Each week, our episodes end with an original song by Josh. This season, I'm going to try to release each song on its own for those who have a hankerin' for a tune. This was the song from our first episode of Season 2.

"Thanks for Playing"

I said,

“Thanks for playing that country song

I haven't heard it in far too long

I didn’t mind, but don't get me wrong

You missed a word or two

A couple notes were out of tune

But you kept on pushing through

By the time you sang the last line

I think you paid your dues.”

I dropped a ten in the tip jar

Wandered off but not too far

Still humming on a couple bars

That my heart was working through.

Suddenly you were standing there

Green eyes and auburn hair

Just like the very first time

I played the song for you.

The banks of the San Gabriel river

Just the thought can make me shiver

You talked me into

jumping in

Thank you for playing too

That brought up another time

You and I, we stayed behind

Everyone was headed

For a night out on the town

We stayed and said our own goodbyes

You know now I don’t remember why

I was probably just the kind of guy

You didn’t want around.

My mind drifts to Matamoros

We got the whole bar to sing the chorus

The times that we had

The good and bad

Thank you for playing too.

Ain’t it wild how the miles and years roll on

In a song

They melt away and today is a melody

Drifting on the wind

Blown away to way back when

the guitar man

Decides to play

A trick on you again.

A tear wells up in my eye

Guts are all balled up inside

I remember dancing hand in hand

Gruene hall in early June

Or was it Walburg in the fall?

It doesn’t matter really much at all

With every single lyric

I’m at one of them with you.

Step, slide and spin together

Sawdust under hard boot leather

Then hold you close

With one last note

Thank you for playing too.

Then like the song

You fade away

Thank you for playing too.