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YOU ARE ME

by Shawn Nelson

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Oh Tonight 04:15
OH TONIGHT I can drink beer and I can smoke weed But mixin’ ‘em up with the whiskey I’m gonna fly Yea tonight Turnin’ forty was such a drag Livin’ my life out of a van I gotta ride Yea tonight There ain’t no takin’ no easy road There ain’t no shortcuts that I know Out here livin’ the life you see But time keeps catchin’ up with me Oh Tonight I got rhythm and I got soul But Lord have mercy it’s takin’ it’s toll Oh tonight Yea tonight I got a woman she’s beautiful A baby boy so loveable On my mind Yea tonight There ain’t no takin’ no easy road There ain’t no shortcuts that I know Out here livin’ the life you see But time keeps catchin’ up with me Oh Tonight ---------------------------------------------- Written by Shawn Nelson © 2016 Fonky Tonk Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved
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MY OLD TIME GAL You’re still my baby, you’re still my bride Be here forever by your side I’m never leavin’ you babe In your bosom is where I’ll stay There’s lots of pretty girls that like to look and stare I know you act like you don’t care But I’m here to tell ya that I love ya babe I’m here to tell ya that I’m gonna stay With you my old time gal You’re still my lady, I’m still your man Walkin’ forever hand in hand I know I’m crazy and so are you We belong together me and you There’s lots of pretty girls that like to look and stare I know you act like you don’t care But I’m here to tell ya that I love ya babe I’m here to tell ya that I’m gonna stay With you my old time gal When our days here are done I’ll meet ya baby up above And if you want to we can be Oh together in eternity There’s lots of pretty girls that like to look and stare I know you act like you don’t care But I’m here to tell ya that I love ya babe I’m here to tell ya that I’m gonna stay With you my old time gal -------------------------------------------- Written by Shawn Nelson. © 2015 Fonky Tonk Music (BMI). All Rights Reserved.
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NOBODY GOT A HOLD ON ME I can head for the mountain or sail out to sea Or hang out here in the hill country If you dance with the devil he’ll dance right back Ol’ Doc Dupuy told me that Chorus But nobody got a hold on me Nobody got a hold on me Gonna get what I need eventually Nobody got a hold on me It’s a crying shame what we gotta do In the land of plenty for the few But we got guns and rock n roll Honky-Tonks and Muscle Shoals There was once was a time when we could survive With crops in the field and homemade wine It’s a wicked world we’re living in Fighting these wars over and over again ---------------------------------------------- Written by Shawn Nelson. © 2011 Fonky Tonk Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved.
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P&L's Midway 04:04
P&L's MIDWAY I come from Houston way down south Raised in a honky-tonk with a po-boy in my mouth Momma and Daddy let us boys run free Them quarters for the jukebox made a junkie out of me It was “Stars on The Water” and “On The Road Again” And dancing with your Momma to “Hello Darlin’” Grandma Loretta drove a gold Pontiac Her friend had a coon dick tucked in his cowboy hat There were prison guards and convicts, my brother and me They gave away bunnies on Easter Sunday It was “Stars on The Water” and “On The Road Again” And dancing with your Momma to “Hello Darlin’” Grandma Loretta lives up in Heaven now Probably drinkin’ beer and dancin’ to them honky-tonk sounds Shufflin’ through the saw-dust just like we used to do Down at P&L’s Midway back in 1982 It was “Stars on The Water” and “On The Road Again” And dancing with your Momma to “Hello Darlin’” ---------------------------------------------- Written by Shawn Nelson. © 2015 Fonky Tonk Music (BMI). All Rights Reserved.
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STREETS OF GOLD I’ve got a plan, don’t you understand Gonna leave this place today It’s hard on us just keepin’ up There ain’t no easy way Chorus I have a dream for you and me To walk on them streets of gold It may rain and it may snow But baby we gotta go Look around and hear the sound Of our people they’re proud and poor Tired of trying and crying for crumbs And fighting for nothing but war Is there no peace, no harmony Left in this wretched world? Maybe it does in Heaven above But its hell on you and me girl --------------------------------------- Written by Shawn Nelson. © 2009 Fonky Tonk Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved.
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CRUEL OL' WORLD Momma told me ‘bout the boys in school Who left for Vietnam And the ones who made it back didn’t understand Why no one gave a damn And all the heroes of World War II Didn’t know what to say or do They killed a President down in Dallas In the middle of the afternoon Baby it’s a cruel, cruel ol world Everybody knows You are on you’re own When I grew up down in HTown The rock was everywhere They were selling that stuff from the Contras And no one seemed to care And all the hippies from the sixties Had children of their own They gave up the fight for what is right And moved out to the suburbs Baby it’s a cruel, cruel ol world Everybody knows You are on you’re own So dark and evil for so long Got to feelin’ normal ‘Til the Towers fell and everybody knelt At the altar of confusion Now the wars they won’t end Got us all in the crosshairs Tell me who do they save with the wars they wage In the name of America Baby it’s a cruel, cruel ol world Everybody knows You are on you’re own Lord I wish TuPac was here To tell it like it is He spit truth to power, called them liars and cowards So they sent him up to Heaven Like Jesus Christ, JFK Martin Luther King And Malcolm X, Robert Kennedy And the one and only Bob Marley Baby it’s a cruel, cruel ol world Everybody knows You are on you’re own ---------------------------------------------- Written by Shawn Nelson © 2016 Fonky Tonk Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved
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You Are Me 03:27
YOU ARE ME All that whiskey and all that beer And all that doubt and all that fear And all them miles out behind the wheel All them women and all them girls And all them men who wanna rule the world And all them people just caught up in between You are me We share destiny, you see We’re not free We gotta fight to believe That you are me and I am you All that silver and all that gold And all them young and all them old And them nights spent stuck out in the cold All that sun and all that rain All that sweat and all that pain And all that blood running red through your veins You are me We share destiny, you see We’re not free We gotta fight to believe That you are me and I am you All that water and all that rust And all that wind and all that dust And all them souls just lost in the darkness All that love and all that hate All that luck and all that fate And all that talk is cheap at heaven’s gate You are me We share destiny, you see We’re not free We gotta fight to believe That you are me and I am you ---------------------------------------------- Written by Shawn Nelson © 2016 Fonky Tonk Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved
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Austin 04:00
AUSTIN Every night and every day Every dream that you make All the love that you take All the hearts that you break Every moment in the sun Every hill I’ve fallen from Every song I’ve ever sung Was for you, Austin Every night and every day Every bar and every stage All the hope and all the pain All the waiting in vain Every moment in the sun Every hill I’ve fallen from Every song I’ve ever sung Was for you, Austin Every night and every day Every run and every break Every show I’ve ever played All the music that was made Every moment in the sun Every hill I’ve fallen from Every song that I’ve sung Was for you, Austin ---------------------------------------------- Written by Shawn Nelson © 2016 Fonky Tonk Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved

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"You Are Me" marks the ninth release in the Shawn Nelson Music catalog and it was inspired by a year long Tuesday Night Residency at the second oldest venue in Austin, The Hole In The Wall. The album includes some new songs, two cover songs from Townes Van Zandt and The Carter Family and acoustic takes on previosuly released songs.

It's all strings and songs featuring Matt Slusher on lead acoustic guitar, Fletcher Murchison on mandolin and Morgan Patrick Thompson on upright bass.

The album was recorded LIVE on May 25, 2016 in one session at Signal Hill Recording in Austin. Patrick Herzfeld was behind the glass engineering and mixing. Jerry Tubb from Terra Nova Mastering mastered the album.

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released November 11, 2016

Released November 11, 2016

Produced by Shawn Nelson
Engineered & Mixed by Patrick Herzfeld
Recorded Live on May 25 2016 at Signal Hill Studio in Austin, TX
Mastered by Jerry Tubb at Terra Nova Digital Audio in Austin, TX

All Songs Written By Shawn Nelson Except:
"Colorado Girl" by Townes Van Zandt and
"Wildwood Flower" by A.P. Carter
© 2016 Fonky Tonk Music (BMI) All Rights Reserved

Shawn Nelson - Vocals & Acoustic Guitar
Matt Slusher - Lead Acoustic Guitar & Harmony Vocals
Fletcher Murchison - Acoustic Mandolin & Harmony Vocals
Morgan Patrick Thompson - Upright Bass

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Shawn Nelson Austin

Shawn Nelson is a songwriter, musician and singer based in Austin who has been performing and making records for over a decade. The Austin Chronicle named his 2011's San Juan Street "one of the best country albums of the year."
Shawn and the group of string band pickers have recorded a live studio album slated to be released in the Fall of 2016 marking Shawn's 9th independent release.
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