Dewey's Ditties episodes:

• July 14, 2023Don't Let Me Let You Down

  Take the drink from my hand if you think it’s ‘one too many’

  Hide my fishin’ pole on Sundays so I don’t miss church again

  Set the limit on my credit card to just two hundred dollars

  If you do then I’ll be sure to make more money than I spend

  You say you’ll always love me just the way I am

  But I can’t risk you changing your heart or my plans

  I’m asking you to help me try and become a better man

  DON’T LET ME LET YOU DOWN

  I always want to be the one you’re dreaming of

  Your love I found

  When no one else’s was quite good enough

  I don’t want you just to need me

  I want you to want me around

  So DON’T LET ME LET YOU DOWN

  Leave a note to remind me our anniversary’s coming

  Spend less time in the kitchen if I put on too much weight

  Let me know when you’re heading out to get your nails painted

  Then maybe I’ll remember to tell you they look great

  REPEAT PRE-CHORUS

  REPEAT CHORUS

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• June 10, 2023She Knows How To Breakup

  SHE KNOWS HOW TO BREAKUP

  I'm not gonna lie she was the best thing that ever happened to me

  The knife she used to cut me loose went pretty deep

  She showed compassion while my heart imploded

  If it was acting, man, she really sold it

  SHE KNOWS HOW TO BREAKUP

  With tender words of hope and love

  A couple beers on her front porch swing

  Talkin' 'bout the good times we

  Had for twenty-one-derful days and nights

  Then she kissed me on the cheek as I climbed into my truck

  SHE KNOWS HOW TO BREAKUP

  She held my hand like a dear old friend and asked if I would be alright

  And laughed when I said, "I'll just cuddle with my dogs at night"

  I've heard goodbyes can be a living hell

  But thankful and blessed was all I felt

  REPEAT CHORUS

  Without destroying the man

  I'll never regret the night we met when I asked her to dance

  SHE KNOWS HOW TO BREAKUP

  With tender words of hope and love

  A couple beers on her front porch swing

  Talkin' 'bout the good times we

  Had for twenty-one-derful days and nights

  Then she kissed me on the cheek as I climbed into my truck

  And blew another kiss for good luck

  SHE KNOWS HOW TO BREAKUP

  (Makes it look easy)

  SHE KNOWS HOW TO BREAKUP

  (Love her completely)

  SHE KNOWS HOW TO BREAKUP

  Dewey Longuski (BMI)

  ©2023

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• April 26, 2023Mission In Motion

  There was a hunger inside me that came from my heart

  A dream so big I didn't have a clue where to start

  Then from out of the blue a voice in my head

  Shared a few words of wisdom I'll never forget

  Put your MISSION IN MOTION

  Don't wait another day

  Let the fire in your soul light the way

  There's nothing you can't do with a little faith,

  A bit of hard work and devotion

  Put your MISSION IN MOTION

  Now I feel like a rocket heading into space

  Knowing the course I'm on might change

  But if I shoot for the moon and I miss it

  The stars will be waiting in the distance

  REPEAT CHORUS

  There's a million reasons not to try

  But none of them's been verified

  REPEAT CHORUS

  REPEAT CHORUS

  Put your MISSION IN MOTION

  Put your MISSION IN MOTION

  Dewey Longuski – BMI

  ©2023

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• March 17, 2023If Everybody Came From A Farm

  IF EVERYBODY CAME FROM A FARM

  I built cars in Detroit

  Tractors in Waterloo

  Rolled some grass in LA

  Bailed hay near Baton Rouge

  Of all the people that I've met

  In every place I’ve been

  The ones with country in their genes

  Made the truest kind of friends

  IF EVERYBODY CAME FROM A FARM

  This world would be a better place by far

  We'd take less for granted

  On this Big Blue planet

  And do more good than harm

  IF EVERYBODY CAME FROM A FARM

  Well, I'm not saying farmers are perfect

  But their way of life sure is

  Passing on respect for all God's

  Creatures to their kids

  They work hard all day, take time to pray

  Help neighbors when in need

  No, they didn't write the 'Do Good' Book

  But that's how they live and breathe >> REPEAT CHORUS

  Don't matter their race or religion

  Who they voted for in the election

  If they were raised in dirt and dung...I'll trust 'em >> REPEAT CHORUS

  If everybody came

  If everybody came

  IF EVERYBODY CAME FROM A FARM

  Dewey Longuski (BMI)

  ©2023

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• March 04, 2023This Glass

  THIS GLASS is the very same one

  Grampa worshiped whiskey in before he died in Nam

  THIS GLASS helped Grandma cope

  One shot at a time while she raised their boy alone

  When Grandma died it made it to our kitchen

  And it was tough watching dad keep up the tradition

  THIS GLASS

  Held the key to his pain

  When life was tough or didn't always go his way

  THIS GLASS

  Was a cure and a curse

  Delivered needed medicine that made life worse

  He got caught up living in the past

  With THIS GLASS

  THIS GLASS ruined my childhood

  Though momma tried to shield me from the hell the best she could

  THIS GLASS bled my heart cold

  With all the shards it left around our quiet country home

  I learned where to put my faith and how not to live

  And how hard it is to love while you’re trying to forgive

  REPEAT CHORUS

  Dad always said it’d be mine someday

  But he'll have it in his hand when they bury him today

  REPEAT CHORUS

  Dewey Longuski (BMI)

  ©2023

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• October 07, 2022I Would've Found You

  I heard you tell your momma on the phone last night

  How lucky you were I walked into your life

  That we've been best friends

  Soul mates

  Ever since our first date

  And I agree with it all

  Except the part about where luck was involved...cuz...

  I WOULD'VE FOUND YOU

  No matter where you were on this earth

  You're the true North to my compass

  The inner voice I've always heard

  If you were born and raised five-thousand miles away in Timbuktu

  Then it mighta taken a little longer to do

  But I WOULD'VE FOUND YOU

  Before I even saw your face or knew your name

  Darling, I swear, I loved you all the same

  Every decision

  At each crossroad

  Brought me closer to my goal

  I was anything but lost

  When our paths finally crossed

  REPEAT CHORUS

  I've always been hopeless at following directions

  But when it mattered most it was pure perfection

  REPEAT CHORUS

  I WOULD'VE FOUND YOU

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• August 02, 2022Farther From The Truth

  Hope I didn't wake our little girl; didn't mean to call this late

  Driving ten ain't no fun when I'm usually home by eight

  The boss sure was desperate to get this load to Cheyenne

  He said he'd make it worth my time but there's no way he can

  Yeah, we can always use the extra money

  But every mile that leads away from you

  Takes me FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH

  Of who I am and love to be

  Your husband and her daddy

  Down in small town Tennessee

  There was a time

  This highway life was all I ever wanted to do

  Now it couldn't be FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH

  Did our angel go to sleep okay, or did she miss my lullabies?

  Yeah, it seems so unnatural not kissing you good night

  I still plan to be home Sunday in time to go to church

  Until then I'll be praying this construction don't get worse

  There's nothing like the freedom of the road

  But every mile that leads away from you

  REPEAT CHORUS 1

  If there's a highway to heaven

  And if I have to go before you do

  I'll be FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH

  Of who I am and love to be

  Your husband and her daddy

  Down in small town Tennessee

  Heaven would be hell

  Until I got to share it with you

  And anything different...couldn't be farther from …

  FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH of who I am and love to be

  Dewey Longuski (BMI)

  ©2022

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• July 30, 2022The Weekend Begins - NSAI "One to Watch" July 2022

  THE WEEKEND BEGINS

  I've never been the kind to over think

  But lately that's what I've been doing

  Trying to solve one of life's mysteries

  And I finally came to the conclusion

  THE WEEKEND BEGINS

  When you're hangin' with your friends

  And that first cold beer hits your lips

  All those work life troubles

  Burst like carbonated bubbles

  And a smile's too hard to resist

  Oh, you never want it to end

  When THE WEEKEND BEGINS

  It's amazing in all of history

  I'm the one who found the answer

  Of where to draw the line between

  Being responsible and hammered

  REPEAT CHORUS

  Second-shifters

  Nine-to-fivers

  Graveyard diggers

  Over-timers

  No one knows when the work week ends

  But at least we now know when...

  REPEAT CHORUS

  When THE WEEKEND BEGINS

  When THE WEEKEND BEGINS

  Dewey Longuski (BMI)

  ©2022

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• July 14, 2022Tip Of The Iceberg (D. Longuski / S. Squires)- NSAI "One to Watch" June 2022

  TIP OF THE ICEBERG

  I'm no longer surprised

  To hear the hush then feel the eyes

  From all the jealous guys when I walk in this bar with you

  And I can't blame 'em a bit

  Cuz it was your outside that drew me in

  My first thoughts were full of sinful things we might do

  Now I know you like the back of my hand

  In ways these wishful thinkers never have

  They only see the TIP OF THE ICEBERG

  They don't know what lies

  Beneath your big blue eyes

  Beauty's only skin deep

  Most times I'd agree

  But Darling, where you're concerned

  It's just the TIP OF THE ICEBERG

  I've seen you... calm a crying child

  With a hug and tender smile

  Then go the extra mile to turn their grey sky blue

  And you never shy

  Away from the lost in life

  Freely give your heart and time to walk in their shoes

  Half of this bar wishes you weren't with me

  The other half prob'ly wishes you would leave

  REPEAT CHORUS

  You move across the dance floor like you're floating on water

  Even the band knows you're the real showstopper...but...

  REPEAT CHORUS

  Dewey Longuski (BMI)

  Sean Squires (BMI)

  ©2022

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• June 22, 2022RUMN8R - A tribute to Dr. Michael Allen (MSU Distinguished Professor)

  You earned a few degrees where bad maize goes (i.e. Cornell)

  Then made your mark with cows at MSU

  No one would be surprised if your blood was green

  And smelled like rumen juice

  But dairy cattle research is all in your past

  It's time to inhale some better grass

  See you later, RUMN8R

  Greener pastures are waiting for you

  No more chewing your cud

  Over nerdy science stuff

  There's a world of things out there to do

  Let your dreams be your navigator

  See you later, RUMN8R

  Trading your desk for fun in the sun

  Might sound great for a while

  But jumping chollas and rattlesnakes

  Can quickly erase any smile

  Your theory is HOT but Tucson is hotter

  Let's hope that Elk Lake don't run out of water

  REPEAT CHORUS

  Remember happiness ain't an outdoor oven baking thin crust pizza

  It's all about family and friends, and listening to Lisa

  REPEAT CHORUS

  See you later, RUMN8R

  See you later, RUMN8R

  Dewey Longuski (BMI)

  ©2022

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