Dewey's Ditties episodes:

• January 14, 2024Riding Hard Today

  I'm a cowboy at heart but that ain't no excuse

  For all the times I rode roughshod over you

  There's no way to wrangle any harsh words I said

  That kept us up some nights alone in the same bed...but...

  If I could throw a bridle and saddle on my life

  Spin it around, take the trail back in time

  And head off each tear I sent down your face

  Then, darling, you know, I'd be RIDING HARD TODAY

  You tamed my wild side; let my spirit roam free

  I guess that's why I never dropped down on my knee

  But you know I've always stayed true to the brand

  That you put on me when I first held your hand...so...

  REPEAT CHORUS

  Yeah, you gave me fair warning but this cowboy didn't change

  Now I'm fading in your rearview while you're RIDING HARD TODAY

  Dewey Longuski (BMI)

  ©2024

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• January 02, 2024Smokin' Bluegrass (D. Longuski)

  I never tried the funny cigarette they call weed

  But sometimes I need a way to escape reality

  The best way I can lift my fallen spirits up again

  Are with movin', down-home tunes like Cripple Creek and Uncle Pen

  SMOKIN' BLUEGRASS

  Gets me high down to my soul 

  SMOKING BLUEGRASS

  Love to hear the banjo roll

  Fire up the fiddle and flat top now and then

  Keep the rhythm movin' with the bass and mandolin

  SMOKIN' BLUEGRASS

  Don't get me wrong I love to hear them slow, sweet gospel tunes

  Every Sunday morning at my church in my favorite pew

  But on Friday nights I need to tap my toes and slap my knee

  Down at the local grange with all my friends and family

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  Dewey Longuski (BMI)

  2024

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• December 28, 2023Forty Years Ain't Enough (Donna and Dennis Banks' 40th Anniversary Song)

  Verse 1

  I was a frat boy in AGR and chukka boots

  You were a smart and pretty Farmhouse Little Sister

  We found common ground and a whole lot more

  At Dan & Gracie's drinking two dollar pitchers

  Your momma said I'd break your heart and I did right in its track 

  Smack dab in the middle of affection with no looking back

  Chorus

  Forty years of me and you

  In sunshine and rain

  Hopelessly devoted 

  By God's amazing Grace

  Every day with you is a deeper dive in harmony and love

  And it's a long way from over yet

  Forty Years Ain't Enough

  Verse 2 

  You've been successful, sometimes a rebel

  As you climbed the ladder in an all-man's world

  But you still found time for family life

  A role model for our Rocky Mountain Girls  

  Our White Christmas wedding in Paris started all our memories

  In Michigan and back home again to the state of Tennessee 

  REPEAT CHORUS

  Bridge

  Ain't enough of your kisses, Ain't enough romantic nights

  So darling "Could I Have This Dance for the rest of my life?"

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  Every day with you is a deeper dive in harmony and love

  And it's a long way from over yet

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• December 24, 2023She Broke My Heart On Payday

  I got off work an hour ago and drove straight to the bank

  With seven days of sweat and blood made out in my name

  But I didn't pay my bills today like I always do, Cuz I knew

  I'd need every dime to drink her leaving off my mind

  SHE BROKE MY HEART ON PAYDAY

  Now I got money to burn

  This lonesome bridge to her memory

  Drink after drink 'til I don't hurt

  Guess I should be thankful it turned out this way

  SHE BROKE MY HEART ON PAYDAY

  The timing of her stomping on my heart was rather civil

  Maybe there was still a part of her that cared for me a little

  Or was it just coincidence the day she chose to go, I don't know

  But does it really matter; either way, my world's been shattered

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  Gonna be a little short this month paying off the rent

  But if this whiskey does the trick I'd say it was money well spent

  SHE BROKE MY HEART ON PAYDAY

  Now I got money to burn, burn, burn

  This lonesome bridge to her memory

  Drink after drink 'til I don't hurt

  Guess I should be thankful it turned out this way

  SHE BROKE MY HEART ON PAYDAY

  Timing is everything, ain't that what they say

  SHE BROKE MY HEART ON PAYDAY

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  ©2023

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• November 30, 2023Heartbreak Rabies

  I ain't no doctor but I got Google

  So I can self-diagnose all my aches and pains

  And since you left me I'm showing signs of

  A rare disease affecting my chest and brain

  There's no tellin' how much time I've got left to go

  It's a cross between what killed Old Yeller and Romeo

  HEARTBREAK RABIES

  I'm foaming at the mouth with every mug of beer

  HEARTBREAK RABIES

  Mixing water with my whiskey is my biggest fear

  And every time I read your goodbye note it makes me a little more crazy

  I've gotta classic case of HEARTBREAK RABIES

  There's only two ways to cure what ails me

  And the first one ends at closing time

  Now my last hope is God is listenin’

  When I'm wide awake in the dead of night

  Praying you'll walk through my door with a kiss and second chance

  But until that day I'll be in this bar over-drinking and fading fast

  REPEAT CHORUS

  The love bug bit me good when I first saw your face

  Never knew how dangerous it was until you walked away

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  ©2023

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• October 16, 2023You're Not Tequila

  How'd you know I'd be here drinking all alone in this bar on a Tuesday night?

  Yeah, she left me without warning this morning so the rumor you heard is right

  No, I didn't think of calling you or any of my friends

  Priority one was making this heartache end

  And with all due respect

  You can't help me forget...cuz...

  YOU’RE NOT TEQUILA

  You can't numb the pain

  Or make me so hungover in the morning

  Her memory gets lost in my brain

  Thanks for all your advice but buddy tonight

  I need a self-induced alcohol

  She's-over-me-and-gone

  Twenty-four hour amnesia

  You're a damn good friend

  But YOU’RE NOT TEQUILA

  If you really wanna help me start a GoFundMe page to cover my tab

  You probably can't stay here 'til closing but could you arrange for me to catch a cab?

  Here's the key to my apartment, would you mind stopping by

  Get rid of anything of hers she mighta left behind

  But as for right here and now

  There's no way to help me out...cuz...

  REPEAT CHORUS

  Thanks for all your advice

  But buddy tonight

  I need a self-induced alcohol

  She's-over-me-and-gone

  Twenty-four hour amnesia

  You're a damn good friend

  But YOU’RE NOT TEQUILA

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  ©2023

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• September 25, 2023Streamin'

  Picture Credit: mymichiganbeach.com

  Lead and Harmony Vocals: Dewey Longuski

  Harmony Vocals: Cherie Hagen

  It's a two-hour ride to go one-mile

  And the traffic's light and flowing

  On this inner tube in my cut off blues

  With my fingers and my toes in...

  This beautiful river

  As I stare up through the pines

  Like it's the very first time

  I've seen a summer sky

  STREAMIN’

  Slow and easy down Big Sauble

  Can't get a fix like this

  From a pill or a bottle

  Warm breezes strum the boughs and leaves

  While song birds sing the melody

  It's the only music out here my soul's needin'

  Yeah, I'm STREAMIN’

  There's a whitetail buck sneaking up

  To the river for a drink

  And a couple otters in the water

  Playing hide and seek

  They know I'm not a threat

  To their peaceful way of life

  As I quietly float by

  With nothing on my mind

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  The midday sun's heating up but it ain't gettin' to me

  Cuz my backside’s stayin' chill in this air-filled rubber koozie

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  Yeah, I’,m STREAMIN’

  Love this STREAMIN’

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  ©2023

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• September 06, 2023Half A Mind

  You’re looking in the wrong place for love

  On the outside I can smile and tell you you’re the one

  But past my eyes through my mind and down to the core

  There’s nothing, no nothing worth searching for

  I’ve got HALF A MIND to fall in love with you

  The other half went crazy when she broke my heart in two

  There’s not much for me to offer after all she put me through

  But I’ve got HALF A MIND to fall in love with you

  One touch from you could warm the coldest sea

  One kiss from you proves Heaven’s still in reach

  But in the end you couldn’t mend this heartless old soul

  There’s only so much I can give so little left to know

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  If you’d have reached me before her time

  You’d of had the love she stole and left to die

  Stole and left to die, please believe me, please believe me

  REPEAT CHORUS

  HALF A MIND to fall in love with you

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• August 15, 2023Beer Goes With Everything

  BEER GOES WITH EVERYTHING

  I'm just a good ol boy with a few friends in high places

  And last week one of the aforementioned got a suite for some horse races

  Guess I faux pas'd up ordering prime rib and white wine

  Cuz them stiff-necked folks looked down their noses shocked and mortified

  Well I don't have a PhD in the science of grape-ology

  But I know one libation meant for any food I'm tastin'

  BEER GOES WITH EVERYTHING

  From lobster tails to chicken wings

  It's the universal bev'rage

  Gives taste buds all their lev'rage

  It's mellower than merlot

  And bolder than a bottle of Chablis

  Yeah, BEER GOES WITH EVERYTHING

  There's lots of theories speculatin' how a drink with hops and barley

  Could pair so perfectly with any food at any party

  But I'm of the opinion all the magic's in the foam

  It turns bad flavors upside down and makes good ones explode

  And if you spill it on your clothes there's no need for swearing

  Beer's a neutral color; matches anything you're wearing

  REPEAT CHORUS

  Oh, Mac and cheese is cheesier

  Broccoli goes down easier

  Hamburgers taste meatier

  REPEAT CHORUS

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  ©2023

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• August 03, 2023Oh Deer

  I've had you in my sights from the moment we met

  But I'm not sure if you're avoiding me or playing hard to get

  Like last night when I saw you by the road

  I rolled my window down and when I said, "hello"

  You just turned away, yeah

  Like it was some kinda game

  OH DEER, I guess love is blind

  And I hope you're next to mine on opening day

  OH DEER, All I need is one shot

  To prove what I got can blow you away

  You're more than just a rack on the wall to me

  You're leaner than pork and tastier than beef

  OH DEER

  Love's a two-way street

  So be careful when you cross, I'd rather

  Grill you with my Weber - than my old Chevy truck

  But if by chance some other hunter takes you down

  I'll still talk you up at the coffee shop in town

  And I'll be sure to show

  All your trail cam pictures on my phone

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  Someday I hope to have your heart in my hands

  Then I'll season and saute it in my cast iron frying pan

  REPEAT CHORUS

  Dewey Longuski (BMI)

  ©2023

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