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Game Face (demo)
01:54
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I’m not having too much
I know where I stand
Things are under control
More or less as planned
I am in my place
And everyone is in theirs
I have on my game face
And everyone has theirs
I am having too much
But I know where I stand
Things are under control
More or less as planned
I’m having just a little bit
And then a little bit more
I’m having just a little bit
And then a little bit more
I am on my game plan
And everyone is on theirs
I will blame my old man
Like everyone will blame theirs
Like when I had a little bit
And then a little bit more
I know what I must do
I just don’t know what for
--
Words and music by Andrew L. Jackson (2016)
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I’ve got to stop making myself suffer
‘Cause it’s all starting to get to me
I lay awake at night not sleeping
That’s just not like me usually
But it has been this way
For the past few nights
And now the pain inside
Burns so bright
There's a poetry in all of this
Or maybe poetic justice, still
I’m looking for the best in you
I believe in love
And you do too
And I will continue
To think the best of you
I’m a romantic, yes
And you are too
I’m going to continue
To think the best of you
Don’t let it become an obsession
‘Cause all this is starting to get to me
To lay awake at night not sleeping
That’s just not like me usually
But I believe in love
And you do too
And I will continue
To think the best of you
I’m a romantic, yes
And you are too
And I’m going to continue
To think the best of you
I believe in love
And you do too
And I will continue
To think the best of you
I’m a romantic, yes
And you are too
And I’m going to continue
To think the best of you
The best of you
I’m going to think the best of you
--
Words and music by Andrew L. Jackson (2021)
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I just decided something
Someday I’ll figure out what it is
I just remembered something
Someday I’ll measure out what it means
Someday I will swagger
I might put forth a wager
I am not a slacker
Not a faker
But someday I will figure it out
As if it was ever in doubt
Someday I will figure it out
I just imagined something
Someday I’ll live it up as it is
I want to tell you something
Someday I’ll remember what, what it is
Someday I will swagger
I might put forth a wager
I am not a slacker
Not a faker
But someday I will figure it out
Someday I will figure it out
As if it was ever in doubt
Someday I will figure it all out
--
Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson (March 2021)
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Some things I wanted to say
But I couldn’t find the words
So I substituted others
Not sure what others might have heard
Some things I wanted to do
But I couldn’t find the time
I could have made myself crazy
But I didn’t want to cross that line
‘Cause when you cross the line
With the wind at your back
And the madness surrounds you
You lose sight of the track
And when you’ve crossed the line
And your mind’s ill at ease
It can knock the wind out of you
It can bring you to your knees
Some things I set out to find
But when I couldn’t remember them
I took another direction
Still I never surrendered them
Some things have taken a while
Longer than I expected
But I know that it’s better now
Since I learned to accept it
That when you cross the line
With the wind at your back
And the madness surrounds you
You lose sight of the track
And when you’ve crossed the line
And your mind’s ill at ease
It can knock the wind out of you
It can bring you to your knees
--
Words and Music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson (2013)
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This is the year
Everything changed
You can say it was weird
You can say it was strange
This is the year
That everyone failed
It started out right
But then it derailed
Just remember - it’s not your fault
And remember - it’s not my fault
Just remember - it’s not your fault
And remember - it’s not my fault
This was the year
Things fell apart
Either you persevered
Or you lost heart
This was a year
Like no other
At first things got weird
But then we were smothered
Just remember - before the perverse
And remember - it could get worse
Just remember - before the perverse
And remember - it could get worse
And remember - it’s not your fault
And remember - it’s not my fault
Just remember - it’s not your fault
And remember - it’s not my fault
--
Words and music by Andrew L. Jackson (2020)
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7. |
Get Mixed Up (demo)
02:52
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You’ve got it all wrong, son
You’re all mixed up in the head
The reason to do anything
Is just for yourself, in the end
I know it’s easy to get mixed up
I know it’s easy to get mixed up
It’s gonna take some time, son
To sort the messages in your head
It’s gonna be a process
Gonna take some time to sort those threads
I know it’s easy to get mixed up
I know it’s easy to get mixed up
You need to find a quiet place
You need to let the wisdom rise from within
You need to find some private space
To stand your ground and not give in
I know it’s easy to get mixed up
I know it’s easy to get mixed up
You’ve gotta understand, son
You’re not the first to go through this
You gotta understand, son
You’re in the lake and not the abyss
I know it’s easy to get mixed up
I know it’s easy to get mixed up
--
Words and Music by Andrew L. Jackson
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8. |
The Takeaway (demo)
02:52
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Now I’ve waited for a long time
In this empty space in line
On a barstool in the desert, mine
Without a reason or a rhyme
I’m empty of all purpose, I’m
Just living a day at a time
Making effortless decisions, trying
With no real sense of what is mine
So what’s the takeaway?
I don't feel there’s any takeaway
Just a shadow of a doubt
And very little that is sound
So what’s the takeaway?
There isn’t any takeaway
And if you’ve got it figured out
Then save it ‘till no one’s around
The world has waited for a long time
Waiting 'till all needs are satisfied
A psychological pantomime
Without a reason or a rhyme
Unauthorized future minds
Don't want to go back in time
Their purpose is ambiguous
A feedback loop of all that’s mine
So what’s the takeaway?
I don't feel there’s any takeaway
Just a shadow of a doubt
And very little that is sound
So what’s the takeaway?
There isn’t any takeaway
And if you’ve got it figured out
Then save it ‘till no one’s around
--
Words and music by Andrew L. Jackson (2015)
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My heart is a roadmap
My memories can trace back
My heart is a roadmap
I’ll navigate my whole life to learn what’s true
My heart is a roadmap
The moon and stars will reflect that
My heart is a roadmap
I’ll drive all night tryin’ to get to you
The constellations in your eyes
Travel a road that’s long and wise
I look up to the skies
A flock of birds flies
On the way to find what’s true
We’re walking backwards in the dark
We lose our way in Central Park
I’ll rent a car to seek a clue
And keep an eye out for you
Find my own direction too
‘Cause my heart is like a roadmap
And I’m just waking from a long nap
The moon and stars reflect your eyes
Much to my surprise
And I’ll drive all night to get to you
My heart is a roadmap
My memories can trace back
My heart is a roadmap
I’ll navigate my whole life to learn what’s true
My heart is a roadmap
The moon and stars will reflect that
My heart is a roadmap
I’ll drive all night to get to you
I'm tryin' to get to you...
My heart is like a roadmap
My heart is like a roadmap
--
Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson (2015)
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Fifty Dollars (demo)
04:36
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Oh, I’ve got fifty dollars in my pocket baby
And we can do anything you want
As long as it doesn’t cost more than fifty dollars, baby
So we can pop bottles all night
As long is as it’s those little tiny bottles, baby
‘Cause I got fifty
I got fifty
Cause I got fifty
I got fifty
Dollars in my pocket baby
So we can go anywhere you want…
Within a fifty-block radius of
where we are now
Download a app to rent a mini-bus
And just drive around a couple hours, baby
Just you and me and fifty dollars, baby
‘Cause I got fifty
I got fifty
Cause I got fifty
I got fifty
Dollars in my pocket baby
We just window-shop on Broadway
We just window-shop on eBay
We just window-shop all night and day
‘Cause I just cashed a check for fifty dollars, baby
That’s 75 minus taxes, baby
I got fifty
I got fifty
Dollars in my pocket baby
Oh…
Cause I got fifty dollars in my pocket
And I’m-a spend it all on you
Unless you wanna save some for later
And that’s all right too
‘Cause I got fifty
I got fifty
Cause I got fifty
I got fifty
Cause I got fifty
Dollars in my pocket baby
Oh…
Fifty dollars, yeah
We can do, we can do
Anything you want
Anything you want
Cause I got fifty
I got fifty
Dollars in my pocket babe
--
Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson
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Do you fear what's coming
Are you afraid to say
Is it unclear what's coming
At the end of the day
If you can't see what's coming
Are you losing sleep
Is it a distant drumming
You hear through the day
Getting a bit surreal again
Hard to define what's real, again
And then, and then, and then
Place the blame on
Any one of your friends
And then, and then, and then
Shake off the oncoming dread again
Do you fear what's coming
Are you afraid to say
Is that a distant drumming
You hear through the day
Getting a bit surreal again
Hard to define what's real, again
At the end of the day
--
Words and music by Andrew Lawrence Jackson (2017)
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You know I think I’m
Doing something new
But it’s all been done before
It doesn’t stop me
Doing it again
How was I to know?
How can I be
Everywhere at once
All space and time
Everything is
All too much
For my little mind
They’re chasing me down, those
Dangerous thoughts
Depressing me now, those
Dangerous thoughts
They’re chasing me down, those
Dangerous thoughts
Obsessing me now, those
Dangerous thoughts
You know I think I’m
Doing something new
But it’s all been done before
It doesn’t stop me
Doing it again
How was I to know?
How can I be
Everywhere at once
All space and time
Everything is
All too much
For my little mind
They’re chasing me down, those
Dangerous thoughts
Depressing me now, those
Dangerous thoughts
They’re chasing me down, those
Dangerous thoughts
Obsessing me now, those
Dangerous thoughts
They’re chasing me down
Depressing me now
They’re chasing me down
--
Words and music by Andrew L. Jackson
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Andrew Lawrence Jackson
Alternative singer-songwriter, recording artist, Zru Vogue co-founder, based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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