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Ruth

by Jay Shaner

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1.
She had a true American heart with stars in her eyes and a head full of dreams wanting much more than she had at the start it was so, so great Talk to me dear in that mid-western tongue subtle and sweet, clever and true the bell of the ball is not always the one that I want I want oh a songbird is singin' our song this sun is the one that I want to feel when I'm gone to feel when Im gone I know this is not the elegant life with dust bowls and valleys and a heat that won't end the bell of the ball does not always end up with her prince charming oh a songbird is singin' our song this sun is the one that i want to feel when i'm gone to feel when i'm gone to feel when I'm gone
2.
When your bones lay down next to my bones you should know, you should understand that the space that for so long has grown so cold could be warm again you should know by now if it's been worth the heartache and the words that have been said you should know by now you should know by now In the gold shadows of the morning the sun is playing our best friend and the world is up and it is glowing will this be lost between the sunlight and the sin you should know by now if it's been worth the heartache and the words that have been said you should know by now you should know by now
3.
We're gonna feel bad when the sun comes up we're gonna feel bad when the sun comes up swollen irises ultra-violet we're gonna have fun till we can't have fun we're gonna have fun till we can't have fun any more you say, it's a wonderful laugh your sweet beautiful frown the silver lining on a dark grey cloud that's been following but I won't be your light Here's to the underdogs they never really had much going on but stuck around to try, stuck around to try I'm on the back porch singing songs you're inside and you're carrying on and I wish I was a younger man your sweet beautiful frown I won't be the one, the one to drag you down but I won't be your light I won't be your light The cabaret girls they're starting to dance they're getting paid and they're making romance for the gentlemen the gentleman but you and I we're the lucky ones we never needed much to have some fun any more you say, it's a wonderful laugh your sweet beautiful frown the silver lining on a dark grey cloud I won't be the one, the one to drag you down but I won't be your light I won't be your light I won't be your light
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Normal people know life is not a game you must be serious serious keep your nose to the grindstone everyday don't let yourself be strayed easily strayed trinkets for your heart treasures for your play under lock and key lock and key save your money for for a rainy day and when it starts to pour you will be safe summer's here I know you and you've seen me I know this has been done before done before I'm the lucky one born with half a brain I am so easily strayed easily strayed such a strong willed child you know what to believe you are so serious serious
6.
I need some of your time your undivided precious charm to walk me through and ease my mind from the one I truly need open up your eyes and see me for just who I am I'll shiver and I will shake to death with thoughts of coming clean All, all my friends are crazy Oh good heavens I'm running from the one good thing that might keep me sane the distant barroom lights as dizzy as I have ever been doing things I always said I'd never do again I'm searching for an honest talk one motivating single spark to come and leave it's lasting mark and settle everything I'll see you in the morning light illuminated sober eyes the sound of music ringing in my in my ears Oh good heavens I do believe I'm crazy Oh good heavens I'm running from the one good thing that might keep me sane I need some of your time your undivided precious charm to walk me though and ease my ease my mind
7.
I heard it on the B side 7 inch 33 rpm I wore the needle down trying to catch that feeling again we were dancing by ourselves shaking out of every limb I was on the south side you were somewhere better than I'd ever been transistor radio hidden underneath our coat I heard the devil come straight through the radio waves I was on the other end of a telephone saying what I could say to make your heart explode Love I hope you know I'm sorry for running scared from what I know was a wonderful thing I am to blame the California Evergreen hangin' in a midnight sky like the stadium lights that shine on a vacant parking lot oh how we could run these streets like only youthful hearts could run sitting court side to a future that we left undone ones and zeros making our worlds collide through my headphones in a way I cannot describe I'm just a bag of molecules save for the heart inside I'm a sucker for a melody with some soul to hide Love I hope you know I'm sorry Love I hope you know I'm sorry Love I'm sorry for the way I ran away I am to blame
8.
A hymnal on sunday or a truth to be told my eyeballs are hurting for some sight to behold a beautiful sunrise in a northwestern sky like divine intervention of an old friends smile oh my lord oh my lord i still hear your sweet voice every time I am down like an old church piano with an old gospel sound it's so hard to see through such a worrying mind my eyes get more blurry every day I am alive oh my lord oh my lord
9.
Some people live with ice in their blood take what they want and leave what they don't I want to feel like I've already won and not have to struggle to show my metal sometimes the start is also an end some people who leave find their way back in I want to live where the buildings are old see the same walls my grandfather built the beautiful lights of an ocean front town hanging like stars, calling me down I'm homesick for fun good times we once had that rest so far, so far behind shadows cast the devil sits proud at the edge of a bar counts all his victories labeled in love and they're captured in song I know the heat will last well into the fall it soon will be gone, it soon will be gone like a summer's song what do you do when someone you love will only love you when you're starting to run some people live with ice in their blood never think twice or doubt what they've done it's easy to count things you don't have they're swollen like blisters on the palm of your hand I want to feel like I'm more than the sum much more than the skin the bone and the blood much more than the skin the bone and the blood much more than the shadows cast behind all I've done
10.
Awake in the early morning hour walking the streets before the morning sun is out I want to shed this feeling I want to shed this feeling of restless bones and an anxious mind I got a weak constitution even the smoke from another mouth can take it's toll and lay you out I got a strange notion I got this strange notion despite ourselves we could turn this thing around restless bones young and in love is where I want to hang out a thousand milligrams may help a morning buzz i'm feeling more myself there's only so many days under the sun to play so stay where it's warm stay where it's warm and bright there's only so many days there's only so many days tell me a joke that'll make me laugh the kind you tell in an awkward crowd ease my mind for the moment like you always do when you know that i need some time I need some time to be alone I got a weak constitution cause young and in love young and in love is where I want to hang out
11.
Bitter valentine turn your tail and walk away from me I told my share of lies to make you think that we were meant to be and now you know I'm not the one to make you feel good and now you know I'm not the one, I'm not the one Bitter valentine don't let anger cloud your pretty face it was all for fun now we've got to go our separate ways and now you know I'm not the one to make you feel good inside and now you know I'm not the one cause I need fresh faces and new moments I need strange hands to make me feel much younger I need fresh faces yeah yeah yeah Bitter valentine now you've gone and said some awful things that's neither here nor there it's just another song I sing and now you know I'm not the one to make you feel good inside and now you know I'm not the one and now you know I'm not the one and now you know I'm not the one I'm not the one

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songs about mid-western nights, falling in love, wishing that all music were on vinyl, and stumbling home.

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released October 15, 2012

All songs written, recorded, and produced by Jay Shaner.
Mixed by Robert Cheek at the Hangar B room, Sacramento, CA
Mastered by Eric Broyhill at Monster Lab Audio
Design by John Conley/blkbrix

Contributing musicians:
Dave Middleton, Sam Coe, Rich Driver, Mason DeMusey, Eric Warren,Dustin Scharlach, Alison Sharkey, Reylynn Goessling, Joe Kojima, Kate Gaffney, James Neil, Todd Marston, Sam Stern

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Jay Shaner Sacramento, California

Urban life, strange happenings in the wee hours of the morning, unrequited love, midwestern idiosyncrasies are all themes in Jay Shaner's music.
Hailing from the midwest but growing up in northern California, Jay has developed his own voice as an artist, singer, and songwriter.
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