surrender

from crooked by Jaime Michaels

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surrender
(jaime michaels)

corn didn't grow in the town i grew up in
nothing grew there but heartache and sad faces
nobody thought all that much about tomorrow
there was none of that promise of wide open spaces

buildings so big
sky so small
that the starts that you wished on
had nowhere to fall
there wasn't much magic
near as i can recall
nobody dreamed but the dreamers

corn didn't grow in the town i grew up in
it was all boarded up mills and busted out windows
nothing much left to admire down on main street
but to main street we'd fly
cuz that's where the girls go

and we's watch them stroll by
noses high in the air
in their cool summer dresses
and their soft summer hair
looking right through us
like we weren't even there
and the boys on the corner'd go crazy
and surrender
surrender

so how many dreams do you choose to remember?
do you choose to remember your dreams at all?
when the world shoots you down
are you right back up there flying?
or do you just kill the time
falling in love with the fall?
do you surrender? surrender
surrender

© 2008 blue mole music/BMI

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from crooked, track released August 18, 2009
jaime - acoustic guitar & vocal
mark clark - percussion
peter williams - bass
kevin trainor - acoustic and electric guitars

recorded and mixed by Jono Manson/the Kitchen Sink Studio
mastered by David Glasser/Airshow Mastering

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Jaime Michaels Santa Fe, New Mexico

A venue operator in California referred to Jaime Michaels as a “songwriters’ songwriter.” He's teamed with award winning producer, Jono Manson for 9 of his11 albums. Jono and Jaime produced a new collection of originals called “if you fall” released in June of 2019 on Appaloosa Records. It’s being played on folk radio programs worldwide. His latest single" , "in my home" is out now. ... more

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