🩹🎸 Playing through the pain — literally.

Wrote this one about loving someone through their silence, their patterns, their past… and learning when to let go, with love still in your hands.

Performed it tonight with a broken left hand in a cast. This is the best of my one finger guitar playing!

#NewSong #SongwriterLife #BrokenButStillPlaying

#OriginalMusic #EmotionalSongs #FolkMusic #IndieFolk

#LiveMusic #BlueLight #InMyFeelings

#OneHandedGuitarSolo 🫠🎶🩼

I know the reasons why you're broken

I know the secrets you hide deep

All of the words you've left unspoken

I know you're broken just like me

You know I've loved you since I met you

I had a feeling I can't explain

Something told me to protect you

I could see how hard you hid the pain

[Chorus]

Nobody knows you like I do

Nobody loves you like I do

Nobody owes you like I do

Under the cold blue light of envy

Cast by the full and jealous moon

You try to guard your pride so gently

You calculate just what you need to prove

How you keep a broken promise

How you wage a borrowed fight

How you struggle to be honest

In the shadows, out of sight

[Chorus]

Nobody knows you like I do

Nobody loves you like I do

Nobody owes you like I do

Now you tell me that you're leaving

Now you tell me that it's time

I won't say I'm disagreeing

And I won't pretend I don't know why

[Chorus]

Nobody knows you like I do

Nobody loves you like I do

Nobody owes you like I do

[Verse]

I know the reasons why you're broken

I know the secrets you hide deep

[Intro]

Hey Now

Hey Hey Now

Hey Now

Hey Hey Now

[verse]

Hey now baby

I been watchin' you

Hey Hey now baby

I see you watchin’ too

[Chorus]

And when your eyes catch mine

It sets my heart on fire

[verse]

Hey now honey

You know I got news for you

Hey Hey now honey

There ain't nothin' you can do

[Chorus]

It was always meant to be

Me and you forever can't you see

[Bridge]

No use fighting it

Or denying it

It is written in the stars

[Solo/Interlude]

Hey Now

Hey Hey Now

Hey Now

Hey Hey Now

[verse]

Hey now sugar

Can't get you off my mind

Hey Hey now sugar

It's just a matter of time

[Chorus]

Don't try and play it cool

I know you feel it too

[Bridge]

No use fighting it

Or denying it

No use pretending

Or defending

It is written in the stars

[Tag]

Hey Now

Hey Hey Now

Hey Now

Hey Hey Now

[verse 1]

I'm in a dream

I am set free

I am floating high above

All I can feel is love

[Verse 2]

No gravity

Everything I need

I feel so safe in light and grace

Suspended in a sacred place

[Chorus]

Things are never what they seem to be

I guess it took living in a dream to see

It’s all becoming clear to me

It's always been inside of me

[Post Chorus]

I used to waste my time and try to fill the hole inside

My mind was stuck in worry all the time

But now I've finally seen the light, the perfect human alibi

Love is all there is

Love is all there is

Love is all there is

Love is all there is

[Verse 3]

In the morning light

In the stars at night

We're part of something we can’t explain

A spirit world, an astral plane

[Verse 4]

The quiet rain

The joy and pain

The dark, the light, the will to fight

That pulls you through your precious life

[Quiet Post Chorus]

I used to waste my time and try to fill the hole inside

My mind was stuck in worry all the time

[End Chorus]

Things are never what they seem to be

I guess it took living in a dream to see

It’s all becoming clear to me

The light was always there for me

Things are never what they seem to be

I guess it took living in a dream to see

It’s all becoming clear to me

It's always been inside of me

[Ending]

[verse]

I am walking slow

I got no place to go

But I feel fine

Only blue sky on my mind

I look around

I see all the clouds

But I feel fine

Only blue sky on my mind

[Chorus]

Make a wish and close my eyes

Just relax, enjoy the ride

Try to take it all in stride

Only blue sky

Only blue sky on my mind

[verse]

I'll never know

Where this road goes

But I feel fine

Only blue sky on my mind

[Chorus]

Don't know how the journey ends

Just ahead around the bend

I'll keep looking for a sign

Only blue sky

Only blue sky on my mind

[Harmonica solo over chorus]

[verse]

Take my hand

Be my friend

It'll all be fine

Only blue sky on my mind

[Outro]

It'll all be fine

Only blue sky

Only blue sky

Only blue sky on my mind

Only blue sky on my mind

Only blue sky on my mind

[verse]

I have a big book of numbers

I have a long list of rules

Don't know what to file it under

When I think about you?

I'm writing myself a letter

I need a good talking to

Remind me I should have known better

Than trusting someone like you

[Chorus]

Don't try and tell me

One and One, doesn’t add up to two

Don't try and tell me

The truth is whatever you choose

[Verse]

I make a chart of my feelings

Color-coded day by day by day

But the lines keep bending and bleeding

Every time I write your name

[Chorus]

Don't try and tell me

Green is not simply yellow and blue

Don't try and tell me

Love is just chemical glue

[Bridge]

You used to say I was the only one for you

But now you play me for a fool

[Verse]

My mind sorts the facts from the fiction

Labels the lies and the truth

But the facts seem to change their positions

Whenever it comes to you

[Chorus]

Don't try and tell me

You have the perfect excuse

Don't try and tell me

You know what I'm going through

[Chorus]

Don't try and tell me

I'm making this all about you

Don't try and tell me

I'll find somebody new

[Outro] (repeat and fade)

Don't try and tell me

Don't try and tell me

Don't try and tell me

[verse]

Life is hard

That's a fact

You can't ever

Fix the past

Play with fire

You get burned

I wonder why

I never learn

[chorus]

I may be a little burnt around the edges but I'm doin' fine

I may be a little burnt around the edges, but I take it all in stride

I won't complain, I guess I could, but a little rain might do me good

I may be a little burnt around the edges, but this life is mine

[verse]

She may have been

A little sick in the head

But that's not where,

I was looking

I woke up drunk

Tied to the bed

My watch and wallet, she took 'em

[chorus]

I may be a little burnt around the edges, but I'll be just fine

I may be a little burnt around the edges, but I still shine

I was raised to be tough, way too much is still not enough,

I may be a little burnt around the edges and I'll win next time

[bridge]

Some people like to play it cool

They like to follow all the stupid rules

But I am the other kind of fool

[verse]

Bottom's up

Knock 'em down

Buy my new friends

Another round

The beer is cold

And the whiskey's smooth

Hey what's your name baby?

How you doin?

[chorus]

I may be a little burnt around the edges, you sure look pretty tonight

I may be a little burnt around the edges baby, but I'll treat you right

I may be a little burnt around the edges but I'm still going strong

I may be a little burnt around the edges and this life is hard but it ain't that long

No it ain't that long, baby

No it ain't that long (better get livin')

No it ain't that long

[Verse]

Open up your heart

I know you've been hurt before

Don't be afraid

It will be ok

We're already past the hardest part

Open up your heart

Feel the fire from the spark

A hidden door

We can explore

So, let's not stop before we start

[Chorus]

D Am

I don't want to wonder

C Em

About what could have been

Bm F

This spell we're under

C B7

Let it take it us for a spin

{Solo over Verse]

[bridge]

Am

Don't know if this love is real

Bm

I only know how it feels

C

But we need to take a chance

[Chorus]

'Cause I don't want to wonder

And I don't want to lie

This spell we're under

So strong and so sublime

[Out verse and fade]

Open up your heart

Feel the fire from the spark

Like daylight keeps on running

To chase away the dark

My restless heart becoming

Accustomed to the scars

All my life has led me here

I see it so clear now

I know I am so lucky

For a bit of broken star

Now I find it kind of funny

When I take it all so hard

All my life has led me here

I see it so clear now

This gift of time is all I have

I'm not scared of being sad

And one day I'll watch it disappear

There is no shame succumbing

I’ll be what I become

There is no use in judging

'Cause I've already won)

All my life has led me here

I see it so clear now

I see it so clear now

I see it so clear

12 Bar Blues E

[verse]

I woke up this morning, I got the MAGA blues

Yeah, I woke up this morning, I got them MAGA blues

I've tried crying and screaming, but it don't matter what I do

[verse]

I woke up this morning, I got the MAGA blues

Yeah, I woke up this morning, I got them MAGA blues

I was hopin' I was dreamin’, but I guess all of this is true

[Bridge A E A B7]

Now we're enemies with Greenland, Canada, Mexico and Europe too (“What’d they do?”)

We're closing up the government, we're changing all the rules (“Say it ain’t true!”)

[Rant over the blues]

I was really trying my best to not let this get to me, And I was doing ok for a while

And I felt better this time than I did in 2016,

But I think I was just trying to protect myself

And I've been trying to not jump to worst case scenarios

But that's hard to do given everything that I'm seeing

It's not like I don't think that there is waste in government, sure there is

But Jesus Christ, talk about throwing out the baby with the bathwater

They've got a bunch of 20-year-olds going around firing people with important government jobs and then whoops, rehiring them

And really, I've got nothing against 20-year-olds

But are you fucking serious

And then Ukraine, what the fuck are these people even thinking. Somehow Putin is the good guy?

And there's a new Government Faith Office headed by some mega church grifter

And this cabinet, are you fucking kidding me

Talk about the fox guarding the henhouse!

And Gulf of America Really? Was that really first order of business shit?

And do we honestly have a government department called DOGE?

Named after a meme coin run by a richest man on earth?

Well, he's probably not really the richest man on earth

Because who knows about the Saudi royalty, they could be worth trillions.

But that's a whole other story

Anyway, 1/2 a Xanax doesn't quite do the trick anymore

And I know you're not supposed to mix that with Whiskey, but all bets are off folks!

And that White House Press secretary Karoline Leavitt

I honestly think she's a humanoid robot

And Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham are now somehow the voice of reason?

I could go on and on

[verse]

I woke up this morning, I got the MAGA blues

Yeah, I woke up this morning, I got them MAGA blues

It's only been two months now, don't know what the hell we’re gonna do

(I’m goin’ back to bed, wake me up when this all over)

[Verse]

I've been thinking about the words you said

They don't add up to the truth

I'm not sure who you think you're fooling

Or what you try so hard to prove

[Chorus]

Please tell me now

Why must you act so tough?

Why are you so proud?

Is the weight of time still not enough?

[Verse]

Things are never what they used to be

It doesn't matter how you try

I've seen a side of you I can't unsee

But I don't want to seem unkind

[Chorus]

Who's sorry now

You should take your own advice

You need to figure out

Why you're always tangled up in lies

[Verse]

Like a shoebox filled with odds and ends

Left behind but not removed

A past you've tried valiantly to defend

But never found the time to lose

[Chorus]

Please tell me now

Why must you act so tough?

Why are you so proud?

Is the weight of time still not enough?