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Someone Else's Songs

by Dale Wicks

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1.
Suitcase 02:43
He's got his suitcase packed in the corner But he never went anywhere, knows he's a goner 'Cause he stayed put for all of his days He waited too long, and now it's too late And he's too old, too tired, the time isn't right The same thing he said when he thought last time Of the corner in the room of the same old town Packed up with his daydreams of setting out With a suitcase Now he's a company man, with tricks up his sleeve It don't pay enough to stay, but too much to leave He gets up for work before it gets light At quittin' time, it's gettin' near night His girlfriend's talkin' 'bout settling down She's a practical girl who casts a disapproving frown At the corner of the room that her boyfriend keeps And talks about at night when his sleep is deep The suitcase In old Chicago-town, the bands are hot And L.A. reads like a movie plot Mexico's a good time for sure And New York's got just a little bit more He's made up his mind and he's ready to go But somehow, he never go out the door But it runs through his mind while he's running in place The corner of the room where it always waits The suitcase
2.
She said "I know you You're the fellow who's always talking like a train You come up hard, full-steaming Then you're leaving like you won't be back again" But I ain't just talking, I don't know where I'm supposed to be In the complicated story of my name The switchyard's calling me to places that I've never been And I'm sitting here just talking like a train Say it a million times, it'll never change She says I look like I'm listening While I'm sitting here, just drowning in my beer I said "I don't mind talking to you, baby And I'd do it even if you weren't the only one here" But I ain't just talking, I don't know where I'm supposed to be In the complicated story of my name The switchyard's calling me to places that I've never been And I'm sitting here just talking like a train Say it a million times, it'll never change It's all the difference in the world to say that I'm alone or that I'm lonely Thinking of me, are you, baby? It's all the difference in the world to say that we're apart or that we've parted Brokenhearted or broken free? Is that what you believe? Is that what I believe? You've broken free, but you've broken me I'll say I'm happy You'll say everything just works out for the best When we both know it doesn't Makes no difference to me, sitting here, the only one left But I ain't just talking, I don't know where I'm supposed to be In the complicated story of my name The switchyard's calling me to places that I've never been And I'm sitting here just talking like a train Say it a million times, it'll never change
3.
People want to hear the things they know You offer yourself to them, but they just won't go So you buried your body down and you ground up your sweetest prose And you sewed yourself a button on the collar of another man's clothes You figured out your world and your world was wrong Before you know it, you're singing someone else's song People only see what they believe I was never one of "them", so nobody ever saw me I played a blind-man's game and never knew the rules So I changed, now I'm the captain of this lost ship of fools I was beautiful and free, but they were strong So I changed by tune and started singing someone else's song It's easy to concede and so hard to swim upstream I cannot believe everyone's like me You had something to say, but you found a better way And said you wouldn't bite the hand that feeds It's possible I don't know what I know But if that's true, then who are you to tell me so The captain of the fool-ship lays the law I've seen better men than you who've heard the call The road to self is narrow and it's long But otherwise, you're singing someone else's song
4.
Big Chain 03:09
There's a chain that's forming downtown Stretches 'cross the land Some people say it don't mean nothing Some people don't understand But others see the problem And others draw the line So raise your hands in a song of peace And link 'em up into mine And make a chain Make a big chain Filter one little thought through so many big brains Big chain, big change Some chains are made of silver Some chains are made of gold Some chains are made of people Who just will not be ignored A chain is not just one piece There are many different parts That come from different places Connected at the heart They make a chain Make a big chain Filter one little thought through so many big brains Big chain, big change Sometimes the spirit never dies...
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6.
The night when I met you, I couldn't believe The vision of loveliness sitting beside me I wanted to touch you to see if you were real I wanted to tell you all the things I hoped you'd feel But my knees shook; my mouth was dry I felt so nervous I wanted to die How can I speak to you when you look at me that way? So I kissed you and had nothing more to say That evening in Charlotte when I held you tight Nothing in my life before had ever felt so right I wanted to tell you that I hoped that you loved me I wanted to sing to you of how happy we would be But tears of joy caught in my throat I couldn't sing a single note But I loved you, and I was telling you that day So I kissed you and had nothing more to say The language of the kiss can say so many things And I hope you never miss all the joy it brings The many times in my life I can't say what's on my mind A kiss will give me words that a mortal couldn't find That night in December, we'd had our final fight And done too many wrongs to ever put them right I'll never forget you, but I wanted to forgive And wish you luck upon the life you chose to live But my voice broke, and then went weak My throat closed, I couldn't speak So you took me in your arms before we parted ways And you kissed me and had nothing more to say The language of the kiss can say so many things... Sweet things
7.
I never see the sun these days, even when it burns my skin Surround myself with all my friends, but the loneliness still creeping in I can't hear it, smell it, see it, but I feel it and it weighs a ton Girl, you're gonna miss me when I'm gone These streets I'm walking these days always dump me off in divey bars Where other lonesome sinners sit and sing and strum on their acoustic guitars I strum myself and stay a bit; we'll ruminate and sing until the dawn Singing "girl, you're gonna miss me when I'm gone" I ain't saying that I'm special Maybe I work better as a memory But if absence makes the heart grow fonder Lady, you won't ever see the end of me When the truth is told by liars and the only light is from your cigarette When the room is full of fire and your friends are standin' 'round 'cause they ain't seen it yet I know you'll hold yourself together and you'll never let the cruel world keep you wrong But girl, you're gonna miss me when I'm gone After all the barrooms close and all the little children go to bed After all the tabs and scores are settled and everybody settles for what they get You'll drift off thinking of me, and I think you'll think I may have been the one Girl, you're gonna miss me when I'm gone
8.
Ghost Town 03:51
It's a ghost town in your arms Shades of lovers come and gone All your lovers in your arms All your life you sleep with ghosts But when the day is done And the night has come You don't want to be alone It's amazing the way you change When all your lovers remain the same Different bodies, a common face You try not to notice, either way But when the day is done And the night has come You don't want to be alone You don't want to be alone

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A collection of songs I wrote, with eyes to licensing them to a more established artist within the country genre. In the meantime, they're some of my favorite songs that I've written, so I thought I'd put them out there myself and play a few shows...

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released October 18, 2013

Andrew VerLee: Lead Guitar (1 & 4)
Marcella Herington: Backing Vocals (1-6)
Nelson Wood: Pedal Steel (2, 3, 5, 6, & 8)
Dale Wicks: Everything Else

Recorded by Dale Wicks
Mixed by Paul Thayer
Mastered by Matt Ten Clay
Photos by Marcella Herington

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