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Collaboration Song of the Year Nominees
Highway Daydreams
September
Lowell Adams & Big Dave Davenport
2024
Highway Daydreams: & Lowell Adams &
Big Dave Davenport
Verse 1
Woke up this mornin at the break of dawn
Poured myself some coffee
and I pulled my big boots on
I bet your sleeping
And I’m just dreaming
Of you
Verse 2
Lit out on this highway
With a thousand miles to go
These 18 wheels keep spinning fast
But my mind's movin slow
I'm lost in daydreams
These Highway daydreams
Of you
Till I’m right there next to you
The only thing that I can do
Is Dream
Chorus
Cause whenever I’m away from you
I have to find a way to keep you close to me
Cause no matter what road I ‘m on
In my mind I headed home endlessly
Till I’m right there next to you
The only thing that I can do is dream
These highway daydreams of you
( Instrumental )
Bridge
And all those broken white lines
Tryin to cloud my mind
There only arrows pointing back to you
Verse 3
Well I’m Driving through the darkness
Underneath a starlit sky
I’m dreamin of your sweet embrace
The starlight in your eyes
You keep me dreaming
These highway daydreams
Of you
Till I’m lying next to you
the only thing that I can do is dream
These highway daydreams of you
These highway daydreams
Repeat and Fade
Paint Me A Rainbow
June
Jim Robeson and Patricia Bishop
2024
Paint Me a Rainbow
Patricia Bishop/ Jim Robeson
I didn't notice right away that something was wrong
Until I realized his little smile was gone
He wasn't cheerful like he use to be
He stopped looking back at me
My world turned upside downwhen the doctor finally said
The Meds he was given caused Havok in his head
She couldn't explain why he couldn't speak
I felt a bomb explode inside me
And She said, its going to be tough
But I know we can do it
Trusting in God , I'de sing to him
Paint me a Rainbow, Tell me what you see
Do the colors sing softly, do they draw your silent plea
Paint me a Rainbow
Paint me a Rainbow
Paint me a Rainbow,
And tell me what you see
His room was filled with toys, a place for make believe
No echos bouncing, just a silent Breeze
There are stars on the Ceiling shining bright
Helps him feel safer through the night
And it still was a little tough
But we know we could do it
Trust in God, I would sing to him
Paint me A Rainbow, Tell me what you see
Do the colors sing softly, do they draw your silent plea
Paint me a Rainbow, Paint me a Rainbow
Paint me a Rainbow and tell me what you see
Little by little, they months went rolling by
I could see a difference, he had a sparkle in his eye
One Sunday Morning I heard him say
Will you sing that song for me today?
Paint me a Rainbow, Tell me what you see
Do the colors speak softly, do they draw your silent plea
Paint me a Rainbow, Paint me A Rainbow
Paint me a Rainbow, Tell me what you see.
Little Stones
May
Richardson / Haberman
2024
The elders sent their girls far away
To pray to ATONE FOR the shame
Said there’d have to be a sacrifice
Of lives that bore no blame
Verse
The convent said the girls were heathens
For knocking on Eden’s door
Said the girls would have to feel the ache
For mistakes too big to ignore
(Chorus)
Little stones, little stones
They deserved… little stones... in the corn
But the powers that be
Didn’t want you and me
To learn they’d even been born
Verse
The sisters busy in the garden
Hearts hardened for the work to be done
Planting bulbs that wouldn’t ever grow
NO MATTER the warmth of the sun
(Chorus)
Little stones, little stones
They deserved… little stones... in the corn
But the powers that be
Didn’t want you and me
To learn they’d even been born
(Bridge)
Faith, hope, and charity
It comes through with such clarity
For them, this home had no room
It’s a dark and eternal disgrace
A DRAIN THE HOLY place
To hide the babies’ tomb
(Chorus)
Little stones, little stones
They deserved… little stones... in the corn
But the powers that be
Didn’t want you and me
To learn they’d even been born
Somewhere 'Til Dark
March
Andrew Richardson / Chris Stiteler
2024
Somewhere till dark
by Andrew Richardson and T. Chris Stiteler
V1)
I just need somewhere till dark,
After that I’ll be strong
Just the moon and a call of the wild,
Out running where I belong
V2)
Right now I don't feel so good
You broke my heart again
Crawling on my knees
Burned up by the sun
Br1)
Tortured in the daylight
And the truth it represents
With nothing but the shadows
Coming to my defense
Ch)
Somewhere 'Til Dark!
V3)
Shelter me safe until evening,
When the colors fade,
Hold me deep in your arms,
Til the sun slips away
V4)
As evening bleeds into darkness,
My waking spirit cries,
To sweet seductive nighttime,
Moonlight in your eyes
Br2)
Captured by your beauty,
Devoured by the need,
To love you forever.
To be joined with me.
Ch)
Somewhere ‘til dark (3x)
V5)
Dancing in the shadows.
Of the stars that greet the night
Harmonies of heartbeats
Passionate delights.
Ch)
Somewhere ‘til dark (3x)
Ballad of Spade Cooley
November
C. Cawood and J. Saunders
2024
I named you Spade and gave you a coal-black heart
Made your tongue from silver—a charmer from the start
Out of Oklahoma from the dustbowl, headed west
To your fame in California with a fiddle on your chest (Mmm Hmm)
Along came a singer, sweet young Ella Mae
She had no idea what would become her fate
You couldn’t help yourself each time you struck Miss Ella down
And there was no one anywhere to hold you to account
No one saw the irony when you sang “Shame On You”
You just flashed that golden smile and knew it wasn’t true
I own your soul, yeah brother that’s a fact
I brought you here and I can take you back
They once called you the king of western swing
But we both know that you are not the king of anything
Because I am the devil and I must have my due
And you’ll be just a fallen star when I get through with you (Mmm Hmm)
One dark night in April you were filled with hate
and killed sweet Ella Mae, a horror too grim to relate
And you made your daughter witness everything
the sheriff of Kern County brought you in for questioning
Chorus
It took the jury 19 hours, guilty’s what they said
But they were torn and how they cried and kissed you on the head
In prison you found Jesus, it was a scoundrel’s lie
I was convinced the governor would pardon you in time (Mmm Hmm)
On furlough you did fiddle one Sunday afternoon
And they all stood and cheered until you played them another tune
You said “this is the first day of the rest of my life”
So I squeezed your coal dark heart-----then I turned out your light
Chorus
I own your soul, yeah brother that’s a fact. I brought you here and I took you back
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