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Another State
©2003 Jae Avery
I been long gone from Oregon
Ain’t nada in Nevada that’s keeping me
And I can’t waste my time roaming
Round Wy-o-ming
If there’s any other place for Utah be
My heart ain’t home in Oklahoma
Louisiana was easily left behind
I don’t miss Mississippi much
But I know Iowa ‘nough
For me to quickly get Georgia off my mind
Chorus:
You're leaving me behind
And it's driving me out of my mind
Now there's nowhere left to go
But to go insane
Normality is hard to define
Insanity's a state of mind
I guess that's just another state I'm in
Verklempt on the border of Virginia
Kansas was a month of Missouri
But I made it cross the county line
Lost on Alabama time
Still Idaho just where you might be
Chorus:
Back Home Again
©2001 Jae
Avery / Pete Farrugia
Follow your heart
Follow your dreams
Right to the bitter end
And when there’s no doubt
You’ve burned ‘em all out
It’s time to go back home again
Some other time
Some other place
Somewhere you’ve never been
A brand new start
Another escape
Gonna lead ya right back home again
It don’t matter how far you go
Or the distance that we’re apart
You can go as far as Timbuktu
But you’re always in my heart
Racing through life
Chasing the dreams
You almost disappear in
When time won’t wait,
There’s always a place
Right here for you back home again
Can't
Live This Lie
©2000 Jae Avery /
Jeffrey Backus
I don't need an excuse to leave
Just need a reason to stay
More torn and blue than my ol' jeans
Struggling for something new to say
No matter how we try
We can’t make what's wrong all right
Since you don’t love me no more
The reason no longer rhymes
Chorus:
Anyway, I can't live this lie
The lie that you want me to live
Pretending nothing's wrong
When the love we had is gone
And I've got nothing more to give
I can’t live this lie
The lie that you want me to live
In the morning I’ll be gone
I’ll be leavin’ on the next flight
Too late for you to say you were wrong
But not too late to say goodbye
Chorus:
A convincing display that we’re doin’ ok
From the outside in
But from the inside out, my heart cries aloud
Let me go, I can’t stand the pain
Chorus:
City Love Affair
©1999 Jae Avery /
Jim Kirby
Packed up my old life
And left my old love behind
Boarded a westbound
Via heaven above to find
A whole new way of paying my dues
With this inner city miss-you-blues
But a new spell has been cast over me
And I no longer, I no longer,
I don’t wanna be free
Till it seems to the world that I don’t care
‘Cause I’m caught up In this city love affair
City love affair
Since I found you life has tranquility
And now is the time for truth and honesty
Spent all my time paying the cost
Of life’s heartaches that had me so lost
But you healed my soul till I no longer bleed
Now I wear my heart and tears on your sleeve
So much in love it’s all my heart can bear
Bound by the limits of this city love affair
City love affair
Forever With You Too
©1999 Jae Avery /
Peter Farrugia
Did you really say
What you just said
Am I hearing you straight
Or is it all inside my head
Only you and your words
Can make me feel like I do
And yes I do, want forever with you too
And yes I do, want forever with you too
Hearing your dreams
And you saying my name
Makes my heart ignite
Old embers to fire and flames
My burning desire is to start life a new
And yes I do, want forever with you too
And yes I do, want forever with you too
A life with you
Would be a dream come true
‘Cause you bring out the best in me
There’s no time to waste
No need to hesitate
The answer is yes indeed
I know we’ve come far
Since way back when
The day you and I
Were no more than simply friends
Now no other lover or good friend will do
And yes I do, want forever with you too
And yes I do, want forever with you too
Here For You
©2002 Jae Avery /
Anthony Cooper
Watching you
Struggle with the change
We’ve put you through
Restless sleep, troubled dreams
One more home, two routines
Wondrin’ if your life will be the same again
You and I
Spend our days making up for lost time
But nothing’s gonna change us
All the time we have each other’s love
Chorus:
Close your eyes and make a wish
I’ll be here for you
A long embrace, and goodnight kiss
Wait right here for you
Cross my heart and promise
Because you mean the world to me
So here for you is where I’ll be
Now you see
‘Coz I can’t hide no more the child in me
The tears roll down my face
Every time you leave
And I feel like I’ve let you down
So till the next time that you’re around
Chorus:
When your simplest desires are few
But your smallest dreams won’t come true
There’s one thing left to do
Chorus:
Little By Little
©2000 Jae Avery /
Jesse Goldberg
Here's a typical story of
boy meeting girl
On a magical mystical night
A whirlwind of passion rocking this world
Could it be love at first sight
Little by little you're driving me wild
I'm walking around with a permanent smile
Whenever we kiss I can't get enough
It's making me crazy, the thrill of your touch
Little by little you're driving me nuts
Fast forward life, six months go by
And we just don't get along
We fight and we scream, you cheat and you lie
And the feeling is totally gone
Little by little you're driving me wild
Gotta have your own way like a five your old child
Your strange little habits annoy me so much
You rant and you rave, why don't you shut up
Little by little you're driving me nuts
Little by little I'm losing my mind
You get on my nerves all of the time
My skin crawls with the feel of your touch
Can't take it no more, I've had enough
Little by little you're driving me nuts
Little by little you're making me mad
You're the biggest headache I ever had
Little by little you're ticking me off
Little by little why don't you get lost
Lucille’s Story
(I Just Came To Dance - The Blair Which? Project)
©2000 Jae Avery / Blair
Songwriting Class
Sat on a barstool at some dive in Toledo
Disillusioned with living on dreams
Ordered laughter and tonic, ain't it ironic
Gin don’t dissolve wedding rings
This time its over but I need a shoulder
To dry tears from the hurtin' I feel
His lines were all cliches
After he asked for my name
He said, "Nice to meet you, Lucille"
Now I have to admit, in his rodeo shirt
His big arms were driving me wild
Sharp snakeskin boots, firm Wrangler butt
Kind eyes and a cute cowboy smile
His intentions were clear
When he breathed in my ear
"Lucille can I love you tonight?"
I knew he'd been drinking
So I kept on thinking
How to answer and still be polite
Chorus:
Said I just came to dance
S'posed to meet a friend, maybe have a drink,
Hear the band for a little while
I'm flattered, I really am,
ut I just came to dance
Then my ol' man walked in
And when he'd stopped talkin'
I said, "You never asked how I'd felt
Now the kids are all grown
And honey you should've known
At harvest time you'd need hired help!"
Just there and then the cowboy stepped in
And began to put up a fight
He said, "Leave her alone
She ain't goin' home
With neither one of us tonight"
I told 'em… (Chorus)
Ready To Fly
©2002 Jae Avery /
Lucas P. Gravell
With no doubt or hesitation
Love took me by surprise
Every time you smile at me
My hearts ready to fly
With your love to lift me up
I've never been so high
When you hold me in your arms
My hearts ready to fly
Chorus:
Ready to fly
My hearts ready, my hearts ready
Spread my wings in the open sky
My hearts ready to fly
High above the world below
You're right here by my side
In the sunshine of your love
My hearts ready to fly
Chorus:
Like birds of a feather
Out in the wild blue
We belong together
I'm so in love with you
Chorus:
Meant To Be
©1999 Jae Avery /
Jim Kirby
Time for thinking
Enough time to miss you
So my eyes shed just one more tear
Caught in a dream
I wake up to kiss you
And find that you’re not really here
Chorus:
A whole world away
So much to say
Echoes from some distant shore
The wind whispers on
From the day you’ve been gone
A meant to be that never was
Never knew we had
What we really had
Till eternity we shall endure
Paradise forever
When we are together
Until we cannot be anymore
Chorus:
Rock Me Back
©2002 Jae Avery /
Marc-Alan Barnette
If there was a chance for
love
I think I’d pass
I’m running one-ten
And getting no where fast
I’m too busy for love, I’m too busy for you
Till you wrap you’re arms around me
And rock me back to you
Chorus:
Rock me back and pull me close to you
Rock me back and say something new
Tell me again but this time say more
You gotta rock me back
So I can love you like before
If there was a chance for you
I might just bail
I’ve paid my dues for love
The check’s in the mail
I got a heavy load I’m escaping from
Wont you wrap you’re love around me
Rock me back where I belong
Chorus:
I’m so tired of running
To set myself free
You gotta rock me back
To a place where I wanna be
Chorus:
Stop The World
©2003 Jae Avery
Ethiopian starvation
One more job for the United Nations
Afghanistan has a new generation
Of anti loyalists
Global warming is on its way
Natural disasters come what may
Who wants to raise their kids today
In a world like this?
Chorus:
Stop the world, I wanna get off
Ring the bell, I’ve had enough
Why can we find peace and harmony
And live in a world where freedom is free
Terror in the land of the free
A mother stoned for adultery
Congress peace for the Middle East
Or just political gain
Nuclear weapons in whose possession?
Blair & Bush are at Sunday confession
Ten o’clock is so depressing
We tune in just the same
Chorus:
If sacrifice of human life is the price to be free
Then this old world is too damned expensive
For the likes of me
Chorus:
Westbound
©1999 Jae Avery/
Pete Farrugia
There's a new smile on my
face
Because I’ve found
Love in a new place
Where I'll settle down
Old thoughts I'll erase
Of my old home town
Got my life in a suitcase
So now I'm westbound
Chorus
(Westbound) I've finally cut loose
(Westbound) Ditched my old blues
(Westbound) I'm heading for you
Now I'm westbound
Got a new Chevy van
To get me around
Got my old guitar
But a brand new sound
Chilled out, laid back
Totally unwound
A whole new point of view
Now that I'm westbound
Chorus:
With everything but my broken heart
I’ll drive into the sunset
Straight on till morning
I’m gonna keep on headin’ west.
Chorus
Why Cant I Get To You
©1998 Jae Avery /
Pete Farrugia
You and I were once so close
Right from the very start
But now there's something in our way
That keeps us worlds apart
I watch your life as you fulfil
Each addition in perfect place
I run to keep the pace with you
But lose each endless race
Chorus:
My oldest yet my youngest friend
No substitute will do
We're the very same flesh and bone
So why can't I get to you
Even after all these years
I miss the things we used to share
I ache for a place in your life
I still need you
Though you're not there
In words I know you'll understand
As God is love then hear my plea
If only love can build a bridge
Won’t you bridge those troubled waters with me
Chorus:
