Jayne’s Likes & Mavericks
Lyrics LIKED:
134- When critiquing country songs, those who are more seasoned writers often mention that there's a certain sound to a Nashville song, that the language needs to be conversational, etc. I've often heard - listen to what's playing on the radio. That's the sound you're going for. At the same time, the song needs to be fresh, original, a subject that hasn't already been written about. How does one create a cookie cutter song that's fresh?
Merilee
133- What are some strategies you and Chris might use when you 'hit the wall' when songwriting and the ideas aren't flowing?
G.T.Edwards
132- Is it common for country songs that deal with emotional subjects to take on a religious, Christian bent? If it is, do you think this is because that is the demographic of the songwriter(s) and the fan base? Do you think a song with sorrows and hopes can be as meaningful and impactful without the religious references? Thank you!
G.T.Edwards
131- If you were to write a "how-to move to Nashville and get into the music scene" book, what would be your suggestions for housing, networking with songwriters and musicians, and finding a producer/studio to work with.
Merilee
130- Will you be emailing a link for tomorrow's live stream?
Marianne
129- Did you and Chris ever consider offering your songs for movies or tv? I was having a conversation with my partner the other day and we were remembering the movie “Still Alice” which dealt with Alzheimer’s and I thought this song could very well be part of a similar movie project.
Patricia Aubin
128- Do you and Chris have a particular method of remembering your lyric/melody ideas?
kayly
127- Do you all do lead sheets with your songs or do you just take a demo to the publisher?
keithcurtis
126- Where do you get your song ideas, and has there been an unusual source? I know some of mine have come from a tv commercial or a Hallmark movie, or even something so mundane as a road sign. Lol.
kayly
125- And to follow up on Keith’s last question, does Chris sometimes contribute to the lyrics as well as the melody?
kayly
124- Do you target a specific artist with your songs or does your publisher decide who to send them to? For instance, when you’re working on something do you say to yourself, “This would be a perfect match for Tim McGraw”? Etc.
kayly
123- For Jayne: Do you ever have a melody in your head that you’ll pass along to Chris with words or do you let him deal with the melody?
keithcurtis
122- For Chris: Do you write with guitar or piano or ???
keithcurtis
121- I'm feeling a bit blindsided by the abrupt end to our song. Did something happen that made you decide to tie it up and end it early? It was great to interact with you and Chris and build the song. I will miss the live stream, I'll be working. ?
Linda Lattanzio Corey
120- Chris gets a really nice sound. Without getting too deep in the weeds, what workstation do you use and what instruments do you play?
keithcurtis
119- Do you prefer writing about characters or situations? Like this song was about two people but a lot of songs just follow a situation or an occurrence with characters being secondary to the situation. Now I’ll let you rest and I’ll be quiet.
keithcurtis
118- I noticed you ask lots of questions to help clarify a thought and/or feeling for the characters in the song. I found it very helpful. I remember Beth Nielsen Chapman using this technique as well and it also caught my attention. Is this a technique commonly used in songwriting or for story writers in general? Are there other similar techniques that really help to get to the heart of what one is trying to express when creating a song..?
Patricia Aubin
117- Do you write strictly for the country genre or do you write for other genre’s? Which others do you do if you do others? Which do you find easier personally?
keithcurtis
116- Does Chris ever make lyric changes to better fit the music structure or does he simply try to structure the music to fit the lyrics? Maybe he’ll just discuss a problem he’s having making it fit with you and you change the lyric? Sorry I’m eating up all the questions, but I co-write a lot and love to see how other people deal with it.
keithcurtis
115- Do you start with a title and work from there or does it just depend?
keithcurtis
114- This sort of follows up on Patricia’s question, but a bit more specific. Do you try to write something everyday, either together or separately?
keithcurtis
113- Does Chris ever come to you with a musical idea and you start writing words or is it always words first?
keithcurtis
112- When you collaborate with other songwriters/lyricists, are you generally in person or do you work via Zoom or the like? If the latter, how does that affect your process?
Therese (TAM)
111- I don’t want to hog all the questions, so thanks Patricia! Do you or Chris always sing your submissions to your publisher or if you feel the song needs a country twang vocal or whatever do you get someone else to sing the demo?
keithcurtis
110- How often do you work together in collaboration and do you each have your own projects you work on as well?
Patricia Aubin
109- Do you guys find it harder to pitch a 3/4 or 6/8 song? You don’t hear a lot of those on country radio anymore.
keithcurtis
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108- I love you with all my heart, and I'll stay by your side till the end.
Merilee
107- And I have faith deep in my soul, this is His plan...but I'm missing things...
G.T.Edwards
106- It's only when you're touched by love, that you feel the pain...of missing things...
G.T.Edwards
105- let you know that you’re not alone, /
walk this path that we never planned /
and help you through the missing things (Patricia)
I'll be there for everything (Merilee / Jayne)
Therese (TAM)
104- And let you go find your missing things
Sinclair
103- Let you know that you’re not alone
So when the real you breaks through again
I won’t be missing things
Therese (TAM)
102- The way that you held my hand
I love you forever and....
101- Fill every moment with love /
Even if it’s forgotten again /
I’m afraid of missing things …
Therese (TAM)
100- And I need to let your know
That I'll be doing the best I can
But I'll be missing things...
Marianne
99- And hold onto the hope (that)
In Heaven you'll know me again
98- and one thing I hope you know, you've made your boy a better man
G.T.Edwards
97- And hope that by my touch
You'll know who I am
ReneeIrene
96- And hope that somehow you know
In Heaven you'll know me again
95- I just wanna hold your hand
Patricia Aubin
94- All I want is to hold your hand
Patricia Aubin
93- I'll hang on to each day that we have
G.T.Edwards
92- I can only watch while you go
keithcurtis
91- All I can do is watch while go
keithcurtis
90- So, I’m making each minute count
kayly
89- But now there’s no time to waste
Therese (TAM)
88- It's been a long time since I cried
87- Time steals a little more each day/ Let go and trust God you say.
Linda Lattanzio Corey
86- But so much seems to be gone
keithcurtis
85- Time may take a kid’s toys and trains...
Joe Brow
84- In my heart you’ll always be here
keithcurtis
83- And I've never felt alone
Marianne
82- If angels came through somehow
kayly
81- Mom there's something I want you to know
G.T.Edwards
80- Those moments when you’re still you
kayly
79- In the time I have left with you,
Therese (TAM)
78- Even if you seem far away …
Therese (TAM)
77- If tomorrow takes everything
kayly
76- So, I’m bargaining with You, God
kayly
75- You've always been home to me
Marianne
74- What the good lord gives/ he takes
Linda Lattanzio Corey
73- You’ve always been my home
keithcurtis
72- You were always my home
keithcurtis
71- You never let me get lost
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70- Every laugh that we shared/ every smile that you gave/ every tear that you dried/ every time you forgave me
Therese (TAM)
69- I miss the light in your smile/ the one that’s nearly erased/ I miss the joy in your eyes/ before it faded away/ yesterday, but in my heart it stays, always
kayly
68- Skinned knees that you patched, broken hearts you helped heal/
From a wagon of plastic to a car made of steel/
On this road, this road with you at my side, has meant everything
Joe Brow
67- And as I watch the light fade away from your eyes / I'm searching for whys and what ifs and goodbyes / Love only gets stronger the farther you go down the line...
And I'm missing things / And it feels like everything
Marianne
66- And grief is just love with nowhere to go / But you're here right now and I hope you know / The love of a mother is a love we never outgrow
Yeah, I'm missing things / And it feels like everything
Marianne
65- The parent you were, a talk without tears / an easier time without so much fear / What I’d give … to have it all back today, today
Therese (TAM)
64- I'm searching for whys and what ifs and goodbyes /
As these memories are welling right up in my eyes /
And you drift in and out of the here and the now with me...
I'm missing things / And it feels like everything...
Marianne
63- All the life lessons/ some big and some small/ The love in your voice on every phone call/ The laughter, the pain/ They make up the blood that runs through our veins.
Linda Lattanzio Corey
62- I'm missing your smile, and I'm missing your, hugs, and I'm missing your laugh, and I'm missing the light in your eyes/ but I remember you saying...Son be strong...
G.T.Edwards
61- Rather than focus on memories I’ll miss / I’ll stay in this moment, try hard to not live / in the past … or live the pain ahead. / Instead of …. missing things
Therese (TAM)
60- I miss the grace in your walk, that joy in your eyes/ the faith when you talk, of family ties, no goodbyes/ but still I just want more time, more time
kayly
59- And I'm searching for whys and what ifs and goodbyes
And I'm missing the light that once shone in your eyes
I feel lost... what do I do... without you
Yeah I'm missing things, And it feel like everything...
Marianne
58- The love in your voice, the light in your eyes, the times that you laughed, or when I made you cry, god I know, I’m gonna be lost when you go…
keithcurtis
57- Your hugs, your advice / Your laugh and your eyes /
The way that you dance / and holding your hand /
And your love —
But this will never end / our love
Therese (TAM)
56- The sound of your voice, the smile in your eyes, the way that you laughed, the way that you cried, they’ll be gone, I know it won’t be long…
keithcurtis
55- The tilt of your head when I did something wrong
The sweet words you said when you heard my first song
Your Queen Anne chair, braided hair,
White Shoulders in the air
God, there's no end to this list
Of things that I already miss
54- This time the monster is coming for you
You need a rescue but what can I do?
I'll hold your hand and keep loving you through what life brings...Missing things
53- Let's untie the lid/ on the boxes life hid/ in the upstairs rooms, where my childhood looms. Please take my hand, help me to understand what you really see, when you look at me in those snapshot memories.
Linda Lattanzio Corey
52- I cling to the days/ when your eyes are clear/ cuz' that's when I know that you're really here/ in all the memories we share.
Linda Lattanzio Corey
51- I'm missing the way it used to be
When I was with you, and you knew it was me
ReneeIrene
50- As time goes by, I can see in your eyes there might come a time I'm a stranger.
I pray you know in your heart I've been your boy from the start and that never changes.
Linda Lattanzio Corey
49- The smile in your eyes...your favorite perfume
The way that I felt when you'd walk in the room
I'm trying for strong...is it wrong to ask why
Cause this is the longest goodbye
48- I'm missing your smile/ I'm missing your hugs/ I'm missing your touch/ I'm missing the light in your eyes/ It's hard to stay strong when I, know I'm losing you
G.T.Edwards
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47- Mom, please don’t slip away
keithcurtis
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46- I remember being 5 & crying at 3am/ You ran to my room to chase monsters from under my bed
45- I remember us talking
that one night, til 3am
About college and girls,
Memories and life, and friends
Therese (TAM)
44- I remember you lifting me up so that I could reach
The first time I placed that gold star on our Christmas tree
Marianne
43- I remember those nights when you’d find me asleep in your bed
I still smell the rose water, hear your soft voice in my head
keithcurtis
42- ( A tweaked version of previous): As time slips away, if to you I become a stranger, please know in your heart, I've been your son from the start and that never changes.
Linda Lattanzio Corey
41- I remember me learning to ride that blue bike downhill/ you let go of the seat, and trusting myself became real
kayly
40- I remember the sound of your voice when you sang lullabies / I’d fall back to sleep, with the nightmare gone from my mind
keithcurtis
39- I remember the sound of your voice when you sang lullabies / I'd fall back to sleep, with the dream gone away from my mind
keithcurtis
38- I remember me crying that one night at 3am
How you ran to my room cause you knew I was frightened to death
37- I remember that fall from the tree when I broke my right arm
keithcurtis
36- I remember the sound of your voice when you sang those old hymns
keithcurtis
35- I’ll stay here with you and hold your hand just like you did for me I’d take your place if I could either way The outcomes the same the only thing I’ll be missing is you
PoeticJustice
34- I remember me crying that one night at 3am am (Jayne Sachs)
Wide awake in my bed cause I’d just had that bad dream again
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33- God knows I’m not prepared/ I'm so scared for what this really means/ To be missing things
Joe Brow
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32- And if tomorrow takes everything, the love in my heart holds on tight, that’s the part of tonight that won’t leave
kayly
31- As time slips away, when there comes a day, we are strangers.
Please know in your heart who I was at the start never changes.
Linda Lattanzio Corey
30- Someday soon all I know will be gone
The fear in your eyes looks exactly like mine
You’re here with me (but I’m missing things)
Therese (TAM)
29- I feel so lonely now
And I can see in your eyes that you feel it too
We're both searching for whys and what ifs and goodbyes
But we're not ready yet...
Yeah we're both missing things
Marianne
28- In my mind I know something is wrong
My heart feels It won’t be too long, all I know will be gone
You’re here with me…but (I’m missing things)
Therese (TAM)
27- And most nights I'm fighting my fears
I swear I been trying but I would be lying
If I told you that I wasn't scared
Of missing things
26- But the past won’t change when it’s gone. I can look in your eyes and still know I’ve been blessed. In the end, we’ll still know something beautiful’s left, cuz we’re…
Joe Brow
25- But the one thing I clearly see
Is the fear in your eyes looks exactly like mine—it’s killin’ me
Therese (TAM)
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24- It was you and a boy, with his new Christmas toys and trains / You forgot it was me, said ya just couldn’t sleep til ya knew his name, so I told you my name
kayly
23- You asked me again to tell you the name of that man, I swallowed real hard put my hand on your arm and said, that’s my dad, and WE'RE missing things....
Merilee
22- We were there on the beach watching the waves and the sand
You’ve forgotten my name, but my love’s still the same and I’ll hold your hand when you’re…
keithcurtis
21- You asked me again to tell you the name of that man, I swallowed real hard put my hand on your arm and said, that's my dad, and I'm missing...
Merilee
20- Your tears hit the glass, our newborn in your lap and I knew
You just couldn’t bring up her name but you knew that she loved you too
And now your…
Marianne
19- Well the face was familiar but you couldn't tell me her name
You were fading away like the lady who lives in that frame
18- Now I'm sleepless and stuck with this picture of us in my head
Tried counting sheep but I wound up just counting regrets
17- (re: Alzheimer's)
I know you’ve forgotten so many faces and names
Memories have faded, but I see the feeling remains
And we’re both… Missing things
Joe Brow
16- You thought I was sleeping and probably thought I'd never know
That the first man to hurt you is always the last man to go
Lori L
15- Caressing the edges and hugging with your fingertips, retracing the past and kissing his face with your lips. You see so clear, but I keep...
Joe Brow
14- And I can't get to sleep cause that picture is stuck in my head
Tried counting sheep but I just wind up counting regrets...Awake and
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13- Against all the odds you reached out and touched lightning again
Joe Brow
12- Done waiting for heroes, done wishing for heartache to end
Joe Brow
11- Couldn't hold you enough, couldn't find any way to get in
Joe Brow
10- Your ring on the table when I tried to reach for your hand
Joe Brow
9- I'm sorry my love, I know I fucked up again
Kevinmilner
8- You whispered words that ended with “a-men”
pamby1
7- I was smelling like whiskey and perfume as I stumbled in
G.T.Edwards
6- You tried to hide it, but moonlight just wasn’t that dim
kayly
5- Holding my ring and saying our love has to end
Lovie D'Sa
4- I reached out to hold you, but you turned away again.
Merilee
3- Said, how you been lying to me and your still missing him
camwilsonmusic
2- And with every year, I felt the fear
Of losing you once again
ReneeIrene
1- I should have held you and tried to understand..
hookman
Lyrics named MAVERICK:
7- God knows I’m not prepared/ I'm so scared for what this really means/ To be missing things
Joe Brow
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6- Memory fading, you knew it's a matter of time/
Now I'd give it all, if I could somehow give you mine
You'd be done...
Joe Brow
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5- Tears can be dried, but I don’t know where you hide your pain
Joe Brow
4- You woke up right here next to me, all alone again.
keithcurtis
3- You hid that bottle behind your back when I walked in
Jenny O
2- I'm sorry my love, I know I fucked up again
Kevinmilner
1- Said, how you been lying to me and your still missing him
camwilsonmusic
