These Jobs Ain't Working Bill Brimer copyright 2019 Dropped out of school the day I turned sixteen Might as well work when you're not learning a thing And why go into debt for a college degree When the jobs pay the same with a GED Bills pile up and I pay what I can But these jobs ain't working for a working man Thought about the army or maybe marines But my cousin just finished four tours overseas And he's under employed so what does that say When a hero can't manage to make a living wage We blow up and rebuild Afghanistan But these jobs ain't working for a working man Go in early and stay late when I can Answer all commands with yes sir and yes mam Everyone who knows me knows I make a good hand But these jobs ain't working for a working man These jobs ain't working for a working man Doing better than some and the best that I can But these jobs ain't working for a working man

I'll Get Over You Bill Brimer copyright 2019 I'll get over you on the way to Port A with a friend I'll get over you on the beach put my feet in the sand I'll get over you with a tan and a drink in both hands I'll get over you I'll get over you I'll get over you play my favorite break up song I'll get over you Shorty's Place margaritas are strong I'll get over you someone else already came along I'll get over you I'll get over you It's a beautiful drive from here to there Leaned her seat back and laughed with her feet on the dash and the wind in her hair She ain't wasting no time taking you off my mind I'll get over you Look at the view It's a beautiful drive I'll get over you she's the type I know you can't stand I'll get over you fireside campsite in the sand I'll get over you making waves seeing stars in the tent I'll get over you I'll get over you It's a beautiful drive from here to there Leaned her seat back and laughed with her feet on the dash and the wind in her hair She ain't wasting no time taking you off my mind I'll get over you Look at the view It's a beautiful drive I'll get over you Look at the view It's a beautiful drive

Southern Gothic Apocalypse Bill Brimer copyright 2018 In this haunted hotel consumed with memories There's always room for you to stay for free And the neon sign in my eyes reads, "No Vacancy" I've been holding all the rooms for you and me As you roam the halls and walk through walls Locking doors to show you own it all And I close my eyes and go deep inside for a new memory I've been holding all the rooms for you and me I've been holding on to old southern gothic apocalyptic haunted songs Not knowing if I'll find you or you're gone When the lights go off an old record plays "He Stopped Loving Her Today" echoes through the hallways And I close my eyes and go deep inside for the room with a view I'll be saving this one, baby, for me and you I've been holding on to old southern gothic apocalyptic haunted songs Not knowing if I'll find you or you're holding on to those southern gothic apocalyptic haunted songs Not knowing if I'll find you or you're using them to tell me to move on

All I’m Asking Bill Brimer copyright 2018 If what I want is what I got Then all I’m asking ain’t a lot A working truck with cold AC A decent price on gasoline A boss that honors what he says A roof at night over my head Honest pay for honest work And bills get paid if I get hurt Income tax that don’t take much Some set aside that I don’t touch A modest home with a porch in front A box of wine and two clean cups All I’m asking ain’t too much A few days off so we can go To the livestock show and rodeo Or a baseball game to take my son And The Rangers win The Series once The house cools down at night in spring And we sleep in peace as cicadas sing A few years when we’re not at war To believe in what we’re fighting for A president who’s not a clown Someone should clean up that town A country song that ain’t just pop A steady rain to grow the crops All I’m asking ain’t a lot I hope I’m not too out of touch To say we need a little love All I’m asking ain’t too much

Will we see a ghost tonight Or a alien landing site Or just the glow of the oil field lights On the desert highway at night The spirits play with your mind Whatever you think you see you'll find Oh I know where we can go tonight Oh I know you wont believe your eyes We'll go out to highway ninety Where you can see the Marfa lights And wait for God to draw on the West Texas sky Are the ancient Apache haunting A sacred burial site Forever wandering the countryside Or the torches of Spanish explorers We see through a hole in time Or the glow of the gold they left behind Oh i know where we can go tonight Oh i know you wont believe your eyes We'll go out to highway ninety Where you can see the Marfa lights And wait for God to draw on the West Texas sky Roll down the window darling and breathe in the night Take in the sight my darling of the West Texas sky

Tuscaloosa Bill Brimer copyright 2018 Tuscaloosa I'm on the road that takes me home to you It's tattooed on my soul I owe it to you to be home on Christmas Day But the road that leads me home keeps leading me away I'm losing heart I lost my mind a long time ago I crossed the line so many times I lost the road In all the snow So guide me home Tuscaloosa This white Freightliner blends in out of sight As the snow falls all around A blanket on the night I trust in traction Put my hope in high beams This brokered load will get me as close as Tennessee I'm losing heart I lost my mind a long time ago I crossed the line so many times I lost the road It's touch and go So guide me home Tuscaloosa Wheels are turning so I'm earning American dream Fog lights burning Darkness blurring Into waking sleep There's no knowing coming going Sea to snowing sea Crossing country Always wondering when I'll be Home Free I'm losing heart I lost my mind a long time ago I crossed the line so many times I lost the road If I lose control Bury my bones In Tuscaloosa

Are you alive in New York City? Can you even be alone?
 I know you said it was lonely in your Brooklyn brownstone
 Come on back to Oklahoma where you know you’re always home 
 I want to get lost in love 
 You know that song we wrote last summer, we’ve got to figure out a key 
 So you can hammer out a melody and I can add a harmony 
 Cause every song I’ve heard you sing has always meant the world to me 
 How you ignore all the things that people say you ought to be 
 I want to get lost in love 
 I know a life in New York City is what you’ve always dreamed of 
 But come on home to Oklahoma where you know you’re always loved 
 Catch a red eye to Tulsa and I’ll drive from Broken Bow 
 We’ll ignore all the warnings, we’ll surrender all control 
 Like a lifetime of searching in a garden maze of stone 
 In the heat of the moment, in the heart of a song 
 In the heat of the moment, we’ll get lost in love 
 We’ll be long gone by morning we’ll be on the way back home 
 We’ll ignore all the warnings we’ll surrender all control 
 Like a lifetime of searching in a garden maze of stone 
 In the heat of the moment, in the heart of a song 
 In the heat of the moment, we’ll get lost in love

Time Traveling The only light we see from the stars at night is the light that's had time to reach us And it was on the way long before the day the darkness came between us So why don't you and me and the evening breeze Lets go time traveling Why don't you and me go star gazing and turn this back to what it used to be Can you hear our song playing on the radio as it echoes across the meadow And we danced along I left my headlights on we were ten miles tall in the shadows So why don't you and me and the song we sing let's go time traveling Why don't you and me go star gazing and turn this back to what it used to be If we could travel back to when our time was gone We could turn around where we went wrong And if the stars don't take us we'll turn up our song And time traveling won't take any time at all So why don't you and me free these memories and let's go time traveling Why don't you and me go star gazing and turn this back to what it used to be \

Whiskey's Killing Me Bill Brimer copyright 2018 Traffic sucked so bad through Austin So tired of driving I got a room It ain't the town that I remember when i lived here with you Grabbed a bite at El Mercado At a table set for two Why do booze have to go so well with Mexican food If I drink I might forget you If I forget you I might drink I would kill for a whiskey But the whiskey's killing me Passed the pawn shop down on Brazos Wished they still had all my things What I'd give for that old guitar I gave for your ring I been trying to stay sober But staying sober is trying me I would kill for a whiskey But the whiskey's killing me I don't think I'll drink and drive But what I think drives me to drink I know I need to find a meeting And hope I find it meets my needs 'Cause I would kill for a whiskey But the whiskey's killing me I would kill for a whiskey But the whiskey's killing me

Above the Deep Bill Brimer copyright 2019 When I tell you this story you won't believe it's true It happened just the way I'm about to tell you Back when we were young, just dumb kids having fun Drinking on the back roads that nobody is ever on We heard all the rumors that go around down here All the scary stories of the kids who disappeared But that just made it thrilling for playing truth or dare And hiding from each other just how easily we scare Way back in there somewhere off a numbered county road The three of us were drinking, me, and Tommy, and Billy Joe We thought we heard cicadas but the sound got way too loud Suddenly the night lit up like lightning in a cloud A cylinder above us hovered in the sky Orbs that spun around it shot off brilliant rays of light I can't describe the panic, felt the static lift my hair Then it disappeared like it was never even there From what I've seen we'd all insist That what we saw does not exist Near Angelina County line Above the deep East Texas pines When Tommy told his parents everything we'd seen They sent him off to Green Oaks until the day he turned eighteen So me and Billy Joe agreed to keep the secret to ourselves We said he must be crazy and we're glad he got some help But everything he told them was a hundred percent true Every detail of the story exactly how I just told you And I know you don't believe me but I don't even care I know we all saw something and I don't ever go back there From what I've seen we'd all insist That what we saw does not exist Near Angelina County line Above the deep East Texas pines

For the Life of Me Bill Brimer copyright 2018 I had an old bird dog named Whiskey who'd chew the leg off any chair I had a cute girlfriend named Missy, wore a flower in her hair I drove an Oldsmobile Ninety Eight that never would quite drive straight I had a job at Joe's barber shop shining shoes while folks would wait For the life of me I can't recall any kindness I regret at all No, the thing that keeps troubling my mind are the times I've been unkind I loaded Whiskey and clothes in the Olds and I left Hobbs for Santa Fe I should have said goodbye to Missy but instead I ran away And despite all he'd done to help me I gave no notice down at Joe's He had every right to cuss me when like a coward I no showed For the life of me I can't recall any kindness I regret at all No, the thing that keeps troubling my mind are the times I've been unkind Way back then I couldn't see you never make it far alone in the end But looking back I should have known there's no such thing as making new old friends For the life of me I can't recall any kindness I regret at all No, the thing that's been troubling my mind are the times I've been unkind

That place in Colorado where you and I used to go It hasn’t change much you know Our old room is still the same as the last time we stayed Only now I’m here alone With nothing better to do than sip on Jameson Listening to Emmylou sing “Boulder to Birmingham” Like she was speaking for you seeking my face again I keep loving and losing you listening to Emmylou Back home in Alabama I heard her on the radio In her voice I listen close And I hear what I think is us going back to the way it was Only I’m still here alone With nothing better to do than sip on Jameson Listening to Emmylou singing “Together Again” Saying the key to my heart you hold in your hand I keep loving and losing you listening to Emmylou I can hear you in between all the chords and melodies On Pieces In The Sky I can’t get through “Sleepless Nights” With nothing better to do than sip on Jameson Listening to Emmylou sing “Boulder to Birmingham” Like she was speaking for you seeking my face again I keep loving and losing you listening to Emmylou With nothing better to do than sip on Jameson Listening to Emmylou singing “Together Again” Saying the key to my heart you hold in your hand I keep loving and losing you listening to Emmylou

Blood Brothers My brother’s done it now some deal he had went wrong he's just out on parole for selling dope I should have known that it wouldn't take him long I could barely understand what he was saying on the phone in all the years I've known him never heard him so afraid I'm on my way just hang on Until the sun’s gone down On the wrong side of town I couldn't believe there was so much blood and we couldn't get it all cleaned up we rolled the body in a rug and quickly stuffed it in the trunk with the money and the drugs now there’s no turning back soaked that shotgun shack in gas a spark from the stove burned up the past as we drove down the dark road in back The sun’s gone down On the wrong side of town Ain't no way out We're blood brothers now We were digging through the night until the light broke through the trees I don't know why I was thinking that the sun might bring us some sort of relief but the days have all turned grey a fog perpetuates the grief we don't speak about these things but in his eyes I see the strain of the secret that we keep The sun’s gone down On the wrong side of town Ain't no way out We're blood brothers now The sun’s gone down On our side of town And it ain’t coming out We're blood brothers now

Starting Tomorrow Bill Brimer copyright 2018 Darling, I know we've been here before A place I swore we wouldn't be anymore After tonight, I'm done for sure And things will be even better than before When I quit drinking again I want you to know I'll pay back all I spend Every cent that i owe And I'll be a better man Starting tomorrow But tonight I'm with my old friends Sharing a bottle I've learned how to land on the bottom I can always tell when its near And although tonight won't soon be forgotten Tomorrow tells us what we want to hear When I quit drinking again I want you to know I'll pay back all I spend Every cent that i owe And I'll be a better man Starting tomorrow But tonight I'm with my old friends Sharing a bottle

I would have chased my demons into the darkest waters I would have lorded over flies and cruelly ruled I would have wandered in the desert without ever tasting rain If you didn’t love me and I didn’t love you I would have lived a thousand lies for love of lying I would have covered up my scars with new tattoos I would have swirled about in whispers and drowned in shallow rivers If you didn’t love me and I didn’t love you You can't go wrong with love It covers up what covers us I would have cursed the thought of grace and run from caring I would have covered up the pain with eighty proof I would have reached the deepest prison to feel like I was free if you didn't love me And I didn't love you You can't go wrong with love Love covers up what covers us What covers us love covers up You can't go wrong with love It covers up what covers us

Outlaws Love Jesus Bill Brimer copyright 2018 Well, I can't seem to start this beat up truck, like it can't get the nerve worked up to leave the parking lot for the road. I think it knows I'm going to take it home. It's been four years and two rehabs. That's two more than my dad ever had. That old wild turkey has come home to roost. I don't think we've ever both worn suits. But if there's anything I've learned along the way, no one at the party gets to stay. Well, at least we won't be fighting this time and mama's got some peace of mind. If there's a warrant out for my arrest. I'll get it over with and hope for the best. Cause if there's anything I've learned along the way, no one at the party gets to stay. I know why outlaws love Jesus. He turned the water into wine. You know the party is never over until he says it's time. There ain't nothing good in that old town and only eight hours between us now. If not for mama needing me I'd stay away and keep it rolling for another day. But if there's anything I've learned along my path, no one at the party is gonna last. I know why outlaws love Jesus. He turned the water into wine. You know the party is never over until he says it's time. Well, I can't seem to start this beat up truck.

Lie To Me Baby Bill Brimer copyright 2018 In order to know where this is going we have to begin at the end If I think we'll be together forever then the hard times won't do me in But if it ain't gonna be alright between us and you don't think its meant to be Lie to me baby and act like everything's cool Lie to me baby and tell me you'll always be true I don't need true love I've been through enough I know how true stories end So if you never really loved me what's the harm in saying you did? And if it ain't gonna be alright between us and it was never gonna be Lie to me baby and act like I'm no fool Lie to me baby I love you too much for the truth Lie to me until the day you leave so I never knew what hit me And if it ain't gonna be alright between us and it was never gonna be Lie to me baby and act like everything's cool Lie to me baby and tell me you'll always be true Lie to me baby and act like I'm no fool Lie to me baby I love you too much for the truth I love you too much for the truth

Ghosts of the Alamo Bill Brimer copyright 2018 I had to get out of Tennessee I was broke and the law was chasing me I heard the call of Sam Houston's army And I had to get out of Tennessee So I headed down to the Rio Grande Santa Anna claimed it as his land Ya'll can go to hell I'm bound for Texas, man Yeah I headed down to the Rio Grande Remember the Alamo, every departed soul Remember the Alamo, that's holy ground you know I only made it as far as San Antone I ain't gonna die down here alone Plenty of Tennessee blood down in the Texas mud Where they'll always remember the Alamo Remember the Alamo, every departed soul Remember the Alamo, that's holy ground you know Remember the Alamo, every departed soul Remember the Alamo, that's holy ground you know Plenty of Tennessee blood down in the Texas mud Where they'll always remember the Alamo