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Loved and Lost and Found

by Jay Matthes

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1.
Heard you were a bit of a troublemaker Bartender knows you well but the way you look, it’s so hard not to buy what you got to sell Dressed to the tens on a Friday night Painted on cherry red Would’ve knocked me over sober, baby Drunk, you ‘bout shot me dead So If you’re lookin’ to have some fun tonight honey you found your man Take my money, I ain’t got much then take me home and make me beg for your love If you’re lookin’ to leave by morning light honey don’t break your plans Smile my way, go from there You’re up to no good and I don’t care Don’t have to talk ‘til the lights come on, yeah Don’t have to learn your name Yeah, I know the difference ‘tween a flicker and a flame Every time you kiss me softly baby I know it’s true When the sun comes up that blonde and red gon’ leave me black and blue If a goodbye is the price I pay for one night with you, that’s okay ‘Cause a broken heart ain’t nothin’ new and no one moves the way you do
2.
Yeah, I know the feeling when life’s not goin’ your way Feels like the world is against you It's been a month, since it's been your day Now there ain't nothin' wrong with whatever you do to contend Some look within for an answer Some go and call up a friend Some people drink Lord knows I'm some people So have one with me ‘cause it’s better than drinkin’ alone Used to toss and turn at night I have seen the neon light When times get tough and it’s all too much Some people drink When I’m lost, I ask for the captain When I’m sick and tired, the doctor is in When I’m down, I lift those spirits and my spirits are lifted again So if the work doesn’t end and the landlord don’t bend and you’re askin’ me what I’d do Well I’m only one reason from a cocktail and it sounds like you just gave me two
3.
In a Song 03:13
When the gig’s done and I’m packed up I like to sit and unwind for a minute Find a bar stool throw back a few and get to talkin’ with anybody who’ll listen One night a man sitting next to me Said “I seen you play, and you ain't half bad but if I'm speaking honestly there's one thing I have to ask Why you always singing 'bout hanging ‘round drinking Small towns and love gone wrong?” I said “I sing what I know Man it ain't just a show It's my life in a song” Beers in a backyard talkin’ fast cars and catchin’ up on who’s leavin’ who Yeah, the same crowd turns up to get loud That’s who we are and that’s what we do Saturday night I’m on a stage playin’ ‘til I got nothin’ left Swear before I’ve even been paid someone goes and asks again Even with the dance hall smoke the lights down low and my name spelled wrong on the sign You’ll know exactly who I am where I’ve been one three-minute story at a time
4.
Kiss me goodbye Grab your purse from the back of the chair Leave to go out with my towel still wet from your hair This lovin’ and leavin’ is making a fool out of me I don’t know where we stand and it’s bringin’ me down to my knees Oh, when it comes to your love a little is never enough Stay Why don’t you, why don’t you, stay by my side? Friday nights runnin’ around tryin’ to find what we already found Stay Why don’t you stay by my side? I want all of you If you can’t give me that, give me away It’s getting harder and harder finding the color in the gray No missed calls has me wondering who I am to you Am I the one? Or am I just one of a few? Yeah, I’m losing my mind I pray I’m not losing you too Stay, why don’t you, why don’t you stay
5.
When it’s late and she comes over she got Bordeaux on her breath And a perfume I remember Heaven help who could forget She wraps her arms around me There’s one thing on her mind We’ve played this game before and she wins every single time It ain’t a good idea I should just say so but when she’s lookin’ for a good time you try and tell her no Got a dress stuck to her body like she played out in the rain Puts her soft hands on the wheel and starts drivin’ me insane She leans a little closer and whispers in my ear “Do you want to go upstairs or do you want to stay right here?” Used to race my car down back roads Drink til every drop was gone Yeah I thought I was invincible She went and proved me wrong I swear this is the last time that we dance in my bed but deep inside I know that all she has to say is when
6.
We are visitors but for a moment Before you know it we’re gone It’s hard to agree with the notion We’re just here to pass through and pass on When we look back on our time here At the footprints we left in the sand What ships will have sailed right past us as we watched from afar Held in the arms of the land Strive for something more (Oooo na na na) If it can’t be reached from shore (Oooo na na na na) Get your feet wet Let the water wash your skin Go and splash around A little further out Get your feet wet Life ain’t always sink or swim Take a chance on somethin’ When you love it, jump on in Try just a little bit, try just a little Opportunities aren’t everlasting Like the tide they will come and they’ll go Sometimes we only get one shot If we stand to the side Bone dry we’ll never know Welcome in the waves (Oooo na na na) When good things float your way (Oooo na na na na)
7.
Another ship sunk to the bottom Left me washed up on this shore Got my elbows on the bar top And my off the floor I was hopin’ to find somethin’ That was stronger than the hurt but this drink don’t ease my mind ‘cause I know I can’t change hers I’ve been staring down a barrel of whiskey trying to kill a memory ‘cause she don’t forgive me but It’s pretty clear that ain’t nothin’ here gon’ remedy a good love gone bad I’m living 100 proof of that I started at the bottom ‘cause that’s where I’ve been for days Climbed that mirrored wall of bottles Nothin’ took my pain away When I ordered up the good stuff Thought she’d finally met her match but that top shelf just reminds me of the kind of love we had Bartenders got her eyes The jukebox sings our song She might’ve said goodbye Oh but she ain’t gone
8.
We were out on the hard wood when the band changed the pace I brought you in close covered in lights from the stage Up ‘til then it was a simple unofficial kind of thing But you felt like home when you wrapped your arms around me Everyone else in the room slowly faded away It was just you and I there, swaying in time to the music I swear, I could've held you all night Ain’t it true what they say – sometimes you just know I fell fast when we danced slow My mind started racing imagining all we could be From dating to diamonds and everything in between In an instant I knew I'd love you for the rest of my life Dancing together forever as husband and wife When the song ended you held me tighter said “Baby don't leave No never stop dancing with me”
9.
Damn the man who tore you apart Who broke a breakable heart and left you to love looking back Town this size, you can’t help but choke On an old memory’s smoke Long after it’s all burned to ash If you’re tired of being lonely Wonderin’ why you even try Thinkin’ nothin’ lasts forever No I can’t change the past but I can change your mind Show you love is more than Those tears he left behind Give us a chance to see how far this feeling can go No you ain’t never been down this road Trust me I know how it feels to spend your nights spinnin’ your wheels Fight for someone who won’t fight for you I’m not him, this ain’t the same When you’re ready to forget his name Come take a ride with somebody new Shadows stretch from the headlights to the edge of the hillside where they meet with the night sky Baby its alright, baby its alright Standing high over the town where we loved and lost and found Only stars up above us No one can touch us, no nothing can hurt you now
10.
Had a friend say you were comin’ back to town and you were hopin’ we could talk sometime Well that broken hearted train has left the station and it’s ‘bout a hundred miles on down the line I’m finally ok And there ain’t no point in talkin’ when there’s nothing left to say Don’t go callin’ my number roll in like the thunder You won’t find me there Don’t ask to come over tryin’ to fix what’s been broken It’s too late to care Used to spend my nights pickin’ fights with a bottle That whiskey’s finally leavin’ me alone Met a girl She holds me like she needs me No I don’t plan on ever lettin’ go So when you wonder how I’ve been Just know the man I was is different than the man I am I hope you’re doin’ well but if you ain’t I hope that you run to someone else
11.
Seen a good thing grow, just to get up and go Was lovin’ down dead end streets Yeah, my heart’s been blind, broken so many times I’m surprised the damn thing still beats Oh, but life has a way of working out for the best, its true If I never lost them I would’ve never met you I’m done worryin’ ‘bout heartache, baby losin’ hope and long goodbyes I wanna make you my every day, giving you all I have for all my life Everybody’s got a taillight story Yeah, that’s the thing about love Sometimes it don’t last but sometimes it does I remember that day, the sun and the lake The beginning of so much more ‘Tell me everything’ calls, pictures on walls two keys and our first front door Still my favorite night was with our family and friends I got down on one knee and I said Sometimes things don’t change We will still be us when our golden days turn to silver ones

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released August 25, 2023

Jay Matthes: Vocals, Guitar
Mike Mann: Guitar, Vocals
Kyle White: Guitar
Matt Vollmer: Bass
John Barrett: Drums

Nick Berg: Piano, Organ
Corinn Bonkalski: Fiddle
Mike Clobes: Trombone
John Vollmar: Baritone Saxophone
Kurt Shipe: Trumpet

All songs written and arranged by Jay Matthes, except When We Danced Slow (Jay Matthes/Jay Brehmer) – Recorded at MusicMann Studios, Cave Studios MKE and Wire & Vice – Engineered by Mike Mann and Kyle White – Produced by Mike Mann – Mixed by Kyle White – Mastered by Justin Perkins – Design by Kiki Curry – Front and back cover photography by Krissy Kopplin – Copyright 2023 All Rights Reserved.

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"Go ahead and add this to music you should've heard yesterday. There is no doubt that Milwaukee crowds have had a talent on their hands on the verge of something great." - Midwestern Gentleman

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