothing but stress
Just come on home, baby leave it alone, I’ve got a better plan
Take off your boots I’ll chase you around that bed
Chorus:
You are two sides of the same coin
When rowdy’s on your mind
I never know who’s comin home
Who’s gonna come inside
The one I fell in love with or the one that’s out on the edge
Which woman – an all night lover
Or a night (mess) of pain instead, baby tell me which woman, is coming home tonight
Which woman…..are we gonna love or are we gonna fight
Baby tell me which woman
--- END ---
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FOREVER HOME
FOREVER HOME
(Phillip Sandifer, 2014)
There he was, just as the caller said
Tucked behind the brush, near the fire station door
The chief took him in, to this designated shelter
And they cared for the infant until they knew more
And in the tapestry of circumstance they hoped
That somehow this baby would not end up alone
Lives collide, in the playing out of providence
Routine, desperation, hopelessness and hope
And who knows why, but sometimes in the chaos
The strong help the weak and in an ensemble of need
A child finds a forever home
Just a normal day, work to do, bills to pay
A call comes in that was gonna change their lives
A baby had been found, it may be just what they’d longed for
But they must give an answer by this afternoon at 5:00
And in a family about to change forever
Hope raises its voice, pulls them together
Chorus:
Bridge:
Links in a chain, each part is played
Help is the constant, hope is the glue
It’s hard to explain, but sometimes pain
Leads to the answers nobody knew
Chorus full:
--- END ---
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GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME
Good Use of Your Time
Phillip Sandifer
It started with a lunch, then drinks after work
Did a little dancin, that never hurts
Hit a few movies and concert halls
Now we’re tearin up the phone, went from texting to talkin
We’re almost there, the pressure’s on
Stay with me now, we’re almost home
Chorus:
Pop the cork, place that bet
It will be your best move yet
Order up the finest wine
Celebrate what you will find
You’re gonna see, even agree
I will be a good use of your time, a good use of your time
I’m feeling you inching closer when we dance
Thinkin’ you’re with me as I’m takin’ this chance
Your eyes are getting wider, I’m sure that I see
That look, that yes, inviting me
Trust me now, you’ll be glad
It just might be the best thing you’ve ever had
Bridge:
I love seein that maybe grin
Watchin it turn into “baby I’m in”
Chorus:
--- END ---
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GOODBYE COLORADO (HELLO JAMIE)
Goodbye Colorado (Hello Jamie)
(Phillip Sandifer, 2013)
So goodbye Colorado
I took a shot at ever after for a while
But now I’m heading back to Austin
Where the weather’s warm and I’ll find Jamie’s smile
I’ll live without the mountain moments
The Streams of blue paradise
I will miss the those sun kissed meadows in the morning
But Jamie, I miss her all the time
So Goodbye Colorado
You were everything I always hoped you’d be
I’m grateful for the time you gave me
And it was that time that helped me see
That girl I’m not the right man for you
This is more your home than mine
There may be moments of regret for my choices
But Jamie, I just miss her all the time (tremeolo solo begins here) I miss her all the time
Bridge:
So goodbye Colorado, you were always kind to me
You help me see that there’s a woman I can’t live without
Waiting back in Austin - hello Jamie
So Goodbye Colorado (hello Jamie), goodbye Colorado (hello Jamie), goodbye Colorado (hello Jamie)
--- END ---
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HAD A HAND IN IT
Had A Hand In It
(Phillip Sandifer)
We started out so strong
Just like a Tennessee song
But when it started to fade, we both knew it
The sharp sides exposed
Like the thorns on the rose
We just couldn’t get over or through it
And while it doesn’t matter who’s to blame
Chorus:
I’d give anything for a do over now
We tried, but as I’ve sorted it all out
We sure blamed each other then
But if we started being honest again
I know, and you know
We both had hand in it
Dividing our friends
Was never our intent
It just happened along with our ending
Yea the swords got drawn
They did a lot of harm
I think it had a lot to do with winning
A well placed word or two may have slipped out, but
Chorus:
In the moment there are sides
But looking back I’ve realized
Chorus:
--- END ---
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I GOT NOTHIN
I Got Nothin
(Phillip Sandifer)
I was making a life for us
Building on the time that was
So sweet, so real, so right
But you left, then came right back
Like you were checking out where you were at
Yea you could not decide
Girl something about the way you hedged
Shut me down, then all my feelings left, now
Chorus:
I got nothing
Baby even if I tried
I couldn’t find a way
To make this work – no, I got nothing
When you left
It tripped some kind of switch
Like a breaker
To avoid the hurt – ain’t that something
Baby our love has died
No there ain’t another ounce inside
I got nothing
Yea I’ve tried to restart those feelings
I’ve never seen a love this fleeting
It’s weird, and it’s new, to me
Cause I’m that guy that folds in about a minute
But when you left me girl my feelings ended
Chorus:
Bridge:
I’ve never seen my heart get whole so fast
Now I can’t believe I thought this love would last - chorus
--- END ---
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MONEY ON YOUR GOOD TIME
Money On Your Good Time
(Phillip Sandifer, 2015)
Yea I got around 6 days off from the daily grind
Been looking to get to someplace we both could unwind
But you can’t get no time off so we’ll take one of those staycations
Time and money on you baby and some home grown memory makin
There you go dancing cross the floor
Just like you’ve done a thousand times before
That look, that smile baby
You’re in motion, and its fine
I could’ve gone down to Mexico
With the kids and the surf and the marguaritos
But I’d never get you off my mind
I’d rather put my money on your good time
So go buy yourself a party dress and a new pair of dancing shoes
It don’t matter if no one else sees things the way I do
We’ll hit all your restaurants, pick up your favorite wine
Yea spending money on you baby, there ain’t a better use of my time, man…
Bridge:
Why even try to fight all the travel regulations
When we can make up our own rules and be our own recreation
Chorus:
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NEVER GETS SAID
Never Gets Said
(Phillip Sandifer, 2016)
Dad and I go to the diner
Coffee, eggs no conversation
We treat each other like outsiders
But there’s no peace in isolation
That’s been our pattern, it’s both our faults
Years of deflecting, few words at all
And I keep wondering, if there’s a way in, all the things I’d ask him, cuz
There are bruises on my heart, I still feel
There are memories and scars that, just won’t heal
And the greatest need of all, my biggest regret
Is what we really need to say – never gets said, no it never gets said
So it all just stays unspoken
His leaving, the loss of it all
Their 22 year marriage broken
Mother and I left hurting all alone and lost
They both made mistakes, best I can tell
But none of us have handled it well
So we just push, each other away – yea we put it off till one day
Chorus:
Bridge:
…….No it never gets said
I want to share with him my sorrow
Approach him as a friend
I say I will tomorrow
And I miss the moment once again
Chorus x 2:
--- END ---
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NO ROAD BACK
No Road Back
(Phillip Sandifer, 2018
Yea I’ve burned the ships, barred the door
Can’t go back anymore
I’ve tossed the map, removed the app
Nothing but forward
Ain’t got a net, it’s an all in bet and
We ain’t seen nothing yet
It’s a full commit, and there’s not an exit
Or a border
I ain’t leavin no bread crumbs
Cuz I’m counting on getting lost
Your love it motivates me
Starts my motor baby
Climb in, we’ll take a spin
With no road back
There’s no point in lingering
It’s 85 if it’s anything
Full speed, you and me
And no road back
Yea we’ll drive it fast, drive it loose
Somehow we’ll find our groove
Gravel or pavement
Uphill or down
There ain’t no alternate routes
We’ll just have to find our way
Chorus:
Guitar solo with chorus:
And when that evening sky is nearing
I’ll find us a place to land
We’ll pull on over into a clearing
Get out our overnight plan
Chorus x 2
--- END ---
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RECONCILED
Reconciled
(Phillip Sandifer, 2014)
May I forgive my sister
May I forgive my brother
May you replace Lord the hardness of my heart
May I release all anger
May I release all hurt
Draw us closer, let us not remain apart
Chorus:
I cannot forgive, help me to forgive
Lord that I may live, Reconciled, Reconciled
(Repeat Chorus)
vs. 2
Help me to know my nature
Help me to know you Father
Help me remember who all things are done through
Help me to call upon you
Help me to give unto you
For what you bring together nothing can undo
Chorus:
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YESTERDAY'S COFFEE
Yesterday’s Coffee
(Phillip Sandifer, 2018)
I first saw her in an outdoor café
A mile from my neighborhood
I was singing to the radio
She was reading a book
I realized
That right before my eyes
Was this out of reach woman
But who goes thinking when
A girl like her begins
To smile at a man like me
We heated up a romance
That teetered on the edge even as it began
I thought we didn’t have a chance
I ain’t no Renaissance man
Oh I love her, she is culture
And I’m yesterday’s coffee, yesterday’s coffee
I started hanging round a tough crowd, her crowd
Sticking out like a sore thumb
I’m loud and she is so refined
But that’s all part of the fun
Cuz, ain’t no pedigree
Worth a worth a lick to me
But I want that woman
She won’t make me change
Who I am, just sayin
This girl lets me be me
Chorus:
Bridge:
There’s a strong attraction
On the verge of lasting
Even though it breaks lots of rules
Our worlds colliding
A weird exciting
Woman and the dude
Chorus:
--- END ---
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WORTH IT
Worth It
(Phillip Sandifer)
You say your daddy warned you about me
That I’d come on stronger than you’d ever seen
And I’d try to take you across that line
Well you can’t stop love when it’s on the move
Baby I’m blind to everything but you
And I have to agree that your daddy was right, and ….
It’s gonna be worth it when we cross that bridge
Shut out the world they’ll get over it
Hearts locked together like ours
Baby we can’t lose
There’ll be trouble but we won’t get hurt
And in the end girl it’s all gonna work
All that matters is comin’ down to me and you
And it’ll be …worth it, and it’ll be worth it
Vs2:
You say that you’ve heard these words before
Baby hold on there’s a whole lot more
Let me describe where we’re about to go
There’s this place where we’ve never been
And it appears when you give in
We’re gettin closer, girl don’t say no
Chorus:
Bridge:
If we can’t put out this fire, let’s let it burn
Stop walking this wire, baby it’s our turn
Chorus:
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THEN ONE DAY
Then One Day
(Phillip Sandifeer)
Bouncing around a town that couldn’t hold me
Runnin from anyone that sought my soul
No room for causes, no one was gonna own me
Or send me down a road I wouldn't go
I'd made a fine life out of discontent
Planning to live there till this whole thing ends
Chorus:
Then one day
She walked through the door
And nothing I had built around me
Mattered anymore
She found a place
Within my desperate heart
To plant a seed
That grew into
A love, a life now ours
I was wasting away
Then one day
I rolled my eyes at every happy ending
Out in real world nothing ends that neat
I might have smiled, but I was just pretending
Now I'm amazed that love could dig so deep
I was an island that was made of stone
Could not have saved myself I was too far gone
Chorus:
Bridge:
What she saw in me I could not see
Something or someone told her I could be redeemed
Chorus:
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THE TROUBLE WITH GUITARS
The Trouble With Guitars
(Phillip Sandifer)
We’d fought all afternoon, so it was bound to happen
Now here I am again, reflecting on us
But the quiet companion that helps me with my thoughts
Is unable to stop me when I might have shared too much
I decided, to write it
With a common turn of phrase
But she knew it, was about her
The story gave itself away
A too honest, sad at times
Bleeding of my heart
And now that I think about it
That’s the trouble with guitars
I tell myself no one really knows how much of it is real
They’ll think, it was mostly written for the rhymes
Why must I feel the need to constantly reveal?
Is it really how I work things through or a creative way to hide?
Chorus:
Bridge:
And now that my whole life’s been reconstructed in these songs
Dang’d if it ain’t inviting me, to write another one, so
Chorus:
I decided, to write it
With a common turn of phrase
It’s always about her
The stories give themselves away
A too honest, sad at times
Bleeding of my heart
And now that I think about it, and now that I think about it
That’s the trouble with guitars
The trouble with guitars
The trouble with guitars
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HUNGER DRIVES
Hunger Drives
(Phillip Sandifer)
Your hair brushed against my face
Yet even as you turn away
I’m drawn into your
Next reaction
It may be just a simple look
That reaches into me like a hook
Pulls me closer to our
Sweet distraction
The Hunger Drives, it’s alive
Yea a burning from inside
Don’t you know, the control
Girl we lost it long ago
It’s a pull, it’s a leading
A love that’s bound to be
Can’t escape it
It’s you and it’s me
A clear destiny
We can run, we can walk
It draws us as we talk
This magnet, this fire won’t die
Yea the hunger drives
As we push the world away
Our love deepens every day
With its appetite for
New sensations
We throw time into this mix
What was strong has now grown rich
And I only have one
Explanation
Chorus:
Bridge:
Once we were fighting it
Now we’re inviting it
To take complete control
Chorus:
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ALL BY GRACE
All By Grace
Intro: F Dm Gsus G C Am F Gsus C F C F
C F C
Throughout the patterns of my life - all by grace
Am F C
Who I have become inside - all by grace
F Dm
Nothing on my own be done
C Am
No where but your love to run
F Gsus G
Everything I am Lord - all by grace
C F C
Whenever hope compels my heart - all by grace
Am F C
Whenever near or set apart - all by grace
F Dm
Drawn to know the deeper truth
C Am
That draws the human soul to You
F Gsus G
Everything I am Lord - all by grace
F Dm Gsus G C
All by grace that survives pride's interruptions
F Dm Gsus G C
All by grace that encounters vain concerns
F Dm Gsus G C
Let me Lord receive it Help live like I believe it
Am F
Knowing that your grace is needed
Gsus G C F C
All by grace
Repeat all:
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NOT FORGOTTEN
Not Forgotten
(Phillip Sandifer, 2014)
When the plant closed your line you found work in another
There are children at home needing food
Yea you’ll turn on a dime, when that's what it takes to recover
You’ve never not known what to do
And you’re not forgotten, though you are unseen
By the millions who don’t know what you do
You’re not forgotten, just out of sight and out of mind
But this world wouldn’t work without you
Well you’ll get up at four to deliver all those papers
And each day you’ll pray for good news
Quiet time with God, begging for more strength and favor
Another working mom just trying to get through
And you’re not forgotten, though you are unseen
By the millions who don’t know what you do
You’re not forgotten, just out of sight and out of mind
But this world wouldn’t work without you
Bridge:
And there are your children who are missing you
And there are the men who have stayed true
But mostly there are the mirrors that you pass every day
That remind you “this world would never work without you”
You’re not forgotten, though you are unseen
By the millions who don’t know what you do
You’re not forgotten, just out of sight and out of mind
But this world wouldn’t work without you
No you’re not forgotten, though you are unseen
All you millions of working moms who
Are not forgotten, just out of sight and out of mind
But this world wouldn’t work without you
No this world would never work without you
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SEEN TOO MUCH
Seen Too Much
(Phillip Sandifer, 2015)
Most of the music’s happy
It fights with my conscience now
Life is tough and nasty
But that ain’t what we sing about
Don’t need a break from my reality
I just need someone speaking some truth to me, cuz I’ve
Seen too much, hurt too bad
Just can’t get around it, it comes to fast
Life is hard, that’s the sober truth
I’ve been livin out this point of view
And my eyes are tired, yea they’ve had enough
I’ve seen too much
Hooded soldiers on new flat screens
They penetrate the daily grind
They’re killing kids, and man that’s killing me
What’s the point in trying to un-wind
I ain’t sleeping well, there’s just too much wrong
Won’t someone help me with an honest song, cuz I’ve
Chorus:
Bridge:
And I knew it’d finally get to me
This crazy distance between what I hear and see, yea I’ve
Chorus:
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CHECK ON MOMMA
Check On Momma
(Phillip Sandifer, 2018)
I tried to save her
They didn’t think
She wanted to get
Any older
They had in their head
To them she just
Wasn’t acting like
The same mother
They needed to believe
That they knew her
Better than any of the others
So they grabbed the controls
The youngest
The foolish one
She pulled the plug
On her
Her moves and maneuvers
Saw to it
That she was a goner
So little truth
And no one was
Willing to confront her
And I moved too damn slow
God hold her hand
She was a beautiful woman
And if you can
Every once in a while
Won’t you check on Momma
Check on Momma
Then came the aftermath
Another nightmare
Of indiscretions
They circled the wagons
Published a lie
To feed their obsessions
Even the lawyer blushed
As he blustered
Then threatened, and threatened
Maybe mother was
Lucky to escape
Chorus:
Bridge:
When you lean away
From the day to day
You can see it all clearly
This was a life being remade
And a plan was hatched early
Now all we have is the photographs
And the rest is on Ebay
Mother’s life
Cut down in stride
And then everyone
Walks away
Chorus:
Check on Momma
Check on Momma
Check on Momma
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NOVEMBER COLD
“November Cold (She Wants To Go Home)”
(Phillip Sandifer, 2013)
KC’s breakfast tacos aren’t available till noon
Someone should tell KC – that’s not breakfast
When my shift ends at 6:00 a.m. we’re loading up the truck
Jumpin on I35 for a Southern exit
Chorus:
She wants to go home, where the wind is tame
Won’t chill you to the bone
Home, where she’ll be wearin her shorts all year long
Home, where she’ll be river floating, never dancing alone
The skies are blue and the sunsets are strong
My baby's got November Cold
And she wants to go home
We’re tired of keeping the house up just to suit the neighbors tastes
Where we’re from all the back yards run together
Our parties they are outside and not down in a basement
We knew that we could not last here forever
And she wants to go home, where the wind is tame
Won’t chill you to the bone
Home, where she’ll be wearin her shorts all year long
Home, where she’ll be river floating, never dancing alone
The skies are blue and the sunsets are strong
Baby’s got November cold
And she wants to go….
Bridge:
Home, where her memories
Both good and bad are strong
Home, where her momma needs her now
Just to help her get along
Chorus:
It's time to go home, where the wind is tame
Won’t chill you to the bone
where she’ll be wearing those cute shorts all year long
where she’ll be river floating, never dancing alone
The skies are blue and those sunsets are strong
(repeat from primary chorus, then)
My baby’s got November cold, my baby’s got November cold
it’s time to take her home, And get out of this November cold
(it’s time to take her home”
And get out of this November cold (it’s time to take her home) and get out of this November cold,
(it’s time to take her home) and get out of this November cold
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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LAST GUY
What Happened To The Last Guy
(Sandifer, Klass)
It’s a good thing you can’t hear me thinking
And I hate to doubt you
I’ll keep it to myself
I’m hearing things that I can’t mention
Warnings that I get about you
My sweet Jezebel
Only time will tell
Chorus:
My friends say that you’re a love em and leave em
Baby I don’t want to believe em
I see forever in your eyes
Your kisses leave me breathless
Still I’ve heard you get restless
You say you’ll never say goodbye, but
What happened to the last guy
Questions but do I want answers
Tangled up in these illusions
What will this cost me
Your touch, your smile, your whisper
I don’t want to lose them
It’s all so bittersweet
Am I I’m getting in too deep
Chorus:
Should I just say what’s on my mind
Broken down chorus ½ then up
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ASTONISHED
Astonished
(Phillip Sandifer, Rob Frazier)
Chorus:
We should be astonished, we should be amazed
Jesus took our sorrows, and he washed our sins away
Shout it from the rooftops, sing a song of praise
We should be astonished, Jesus is alive today
VS1:
This is our good news
This is why we sing
Celebrate the new life
That his spirit brings
Chorus:
We should be astonished, we should be amazed
Jesus took our sorrows, and he washed our sins away
Shout it from the rooftops, sing a song of praise
We should be astonished, Jesus is alive today
VS2:
Feel the joy around you
Come receive His love
Overwhelming miracle
God has come to us
Bridge:
Left the rafters ring
Let the earth rejoice
Everybody sing
Lift your voice
Chorus:
Chorus:
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I REMEMBER, DO YOU
I REMEMBER, DO YOU?
(Phillip Sandifer)
Caught your grin
At the Burger House
Right before you headed out of town
Met you later down at Jimmy's Barn
Snuck a little lovin in
Before we were found
We’d stay up until the morning light
Helpin Momma
Fold the Morning News
Those nights were long
Our love was strong
And baby I was stuck on you
I remember, do you
I’ve always wanted to know
Here in our grown minds
Where we ain’t supposed to go
While we do what we do
Can’t shut those memories down
They’ve snuck on me a time or two
I remember, do you
I remember, do you
You called me when your Eddie left
And I hadn’t yet
Met my Carly Mae
Had us a little rendezvous
In the summer of two thousand eight
I know it was the last time
That I held you in my arms
But I can still smell your perfume
Feel the memory of your charms
Chorus:
Bridge:
I remember it like it was yesterday
And every once in a while
I just might say, I miss you babe, yea I miss you babe
Chorus:
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