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Oh, Tennessee! The Demos (EP)

by Jake Gutierrez

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1.
Sweet Water 02:51
Oh, sweet water! Sweet water keep carrying me My lovers as gone as this rivers is long Lord, get me right back to Tennessee My eyes are heavy but I just can't get to sleep Cause my heart is achin', I ain't seen my baby in weeks Jasmine in the air, is as thick as her golden hair Her smile, so pristine, as I drift through this lavender dream Oh, sweet water! Sweet water keep carrying me Cause my lovers as gone as this river is long Lord, get me right back of Tennessee The shores a closin', this river's song been sung My baby's awaitin', my Memphis bell's been wrung These days of pining, they seem forever long Now at the hotel, my baby's up and gone Oh, sweet water! Sweet water keep carrying me Cause my lovers as gone as this river is long Lord, get me right out of Tennessee
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Oh, Tennessee! You made a fool of me It wasn't the first time and it won't be the last Oh, Tennessee! Take one last look at me She's sweeter than cane sugar, but I still gotta pass Cause every night here's just the same And every word sounds like your name One more whiskey for the pain I just want off this goddamn train Oh, Tennessee! Please give her a message for me Tell her to keep my old heart, I'll buy a new one in LA Oh, Tennessee! No more Memphis trips for me I'm gonna stay right here in Long Beach, cause it's where I belong Cause every night here's just the same And every word sounds like your name One more whiskey for the pain I just want off this goddamn train x Every night here's just the same And every word sounds like your name One last whiskey for the pain If I left right now I could still make my plane...
3.
We were pals in Mississippi But it was more when we hit New Orleans And now we never talk after things with us went south But a phone call here or there It won't be so bad, I swear I bet you and me, could actually be friends... Well I'm back in California And you're there in Tennessee And this ain't as easy as I thought that it might be Well I'm sittin' home tonight I bet your havin the time of your life With some handsome dude who probably lives right down your street Well I thought that I'd wanna know but now I got my doubts This friendship shit ain't workin out Well I thought that I'd wanna know how you were makin out But this friendship shit ain't workin out The bar is closing now and I'm talkin to some gal She's pretty as sin and she knows how to wear that dress I'm wishing you were near, though I know now I gotta stay clear I don't want you tell me things that I don't wanna hear I'm heading home alone and I'm gonna unplug my phone Even though that thing it ain't ring for weeks on end I'm gonna crash down like a tree While you're holding hands at the movie Bet he's twice as good looking But half as charming as me Well I thought that I'd wanna know but now I got my doubts But this friendship shit ain't workin out Well I thought that I'd wanna know how you were makin out But this friendship shit ain't workin out
4.
Well I stepped off of the plane from Memphis And I fell into a bottle I been stuck here, for I guess it's been, about 3 weeks come tomorrow Well these pills I ate, this booze I drank It don't make things hurt no less Well I'm so stoned, I forgot i'm alone So I'm happy then I guess Well I'm laid up like some dying man Who got walloped in a war Well it's your side one, and my my side none, babe, in case you're keeping score When I wake from this I'll be alright Cause time it heals all wounds With all this medicine that I just took I should be feeling fine by noon Well I'm laying stiff just like a corpse Couldn't stand up if I tried My arms don't work and my legs are worse But I can manage up a smile Well tomorrow's just a buzz away And everything will be just fine Cause I'm out of this, need more of that See you in the pharmacy line Well I'm laid up like some dying man Who got walloped in a war Well it's your side one, and my my side none, babe, in case you're keeping score When I wake from this I'll be alright Cause time it heals all wounds With all this medicine that I just took I should be feeling fine by noon Well I stepped off of the plane from Memphis And I fell into a bottle I been stuck here, for I guess it's been, about 3 weeks come tomorrow Well these pills I ate, this booze I drank It don't make things hurt no less Well I'm so stoned, I forgot i'm alone So I'm happy then I guess
5.
Holly Jane 05:22
My Holly Jane You make the sun shine Even when it's supposed to rain My Holly Jane My heart broke for you, babe But I'm glad I knew you just the same Let me look into them eyes again They're deep and soulful, with a hint of sin Let me look into them eyes again And I'll see hope in the deepest sea of hazel green My Holly Jane You make the sun shine Even when it's supposed to rain My Holly Jane My heart broke for you, babe But I'm glad I knew you just the same Baby, read to me softly from that book in French Don't know what the hell you said but it sounds like sex Baby, read to me more from that book in French And I'll sleep these deep black and white, 1960's, smoke-filled dreams My Holly Jane You make the sun shine Even when it's supposed to rain My Holly Jane My heart broke for you, babe But I'm glad I knew you just the same Trap me in amber in that ring you wear each day I'll be your true north if you've lost your way Trap me in amber in that ring you wear each day I'll be there for you if the rain does come and the sky turns grey My Holly Jane You make the sun shine Even when it's supposed to rain My Holly Jane My heart broke for you, babe But I'm glad I knew you just the same Holly Jane is a pretty nice girl but she doesn't have a lot to say Holly Jane is a pretty nice girl but she change from day to day I wanna tell her that I love her a lot but I gotta gotta belly full of wine Holly Jane is a pretty nice girl some day I'm gonna make her mine Oh yeah, some day I'm gonna make her mine

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These demos were recorded at my kitchen table in 2008 with the help of a few handles of pretty good bourbon and a relationship that didn't quite live to tell about it. I recently found these songs in a box on something called a "CD-ROM", so they do get to live to tell about it. Thanks for the good times and the inspiration, HH.

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released July 30, 2013

Chingön Recörds
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Guitar, vocals, mandolin, banjo, harmonica and drums were all "performed" in a drunk and disorderly fashion by me. xo - jake

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Jake Gutierrez Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Banner photo by the excellent Vaughan Risher -> www.vr.gd

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