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NSAI San Diego Meeting November 15, 2020


Anthem Chapter Challenge



I'm Not Her

Karen Yates


I’m Not Her (v5)

Karen Yates & Andy Sells

Verse 1
She stole your heart, then let you go
But now I’m here, wanting you so
And though she’s gone, you’re still not free
With all those mem’ries, is there room for me?
 
Pre-Chorus
You say to turn and walk away
But your eyes ask me to stay
 
CHORUS
I’m not her
Just look at me
Standing at your door of possibility
I’m not her
I’m here for you
And I might stay forever if you ask me to
 


Verse 2
I know you thought she was the one
All chemistry and endless fun
But as you planned a life to share
You never guessed she’d leave you there
 
Pre-Chorus
So now it’s hard to know what’s true
Even though I promise you
 
CHORUS
 
Bridge
I’m hopin’, hopin’, hopin’ – you can find the faith to love again
Just open, open, open – open up your heart and let me in (‘Cause)
 
CHORUS
 
I’m not her
I’m not her
Open up your heart
‘Cause I’m not her
 
Karen Yates/615-545-9805/karenannyates@yahoo.com/2019
Andy Sells www.andysellsmusic.com/andysells@gmail.com


You're Wrong (Dead Wrong)

Mary Ann Daugherty


You’re Wrong (Dead Wrong)

Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1
If you think you can
Break our will
Keep us still
In our places
If you think you can
Undermine
Crucify your
Time is wasted
You say we won’t get far…well…

Chorus 1
You’re wrong
You’re dead wrong

Well you’re wrong
You’re dead wrong


Verse 2
If you think you are
In the know
And we’re below
Your lofty tower
If you think you’re on
Solid ground
Look around
You’re losing power
You say we won’t get far…well…
 




Chorus 2

You’re wrong
You’re dead wrong

Well you’re wrong
You’re dead wrong


Bridge
We crossed the burning bridge
And saw right through the smoke
The barking underdogs are
Here to let you to know
Don’t you know
Don’t you know you’re dead wrong

Chorus 3
You’re wrong
You’re dead wrong
Well you’re wrong
You’re dead wrong



LYRIC BY:
Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty
Contact:  mdaugherty1313@gmail.com
440-836-2669


President
 

Harry Levinson


President

by Harry Levinson (Carl Paradise)(BMI)   pr@CarlParadise.com
© 2020 All rights reserved.
 
Verse 1
When I was young, and very dumb
I thought the best of everyone
Believed in everything that I seen
Had faith in humanity
 
Pre-Chorus
They slapped me on the back, and said
"You don't know jack, son"
 
Chorus
Anyone can be president
Anyone can be president
 
Verse 2
Tried my hand at politics
Then found out it made me sick
Money makes the world go around
It moves without a sound



Repeat:  Pre-Chorus + Chorus
 
Bridge
It's who you know, not what you know, evidently
But in the end the truth will come out, eventually
 
Verse 3
They named this place for Washington
He was as good as they come
Lincoln, Adams, and FDR!
Come out, come out wherever you are
 
Repeat:  Pre-Chorus + Chorus
 
Coda
Anyone can be president
When I was young, and very dumb
I thought the best of everyone

 
Credits:
Carl Paradise – lead vocal, background vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, drums
Mark Hattersley – background vocals, keyboards, drums
Norm Zocher – pedal steel guitar
 
Arranged by Carl Paradise & Mark Hattersley
Produced by Carl Paradise & Mark Hattersley
 
Mixed by Mark Hattersley at Rancho Bohemia (rbohemia.com)
Mastered by Jonny Altepeter


Wings

Malieka Johnson

Wow

Larry Jay


Wow—Larry Jay

v1-the way that my girl looks at me
when all the lights are low
tells me that we’re going
to the land of rock and roll
I like how we get there
by staying in my room
sometimes we don’t get to sleep
till the sun shuts down the moon
------------------
ch--yeah--
I got a lover that drives me crazy
with every little kiss - she kills me ,saves me
I never knew love was so good---but I do now
from my head down to my toes
I feel a fire grow and grow
when she takes me away, late at night
- my girl knows how
to take me to a place, that makes my heart go wow
------------------------------






v2-i wasn’t sure there was a heaven
now I know that it exists
it’s right there-- in the middle
of her late night kiss

ch

br--if I never-- get to paris
never see some italy
I still go around the world
when she’s leanin in on me

solo

ch3 with breakdown

ch3-tag(yeah she knows how-to take me to a place that makes my heart go wow)


Searching For A Goldmine

Chris Anderson


Searching For A Goldmine

By Chris Anderson
619-980-5191, chrismusic92020@gmail.com

Chorus
Searching for a goldmine
Tangent and the cosine
Topographic baseline
Searching for a goldmine

Verse 1
On a map, near the top
There’s an x that marks the spot
Indicates that there’s gold
Could it be the motherlode?
If it is, then we’re set
Never be in debt again

Chorus

Instrumental Interlude



Verse 2
I dig here, I dig there
A lot of nothing I do fear
But that’s okay, sunny day
Glad the dirt is a soft clay
Oh my Lord, looks like gold
I think I found the motherlode

Chorus

Bridge
I wonder what this will do to me
Will you love me just the same?
Or will I be an insufferable
An intolerable pain?

Searching for a goldmine
Searching for a goldmine
Searching for a goldmine
Searching for a goldmine

Performed by The Jamacha Project: Mark Phillips-Guitar, Tom Williamson-Bass, Barry Cogdill-Keys, Chris Anderson-Guitar


You Don't Wanna Know

Andie Mackenzie

 
You Don’t Wanna Know

Andie Mackenzie
 
Verse 1:
You’ve been pulling all the strings
On my heart that you keep
It’s so hard for me to see
 
Verse 2:
And you’ve been having lots of fun
Watching me be the one
Who always calls, now I’m done
 
Prechorus:
You always cross the line
You ask what’s on my mind
 
Chorus:
You don’t wanna know
What I’m thinking
What I’m feeling
It’s time to let them go
All the things I
Kept inside
Oh wouldn’t you like to know
 






Verse 3:
Oh I just wanna understand
Was it love in our hands?
That slipped away just like sand
 
Verse 4:
It doesn’t matter anymore
Everything all before
Locked it up, closed the door

(Prechorus)

(Chorus)

Bridge:
I kinda knew that we would end up this way
And now I’m thinking that you were a mistake
You’re asking ‘bout my feelings
But you know what I’ll say, you know what I’ll say

(Chorus)
         
©2020 ASCAP

All rights owned by Andie Mackenzie. One-stop clearance.



Rest Easy

Aimee Felise


Rest Easy

Vasyl Tkach and Aimee Felise

Verse 1
I see you pull away, I know why you hesitate, easier to escape
It's a dark place, where your mind goes and it makes you feel unsafe
But I want to stay with you, whatever you face, yeah I want to stay with you whatever it takes

Prechorus:
If you need a softer ground, when you keep on falling down

Chorus:
Let me be your pillow, just put your head on me
Lay it all down, like a blanket I'll cover you now, you can rest easy
you can rest easy, easy, you can rest easy
you can rest easy, easy, you can rest easy



Verse 2
You say that you're okay, its just hard to keep the pace, feels like your in a haze
time starts to race when you need `sleep but nightmares keep you awake.
But I want to stay with you, whatever you face, yeah I want to stay with you whatever it takes

Prechorus:
If you need to slow down when your heart is worn out

Chorus:
Let me be your pillow, just put your head on me
Lay it all down, like a blanket I'll cover you now, you can rest easy
you can rest easy, easy, you can rest easy
you can rest easy, easy, you can rest easy

Bridge:
You think you gotta keep your guard up
Won't let anyone see your ghosts
So you keep your eyes open,
but I won't be going
anywhere, No

Repeat chorus


Where Are You Now

Mark Richmond


Where Are You Now

Mark Richmond
602 679 1699
copyright 2019

I close my eyes, I see you standing in the sun light
Remembering all the special times we shared.
Are you still as caring as you once where?
Did all you dreams come true are you still waiting for them.

Chorus
Where are you now
I thought we always be together
Where are now
Are you lost forever


When we where young you where my 1st best friend
we would ride bikes far from home
we were unafraid and free

Chorus




At the edge of our youth you were my first true love
When the world was smaller I searched for you.

your number may have changed
If you walked by me: (Pause) would you recognize me would I recognize you?

Chorus

Thinking of you
Of those you past

Solo

Thinking of you
here in my heart you will always be
always together fore evermore
Thinking of you
Here in my heart
You will always be
Together for evermore
Thinking of you


Catch The Stars

Robin Sandoval

CATCH THE STARS

ROBIN SANDOVAL, BYRON GAITHER

(1st Verse)
I’m seeing crystal clear
Prisms bounce around my room
To tell the darkness I’m still here
I know right out that door
There’s an ocean filled with dreams
How I want to reach the shore

(Pre)
Time can’t wait much longer, no
These drums of love beat stronger
This I know for sure, I want to

(Chorus)
Catch the stars I see tonight
And In the dark hold up their light
This fire burns it never stops
And mountains call me to the top
I’ll touch the ground turn every stone
To make the dreams I find my own
I won’t ever give up this fight
I’ll catch the stars I see tonight





(2nd Verse)
This shine was always here
Below the surface of my past
I just needed that spark to last
One flame to ignite me
The journey of my life starts now
I’ll find my place somewhere, somehow

(Pre)

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
Life was speaking words to me
Whispering on the leaves
I can have anything I want if I can see
Farther than my dreams can soar
I’ll just make a wish and cast my net up to the sky

(Chorus out)

© 2020, Contact: Robin Sandoval (BMI), 661-755-8125, Robin@urbangirlmusic.com
Writers: Robin Sandoval 50%, (BMI) Byron Gaither 50%, (ASCAP)


Bless Your Bones

Charlie Mudd


Bless Your Bones

Charlie Mudd

VERSE 1: Damn near did it again, you’ve been messing with your last shot
Clean cuts, stitches, and luck got your story looking morbid
Least in line I’m told
Boy, you need help

REFRAIN: And I like to think that I’ve been just like a brother
And if you knew that you would not care
‘Cause when you got me you got me through anger

CHORUS: It’s time the song of life won’t come to let you down
After the path of a rolling stone
Oh Bless Your Bones you’ll feel that all around
Born on the ground




(INSTRUMENTAL BREAK)


VERSE 2: Blessed but broke by the times, you ain’t been an imposition
Worn and weary I see, you sit down, you take a listen
Least in line I’m told
Boy, you need help

REFRAIN

CHORUS (DOUBLE LENGTH)

REFRAIN/OUTRO: A sign you were searching for
Don’t think it don’t come with pain
And I like to think that I’ve been just like a brother
And if you knew that you would not care
‘Cause when you got me you got me through anger
‘Cause when you got me you got me through anger



Could It Be You

Andrew Barrack

Could It Be You

Andrew Barrack (BMI)
© 2020

VERSE 1
I need someone to help me
Cuz life’s moving way too fast
I need someone to keep me
Keep me on the right track

CHORUS
Could it be you
Could you help me through
Cuz life’s moving way too fast
Can someone keep me on the right track
Could it be you




VERSE 2
I need a partner in crime
To tell me time to hold my head up high
In my darkest and brightest days
No matter what I’m going through their love will still remain

CHORUS

(Needs bridge)

CHORUS
Could it be you
Would you guide me through
Cuz life’s moving way too fast
Can someone keep me on the right track
Could it be you
(Post Hook maybe?)


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