my nights

put it in drive, turn on the lights,

let’s get clear away from here

so I can clear out my head

turn on our song

you hold my hand tight

as we sing along my troubles fade away

*CHORUS*

just keep going, driving to wherever

just keep smiling, and I’ll pray that this ride never ends

this ride never ends

we’re wasting your gas

and wasting our time

but I can’t think’a better way

i’d like to spend my night -

like to spend my night.

you make me laugh, i tease you back,

tracing patterns on each other’s hands

as we talk about the day

who could have know something so simple

could be exactly what I need,

and how you help me find my way?...

*chorus*

fall into silence, my eyes start to close...

your truck, it rocks me off to sleep

and I am warm and safe in your care...

your smile astounds me, your life surrounds me

and I can’t think’a better way I’d like to spend all of my days…

and nights

like to spend my nights

like to spend my nights!

'my nights' was a first for a few reasons -
1st - it was an UPBEAT song, which michelle had been after me to attempt for a while ;)
2nd - it was a belty placement, which was scary for me :}
3rd - it had a CHORUS, which no other song of mine had yet - i have this fear of redundancy...
4th - i wrote out all the lyrics to the verses and the chorus before i ever picked up my guitar. (that was during Accounting 200, if truth be told. ;) time well spent!) usually i needed to get a chord progression that i liked and a melody that inspired me before i could write lyrics...not to mention how much harder it is for me to come up with a sound that follows the song i imagined in my head after the fact! :}

the inspiration for this song came from two sources -
1st - a few lines of poetry that i wrote before my mission 'we're wasting your gas and wasting our time, but i cant think of a better way i'd like to spend my night' that referred to driving all night with kim and jack. i stumbled across it cleaning and it got me thinking about how much i love to drive at night...
2nd - the rest of this song goes back to a short but fun period i spent dating my friend tyler, since some of my favorite memories of him were as we drove around at night in his jeep. :) (you might note that the last verse referrs to a 'truck' and NOT a jeep, which was done for two reasons - one, 'jeep' didn't sound right, and two, 'truck' took me back to the setting of the original lines i wrote where it would be kim, jack, and i in his truck...in which i DID often fall asleep ;) lol!)

love this song, love how it came together, love that it was a step forward for me in alot of ways! :)