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Open Mic
04:19
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“Open Mic”
Pack up my heart and this old guitar
Open mic tonight and it’s not too far
I’ve got this one song that’ll knock em dead
Got the words and the melody going through my head
Chorus:
Open mic gonna make me famous
Open mic gonna make me a part time star
Put all my friends on the A list
Ride them all home in my car
I’m not the only one singing here tonight
I see some friendly faces in this friendly fight
Give me your best song or maybe not
I like the melody is that all you got
Chorus:
Open mic gonna make me famous
Open mic gonna make me a part time star
Put all my friends on the A list
Ride them all home in my car
Bridge:
We all have one thing in common
Running round this city for a song
And when you can you do it all again
To find a place where you belong
Give me one more reason to put me through it
I know the people love to hear me sing
Get up the nerve and just go do it
Gotta love the attention it’s a crazy thing
Chorus:
Open mic gonna make me famous
Open mic gonna make me a part time star
Put all my friends on the A list
Ride them all home in my car
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2. |
Line In Then Sand
02:45
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“Line In The Sand”
Verse 1:
There’s a line in the sand and everybody knows it’s there
It’s the measure of a man but nobody seems to care
Chorus:
You can throw away the rules , get over that line
It’ll all come back to get ya it’s a matter of time
You will never know what you have done
Verse 2:
There’s a moral and a code and everybody knows it’s true
You can take the easy road but is that what you should really do
Repeat Chorus:
Bridge: melody only
Verse 3
Get a little bit of sand and throw it out against the sun
It’ll blind you when it can and never show you where to run
Repeat Chorus:
Outro:
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3. |
Cry For Awhile
03:17
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“Cry For Awhile”
Verse 1:
Every now and then you'll have a lover and a friend who'll understand what you're going through
but even when you parted and you're feeling broken hearted and there is nothing that THEY can do
the crying on a shoulder makes you feel a little bolder and you slowly start to drop your guard
you're feeling like you're dying and you want to start the crying cause you don't know when it got so
hard well
Chorus:
Cry for awhile baby the feelings pretty strong tonight
Cry for awhile baby it's alright
Verse 2:
I know there's
never gonna be the perfect words to make you see that things are slowly gonna work out right
I really can't say you'll feel better in the morning when the sun fires up the light You don't
deserve the way you're treated
and you're feeling so defeated and you set your heart aside
Then you're running from your feelings that someone else is steeling and you got nowhere to hide
you just
Chorus:
Cry for awhile baby the feelings pretty strong tonight
Cry for awhile baby it's alright
Bridge:
You can cry for me and I will hold your hand baby
You can cry for me and I will understand
Verse 3:
You should have known better when you got a final letter and it didn't make a whole lot of sense
You kinda quit trying when he started all his lying using crying as a self defence
I know it makes you crazy when your man's a little lazy and does't take you out anywhere
He's the one that's losin with his gambling and his boozing and his showing that he doesn't care
so
Chorus:
Cry for awhile baby the feelings pretty strong tonight
Cry for awhile baby it's alright
Repeat chorus:
Repeat last chorus line:
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“I’ll Love You and You’ll Love Me”
Verse 1:
The Best of You and the rest of you
Will always be something great to see
I hope you feel the same about me
So then, I’ll Love You, and you’ll love me
Verse 2:
All grown up and been with you a long time
Know your life some is bad and some is fine
I hope you know the same about me
So then, I’ll Love You and you’ll love me
BREAK
Verse 3:
Who knows where and who know what will be tomorrow
It’s just not fair that we can have either pain or sorrow
Hope you want the best for me
So then I’ll Love You and you’ll love me
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5. |
Draw Like Michelangelo
04:12
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“Draw Like Michelangelo”
Verse 1:
Well I’d rather be on Jupiter looking out at all the stars you’d be my navigator
and travel halfway home
we would’nt even care where we are
Verse 2:
It must be lonely there on Jupiter you would be here with me on Mars
I’ll be your navigator, the one who gets you home you never have to go very far
Verse 3:
If I could draw like Michelangelo you’d be my model across the room
We’d talk about the weather and then we’d laugh awhile
and do it all again sometime soon
Verse 4:
If you could draw like Michelangelo I’d be your model across the room we’d laugh about the weather and then we’d love awhile
and do it all again sometime soon
Break:
Verse 5:
I’d like to steel your heart like Robinhood but it would’nt go to the poor
We’d ride on through the forest and live with all the trees
and figure out a way to get some more
Verse 6:
I wish the rainbows would last forever after hard rains in the fall
the sun would shine down on us two flowers on a hill
and make us stronger through it all
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6. |
See If I Got Time
02:51
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“See If I Got Time”
Verse 1:
Well you got looks and you got money
but you overlooked you ain’t got me honey
Chorus:
When you get good and tired of burning out your fire
you come and see if I got time
Verse 2:
You got no sense hanging on a fence
you gonna realize and dump those other guys
Repeat Chorus:
Break:
Verse 3:
You got maids I do the dishes ace of spades I count my wishes
Chorus:
When you got no melody and running out of rhyme
you come and see if I got time
Bridge:
I got time for all my little friends
and I fix time for everyone but you I just can’t mend
Chorus and Outro:
When you got no reason and running out of rhyme
you come and see if I
you come and see if I
you come and see if I got time
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Barrie Dempsey Mc Minnville, Oregon
Award winning singer/songwriter Barrie Dempsey plays more than just electric and acoustic guitar. His musical talents
include , flute, harmonica, piano, lead and harmony vocals.
Currently Barrie has put together a collection of originals on his
Barrie is a nominee for the 2015 LA Music Awards
... more
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