Miraquill
You're My Hometown Now
You’re that summer sea breeze at the Boardwalk
That windy track the train takes down to the sea
And I know I’ll always cherish you, my dear
for all the memories you’re warmly givin’ me
Your beauty is washin’ over me every day
Like the waves did where I couldn’t stay
And I hope you never ever, ever, ever doubt
You’re my hometown now
My sweet love, you’re my hometown now
©matthewkennethgray
#grandmasmantelmusic2018
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matthewkennethgray
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matthewkennethgray
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Real McCoy
As sure as farmers love farming
As sure as cowboys love shootin’
As sure as fishers love fishing
And Minnesotans say “Darn Tootin!”
I know we’re the Real McCoy
Real McCoy
Real McCoy
We’re true love
We’re the Real McCoy
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matthewkennethgray
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I Don't Worry Now
I used to be so preoccupied
Buckets of tears I have cried
About those I loved and lost
My heart froze like Autumn frost
But I’m not hopeless anymore
As long as you’re by my side
I won’t ever have to doubt
’cause together we’re on this ride
Babe, you’re my life,
You’re what I’m all about
You’re my sweetheart
and I don’t worry now
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matthewkennethgray
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I'm No Longer Nostalgic For You
I’m no longer thinkin’ of your kisses
Or your pretty little porcelain face
Or the way you would hold on to me
in the stands as we’d watch a NASCAR race
I’m no longer wonderin’ where you are
Now you’ve found another good man
I’m no longer nostalgic for you, babe
I’m just lovin’ her the best I can
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matthewkennethgray
183w
Nipple Chills
I wanna see you get nipple chills
I want you to feel it in your feet
As you pull me into you closely
I wanna be one with your heartbeat
I wanna know what we have is unique
’cause you say it makes you weak
Let’s go back to my place in the Hills
’cause I wanna give you nipple chills
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matthewkennethgray
183w
Muddin' With Me
You seem like the kinda girl who’d like it
It’s fun slidin’ all around in my truck
I could take you out where I go fishin’
and huntin’ doves, quail n’ duck
I know there’s a rebel in you in there
C’mon baby, give it a shot
I really like you a whole lot
It’s the best time you’ll have for free
Girl, please come muddin’ with me
Girl, please come muddin’ with me
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matthewkennethgray
184w
Not So Wise
Her heart isn’t an open book
I’ve had to turn every single page
She keeps her delicate issues
tucked away in a rusty cage
She threw the key to it into the ocean
that’s inside every tear she cries
And just when I think I really know her
I realize I’m not so wise
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matthewkennethgray
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That's Watsonville
It may be just a place like all the others to some
Those who don’t know the stories from its past
But to the lucky ones who lived there all their lives
They’ve made memories that will forever last
So if I seem a little homesick you are very right
I’m remembering the good times and always will
In all the places I have ever been
I always long to come home again
To the town I love so much, that’s Watsonville
To the town I love so much, that’s Watsonville
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matthewkennethgray
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The Regular
What was it like in the old days here old man?
They ask me and I always answer honestly
It was not like it is now – it was much better
It’s where I wish I was stuck for eternity
The people were much friendlier and open
It was so much fun, everyone had so much class
We all respected the older Gentlemen and Ladies
And we’d go have breakfast after Sunday Mass
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matthewkennethgray
185w
You Should Be With Me
My pockets are all empty
But my stomach’s full for now
And I’m dreamin’ of you, girl
I gotta figure out how
To make some money
So you will date me
I feel like such a fool
It’s so upsetting
That I’m letting
My depression rule
I know I can make it happen
I know you’ll one day, see
That I was made for you
And you should be with me
You should be with me
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matthewkennethgray
185w
Home Cooked Chow
We’ve been out on that road
for what it seems like, years
Singin’ songs for all you people
Makin’ you laugh and cry tears
We’ve seen a lot of blacktops
and highways across this great land
But there’s been something missin’
to myself and this here band
Home cooked chow
Is what we’ve been dreamin’ about
for breakfast lunch ‘n dinner
We’re tired of all the takeout
We’ve gotta tour to make that money
But we’ve gotta get back somehow
to our homes in the dirty South
'n munch down on home cooked chow
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matthewkennethgray
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Mama He's Not Right
Mama, he’s not right
Something’s wrong with that guy
I heard he gets drunk and high
Don’t you turn a blind eye
Don’t let her out of the house tonight
Mama he may be polite
But I’ve heard sis and him fight
His beater car is a pigsty
I think he only has a clip on tie
Ohhhh, Mama, he’s not right
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matthewkennethgray
186w
Crushing Crush
I was dating others who were nothing like her
Whether they liked me or not, I wasn’t that sure
What I do know is I was lonely, awkward & immature
and she was the one I was crushing on back then
She was told I was obsessing from a friend of a friend
We hung out for lunch when her heart was on the mend
and I shared with her a poem I had recently penned
before she became the one I was crushing on back then
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matthewkennethgray
186w
There Went That Plan
We gave it our best effort, all that we had
Instead of workin’, it turned out so bad
I look at our pictures, and I don’t understand
There goes that woman, there went that plan
There went that plan, there goes that girl
There goes my hope for a happier world
There goes our future, the one I dreamed of
There went that plan, I sure wish it was love
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matthewkennethgray
187w
The Road to You
We’re enjoying our meals n sippin’ that wine
This ain’t no lie, everything is fine
The journey here wasn’t that ideal
But nothing ever is to something real
And if I end up alone on a country lane
running for my life from a Cat 5 hurricane
I won’t have to pray about what I have to do
I’ll feel blessed that I’m on the road to you
I’ll be at peace
’cause I’ll be on that road to you
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matthewkennethgray
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From April to August
Sometime after Labor Day
She said she was movin' away
Her father got a job up North somewhere
I told her to write or call
I never heard from her at all
It was a gloomy Fall - life felt so unfair
I didn't buy the thought that she didn't care
Cause she took something of mine as a souvenir
It was my favorite gray hoodie from my Senior year
And she gifted me this beat up Martin six string
But when I play it, I don't feel a goddamn thing
All I wanna do now is go back in time to Spring
On that Seattle night when we made out to Sting
Those weeks we were together from April to August
Stole all my desire for anyone else and wanderlust
Stole all my desire for anyone else and wanderlust
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matthewkennethgray
188w
Way Back When Again
I didn’t know if she felt the same
When I softly called her name
She just smiled that sunny smile
It felt like I was still in the game
I didn’t know why we said goodbye
To all those feelings we felt back then
All I knew was we were flying high
Cause it was way back when again
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matthewkennethgray
188w
All The World's a Cliche'
All the world’s a cliché
No one’s above the law
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
When you’re drowning, grab a straw
Finder’s keepers, loser’s weepers
We learn best as we play
The world may be earth and water
But in my mind, it’s a fun cliché
All the world’s one big fat cliché
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matthewkennethgray
188w
Annie & Riley
He was sitting under a tree
with a journal on his knee
and writing another line
Up walked Annie Jean
with hair so fine and clean
to talk with him under that Georgia pine
She said, “Hi, I’m Annie Jean
You know my friend Kathleen
We all are in the same English class”
He said, “Hi, I’m Riley”
then he looked down shyly
as he pulled out a couple blades of grass...
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matthewkennethgray
188w
It All Turns Out For The Best
Say goodbye to the bad times
Say goodbye to the pain
Say goodbye to the heartache
Say goodbye to the rain
Say goodbye to sleepless nights
Say goodbye to what you feel
Say goodbye to sadness
And what you know to be real
Because something’s coming soon
You’ll know it when it’s there
It’ll shake you from your nest
It all turns out for the best
©matthewkennethgray