Hello! This will be song post #41. After open mic night, I was inspired to finish this one up. I started it a few months ago when I was thinking about dumping the guy I was with. I have music for this, so once I get the house to myself for a night, I'll try to get a GV recorded.

Turn Around

© 2011 Chelsey Sears 

Midnight storm is rolling through
The wind begins to howl
Rain and thunder carry on
But they can't seem to drown
The thoughts that are racing through
My restless mind
As I stare at my phone and wonder
If it's worth the fight

'Cause the road is getting rough
And we don't know where it leads
But I've got this crazy feeling it's gonna
Dead end in the weeds
And we'll be left with nowhere to go but down.
Maybe it's time to take the easy way out
'Fore it's too late to turn around

I know that in theory
We could fall in love
But that's a lot to risk
On nothin' but a hunch
'Cause fairy tales and happy endings
Are few and far between
Sure I'd like to have faith
But a blind man could see

That the road is getting rough
and we don't know where it leads
But I've got this crazy feelin' that it's gonna
Dead end in the weeds
And we'll be left with nowhere to go but down
Maybe it's time to take the easy way out
'Fore it's too late to turn around

Yeah the road is getting rough
And we don't know where it leads
But I've got this crazy feeling that it's gonna
Dead end in the weeds
And we'll be left with nowhere to go but down
Maybe it's time to take the easy way out
'Fore it's too late too turn around

'Fore it's too late to turn around

Baby I want out

Open Mic Night

Well folks, I think I'm hooked. I attended my first open mic night last night and had a blast. I have to admit, I was super nervous...so nervous that I texted all my musician friends asking for advice. They all pretty much gave the the same advice...to go out and rock it. I got there a few minutes after the signup was open , so I didn't get to perform until 10:00, which gave me a little more time to calm down. When they finally called me up onto the stage I grabbed my guitar, plopped down on that stool and just gave it a go. Amazingly, all my nerves melted away and I enjoyed every minute of it. Now I'm putting my pencil to the paper to write some new songs for next month. 

One Night In Amarillo

This is very different from what I usually write but I figured I'd still post it. A song is a song, right? lol. This is number 40 of 100!! I'm almost half way there...with...two months to go. Oh boy, I better pick it up a bit! :)

One Night in Amarillo
© 2011 Chelsey Sears

One night in Amarillo
In a little motel bar
She ordered up another
To close out happy hour
One night in Amarillo
She left her past in the rearview
And tried to drown the memories
Good and bad, in a bottle of 80 proof

One night in Amarillo
He stopped in for a beer
After a business trip
He made sale of the year
One night in Amarillo
He took that ring off his hand
Knowing damn well that
He'd never see her again

When the morning sun rises
He'll greet it alone
'Cause she is already
Fifty miles down the road
He'll gather up his things
Head back home
And they'll move on
But they'll never let go

Of one night in Amarillo
The talk wasn't so small
And they both lingered
Until last call
One night in Amarillo
She handed them the keys
And both of them hoped they'd
Be what the other'd need

But when the morning sun rises
He'll great it alone
Because she's already
Fifty miles down the road
He'll gather up his things
And head on home
They'll both move on
But they'll never let go

Of one night in Amarillo
When he didn't spot
His wife's chevy malibu
In that motel parking lot
One night in Amarillo
He thought he could change
Her mind, but she'd already
Slipped away


But when the morning sun rises
He'll great it alone
Because she's already
Fifty miles down the road
He'll gather up his things
And head on home
They'll both move on
But they'll never let go

Of one night in Amarillo

One night in Amarillo