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Lot Long
by Gary E. Andrews - 11/10/26 11:20 AM
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New song. Hope you like it. http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=11911472Maybe We'll Meet Again Someday (c) 2012 AB Willis I met a bartender in Toledo She served me beer as I drank the night away She tried her best to challenge my libido That was a bar tab that I couldn't pay (Chorus) But I had to hit the street Cause I got nomadic feet I had to go I just couldn't stay I must be moving on And I'll miss her while I'm gone Maybe we'll meet again someday I met a cowgirl down in El Paso She saw right through me and looked me in the eye She tried to rope me in with her lasso That kind of knot was one I couldn't tie (Chorus) I met a young girl in Cincinnati She wooed me with her clever dialogue She wanted me to be her sugar daddy I just wanted to be her salty dog (Chorus)
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Very well put together Ben. I really like it both lyrically and musically. Production and musicianship are top shelf. Good for you, my friend. You have earned a whole plateful of chocolate chip cookies.
Stevie
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Ben,
I enjoyed your song more than any other I have heard today. But I am still trying to figure out what a salty dog is.
Jim
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any song with Nomad in it is cool with me!I was waitin' for the nomad/gonad rhyme,LOL.Good one here Ben!Mike
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Thanks Little Stevie B., I happened to have been munching on a chocolate chip cookie when I read your comment.
Jim, a salty dog is the opposite of a sugar daddy.
Thanks Mike, always good to hear your opinion.
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Love the lyric Ben Willis and happy to hear your voice and playing again, very nice tune!
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Ben, great, great lyrics! i enjoyed it! :))))) scotty
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Always glad when you listen TamsNumber4.
Thanks for dropping in Scotty.
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Way cool, loving every minute of it.
An ego under its own power travels assback. ~ Smarticus
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Good, colourful lyric Ben.
Good sound too.
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Nice song and playing Ben --- it's classically well done.
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Hi Ben, What a cool song! You always have such unique lyrics and I love that. Don't take that wrong; I love the whole song it's just that your lyrics stand out to me.  Dottie
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Glad you liked it Taggy.
Thanks for the compliment Calvin. That line was the last one that I wrote for the song, and the hardest to dream up.
Thanks Vic, I'm getting better at mixing and mastering.
Thank you as always Joice.
Hi Dottie. I took that as a compliment. I always thought that lyrics weren't my strongest suit, but I had been toying with the idea of the song for awhile. Maybe that made the words come easier. It did take a while to come up with the city names and a clever rhyme to go with them.
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Ben I really enjoyed this song a lot....couldn't tie the knot? Oh well, can't blame a gal for trying....
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Thanks Glynda, glad you liked it. Guess I'll never learn.
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Hey you got your muse on!! Must be all those cookies giving you that sugar high. Short and sweet and I like your clever rhyming. Nothing's wrong w/the song, but I offer a few use or lose ideas. In the 1st verse maybe say barmaid since right away you will establish it's a female so maybe... I met a temptin' barmaid in Toledo For your Chorus I thought it might sound neat if the 1st line always referred back to the woman so instead of: (Chorus) But I had to hit the street Cause I got nomadic feet I had to go I just couldn't stay I must be moving on And I'll miss her while I'm gone Maybe we'll meet again someday And although that girl was sweet Seems I have nomadic feet I had to go I just couldn't stay I must be movin' on And I'll miss her while I'm gone Maybe we'll met again someday Then maybe add on one more Chorus which will be your Final Chorus so you'll have 4 total (the song is short enough that it won't hurt) Possible Final Chorus Though the memories are sweet Seems I'm no good on a leash I had to go I just couldn't stay Cos a rambler can't lay low When it's time to go I go But maybe we'll meet again someday Yeah maybe we'll meet again someday or (Just maybe we'll meet again someday) Best, Lynn
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Thanks for the suggestions Lynn. I did consider the barmaid instead of bartender thing but I needed three syllables and barmaid has two. Since they call themselves bartenders these days anyway I didn't think it would be a problem.
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LOL - love it Toledo and libido might now be on my short list of favorite rhymes ever. Nice one, Ben! Scott
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Thanks Scott, glad you like it.
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BEN--
YOU TAKE ME BACK TO THE SMOKIES WHEN I WAS KID-
I LOVE THIS ONE!
THE MANDOLIN MAKES IT A FINE, FINE PIECE!
WRITE AND PLAY ON--
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Hi Ben,
I enjoyed this. It's well written with the three stories within the story, and the rhyming pattern is really cool. I'm a fan of soft rhymes and think it makes it fun to hear them sung! Good playing and singing too!
Kristi
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write,
if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be,
he must be. -- Abraham Maslow, American Psychologist
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Hey Ben,
I enjoyed the song; some lines in your Chorus expressed the same thought, IMO; keep or sweep (Chorus) But I had to hit the street Cause I got nomadic feet I had to go
I just couldn't stay
I must be moving onAnd I'll miss her while I'm gone Maybe we'll meet again someday
“I usually start with a title or maybe a little rhyme or phrase.” - Harlan Howard
Co-writing = Compromise!
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Thank you Kristi, I like to keep it simple.
Thanks for the input Shayne.
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Let's hear it for songs about peripatetic songwriters.
Love the rhymes: "Toledo" and "libido", and "Cincinatti" and "sugar daddy".
I also really liked "Cause I got no...madic feet". Just listening (and not reading), "nomadic" took mr by surprise.
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Way cool, Ben. Loved all the rhymes, too. Very clever lyrics. Who the heck cares what a salty dog really is? Not me. This is fun.
"Grits is one of those country-boy words that is both singular and plural-like deer, elk and sheep. I think the singular is appropriate when there's a modifier that makes it clear one is talking about something specific. Like, 'Grits are good for you, but these here grits is tasty.'"~~Joe Wrabek
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Always good to hear from my friend Kurt Fortmeyer. Glad you liked those crazy rhymes.
Tricia, anytime I see you comment, I know you must have really liked the song. I feel humble. Every time I play "Salty Dog Blues" with a bluegrass band, the last line of the song is always "What the hell's a salty dog"? No one knows.
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