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Bitter Blue

by The Jason Connelly Band

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1.
I’ve been living in my bed I keep struggling with the truth and trying to hold on I’ve been hearing voices in my head Their telling me to slow my roll and try to move on So there’s a fire burning in my heart There’s a fire burning and It’s in my heart I wanna love you like I’m crazy I wanna feel you from the inside of my heart I wanna hold you like a lady And when you move I wanna be strong enough to help you move on Sooo, how could you just lay there Like there’s nothing going wrong The world was on my shoulders When you moved I wasn’t strong Sooo, how you could not notice That I was acting like a child The world was on my shoulder You just stood there and you smiled There’s a fire burning in my heart There’s a fire burning and it’s in my heart I wanna love you like I’m crazy I wanna feel you from the inside of my heart I wanna hold you like a lady And when you move I wanna be strong enough to help you move on Don’t you ever feel like you can never move I wanna love you like I’m crazy I wanna feel you from the inside of my heart I wanna hold you like a lady And when you move I wanna be strong enough to help you move on
2.
Way down deep inside my lover’s arms Only one left to find you lord, but you’re tearing you apart Well digger’s eyes with a covered bridge Only left to find you, lord, only one left to dig So deep, lord, so deep You might think your roses never bloom You might keep your heart girl locked up in a room You might think I loved you from the start You just might be right girl but you’re tearing you apart So deep, lord, so deep You might see one day, slowly start to turn And when you look into my eyes can you watch and see it burn You better slow down able, baby I said please be willing, I’m not ready to fight Slow down able, yeah baby I said please be willing, I’m not ready to fight I’m not ready, tonight Lookin’ at your eyes they sure do grin Looking at your mouth girl says I’m never gettin’ in You might think I loved you from the start You just might be right girl but oh you’re tearing you apart So deep, lord, so deep You might see me one day slowly start to turn And when you look into my eyes babe, watch and see it burn You better slow down able, baby I said please be willing, I’m not ready to fight Slow down able, yeah baby I said please be willing, I’m not ready to fight I’m not ready, tonight
3.
Memories 04:02
It’s not like it’s over You were more than just a friend You’ll always be with me Every time I feel the wind Blowing over my shoulder You’ll keep on shining through Cause you're more than a memory I promise, you’re the one I’ll never lose There will always be long ways Sometimes the road may never end There will always be bad days That’s when you’ll need a friend To give you his shoulder To help and guide you through It’ll turn into memories I promise, like the ones I have with you Doesn’t matter how long it takes Or if the wheels won’t turn Doesn’t matter if it breaks your heart You’ll get up Sometimes you're gonna lose your way You know those bridges are gonna burn Somebody’s gonna break your heart You’ll get up Cause you're making a memory And you can’t lose a memory like that I remember when I was younger Thinking I was older Feeling like im already on my way Had the spirit of a fighter Being a survivor, yeah Just trying to make a name When somebody went took my dreams Somebody went stole my heart It doesn’t matter how long it takes I got up just the same Doesn’t matter how long it takes Or if the wheels won’t turn Doesn’t matter if it breaks your heart You’ll get up Sometimes your gonna lose your way You know those bridges are gonna burn Somebody’s gonna break your heart You’ll get up Cause you're making a memory And you can’t lose a memory like that
4.
Played you a song That I said I wrote for a friend But I lied when I said it It was for you See I struggle with love And I push you away Cause I don’t know what else I should do But it’s just like me To mess up everything chance I get And it’s just like you To read between the lines Nobody does it just like you I hear it from your friends They say I’m lucky to have you But I’m lucky that they don’t see you cry Cause I’ve got the devil in me And the demons won’t go away Believe me when I say Girl I’ve tried But it’s just like me To look away and wash away the truth And it’s just like you To look me in my eyes and say It’s ok Nobody does it just like you I know one day I’m gonna have to fight Step up and fight Or one day you’ll be gone You’ll be gone And another, yeah another man will have your nights And I’ll go on Living this song Nobody does it just like you
5.
Change 03:40
Turned on the news today and part of me just started crying Tried to read the page, but part of me just started dying. Where did we all go wrong? When did we stop loving one another? Where did we all go wrong? Tell me sister, tell me brother. Can’t be the only one. No that’s gotta be wrong If you ain’t got no change in your pocket, well how are you supposed to make some change? If you ain’t from where I come from, how are you supposed to make some change? Make some change ya’ll Sick of all these lines, they’re too thin for something so big Sick of all this crime, oh who’s raising our kids? Where did we all go wrong? When did we stop loving one another? Where did we all go wrong? Tell me, tell me, oh tell me brother If you ain’t got no change in your pocket, well how are you supposed to make some change? If you ain’t from where, oh where I come from, how you, how you, how you supposed to make some change? You ain’t got no change, see it in everyone so it can’t be wrong If you ain’t got no change in your pocket, then how are you supposed to make some change? If you ain’t from where I come from, Where I come from Oh, we need some change If you ain’t got no change in your pocket, then how are you supposed to make some change? If you ain’t from where I come from, how are you, how are You and me, oh we need some change Change, change, change, change, change We need some change
6.
I don’t know just how to ease my mind Winter house in the nights grow cold And I don’t know if I’m gonna make it on a dirt road There’s old Henry’s Mill, it used to ease my mind A nickel or quarter will get you some real good shine And it goes well for days you can’t take it on a dirt road The summer wheat moves like rain, yeah The summer wind carries me away, yep, yep, it carries me Man on the moon won’t you keep on shining Shine on me on the middle of this mountain I don’t know what you’ve been told, Everything’s slow on an old dirt road I’m just trying not to lose my grip Man on the moon, you best not slip Keep shinin’, shine on me, yeah Shine on me, yeah Got a little lost outside of Memphis The neon lights, they don’t understand When I left home, I left home, I was headed for Hollywood Said I’ll never look back The summer wheat moves like rain, yeah The summer wind carries me away, yep, yep, it carries me Man on the moon won’t you keep on shining Shine on me on the middle of this mountain I don’t know what you’ve been told, Everything’s slow on an old dirt road I’m just trying not to lose my grip Man on the moon, you best not slip Keep shinin’, shine on me, yeah Shine on me, yeah Shine on me Shine, shine, shine on me Shine, shine, shine on me Shine, shine, shine on me Shine, shine, shine
7.
Never give a drinking man a reason Or next thing that you’ll get is a reason to cry You’ll spend all your nights alone Waiting by the phone Wandering if he’s alone Or if he’s alive You had to have a rolling stone You were drawn into his light You had to have the lonely one Only you could make him right Is he everything you thought that he would be Does any of it make sense Is he really how you thought that he would be Then tell me how does it feel Where’s your baby now Do you know, do you know Is he down an out On that long and dusty road Did it turn out how You thought it’d be, sugaree Wells where your baby now Do you know, do you know In a hotel outside of Folley She was thinking about it all She was high on the summer of love When she suddenly felt the fall That’s when the leaves began to turn Her heart began to change It was an endless summer night Lord, she’ll never be the same Where’s your baby now Do you know, do you know Is he down an out On that long and dusty road Did it turn out how You thought it’d be, sugaree Wells where your baby now Do you know, do you know Where do you run, where do you run Is anybody out there Who do you love, where do you go Does anybody care Sugaree, oh Sugaree Where’s your baby now Do you know, do you know Is he down an out On that long and dusty road Did it turn out how You thought it’d be, sugaree Wells where your baby now Do you know, do you know
8.
Bitter Blue 04:48
May not win the race May not graduate I might not see tomorrow I know today is borrowed But if I’m given the chance, One more time, to see you dance I’m gonna take that with me I’m gonna keep that memory Down. In the bottom of my heart is where you’ll live Down. In the ashes where we will always be kids Down. So many reasons So many answers left unsaid Tell me the reason Give me a reason why we live Throw my arms up like a Sunday at a church Through my eyes, I can see the bitter blue There’s gotta be more than someday There’s gotta be more to this There’s gotta be more to me and you Down. From the bottom of my heart is where you’ll live Down. In the ashes where we will always be kids Down. So many reasons So many answers left unsaid Tell me the reason Give me the reason why you live I wonder. Do I have anything more to give? I wonder. Do I have anything more to give? So many reasons So many answers left unsaid Tell me the reason Give me a reason why you live Tell me the reason why you live Tell me the reason Throw my arms up like a Sunday Through my eyes, I can see the bitter blue There’s gotta be more than some day There’s gotta be more to this There’s gotta be more to me and you Down. From the bottom of my heart is where you’ll live Down. In the ashes where we will always be kids Down. So many reasons So many answers left unsaid Tell me the reason Give me a reason why you live Tell me the reason Tell me the reason May not win the race May not graduate I might not see tomorrow I know today is borrowed
9.
Sister from grace, where’s your baby now? Is he lonely, or just plane alone? Is if it’s too late for him, well then god he says So don’t worry about a thing, cause I’m sure that you’ve done enough Cause I’m sittin’ with the bartender, singing her amazing grace And I’m holding back the blind from a life that you can’t change Even now I know that these words, they ain’t enough So I’m drinking homemade wine from a bottle that raised me tough Lord knows, oh, I’ve been a fool For the one I couldn’t save And the lines on my face, well, you know they pave a road You know how it tears me from right to live But my eyes want to see it, but my heart won’t let it go So I’m sittin’ with the bartender, singing her the words of change And she’s holding back the tears for a heart that she too breaks And she knows these words I sing, they’re not enough So she poured some homemade wine from a bottle that makes us tough Oh, I know there’s a better way But my heart won’t let it go Even now these words in this world, they ain’t enough So I poured some homemade wine from a bottle that raised me tough So I poured some homemade wine from a bottle that raised me tough
10.
Wake Up 03:48
I wake up, oh, and I got this feeling like Sho nuff, like everything’s gonna be alright Hold up, oh, I get this feeling in me, yeah Cause our love, like butter touching cherry wine Your soul, the sweetest berry on that vine Hold up, oh, I got this feeling in me So let all, let all them pretty boys say their lines Oh, let them talk, let ‘em talk, let them speak the truth Cause, I know where they lie And it ain’t right there by your side Cause, I know we’ll make it through, oh, I believe in you You keep on rockin’ me, I keep on rockin’ you, yeah I know we’ll be just fine, Honey, let me tow the line You keep on rockin’ me, baby, and I’ll keep on rockin’ you too Your mamma said you were a wild one, gonna have to build that child brick by brick But, I’m here tell you and your mamma, child, I ain’t gonna stop, no, never gonna quit Cause, I know, I know, I know, Oh, I know they’re gonna come one day When all them boys have said their lines, but you’re staring right back at me So let all, let all them pretty boys say their lines Oh, let them talk, let ‘em talk, let them speak the truth Cause, I know where they lie And it ain’t right there by your side Cause, I know we’ll make it through, oh, I believe in you You keep on rockin’ me, I keep on rockin’ you I know we’ll be just fine, Honey, let me tow the line You keep on rockin’ me, baby, and I’ll keep on rockin’ you too, yeah
11.
The dirt on my face says, “Oh Lord, it’s going to be a hard a day.” The sweat on my back says, “Good Lord, I’m going to take the long way.” I’m giving it back, giving it back, good lord, just to give it away Got a good life, but still lord, you know I need a good a break. I got a good job, ain’t got a good pay. Got a good woman, but lord, ain’t seen her in days. I’m giving it back, giving it back, good lord, just to give it away Got a good life, but still lord, you know I need a good a break. But all this time, they’ve been lying, they’ve been telling me, yeah I ain’t gonna take it no more, yeah I just got one foot in now, and now they’re showing me the door. And all this time, they’ve been lying, they’ve been telling me things. The doctor says to me, son I know you don’t wanna hear it You’ve got yourself a deadly desease called, shoulda, coulda, woulda been there Cause you’re giving it back, giving it back, good lord, but then you’re giving it away My prescription to you son, you need a good break But all this time, they’ve been lying, they’ve been telling me, yeah I ain’t gonna take it no more, yeah I just got one foot in now, and now they’re showing me the door. And all this time, they’ve been lying, they’ve been telling me things.

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Bitter Blue is the album that defines TJCB. With sounds of blues, country, soul, and rock, this album captures it all. You'll dance, you'll sing, you'll cry, but most of all, you'll relax. Enjoy!

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released August 2, 2014

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The Jason Connelly Band Atlanta, Georgia

What started as a one-piece singer-songwriter act in 2009, has now become a growing project. The Jason Connelly Band is a sound caught somewhere in between the old sounds of the late and great Ray Charles and the new sounds of the soulful, yet modern, Ray Lamontagne. With the release of their new record, "Bitter Blue," TJCB has not showed any signs of slowing down. ... more

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