Red Wine and Vinyl Records

Since moving to Nashville, the creative juices have definitely been flowing…however they’ve been accompanied by my songwriting ADD. I have my little notebook with a half-dozen pages that have been started, but I haven’t really set aside any time to finish them. Yesterday I decided to carve out a little time to write and tune the world out for a bit. Luckily the sun was shining and it was warm outside. Seeing that Aaron was working on some brewing research and getting frustrated with the dogs jumping around, I took my boys down to the patio, enjoyed some master distiller Jack, and told myself that I was going to finish the first incomplete page in my book. Flipping through, I came across the hook written across the top; “Red Wine & Vinyl Records”. I remembered the night that I first thought about writing the tune. I had a rough week at work (this transition from seasoned veteran to new kid on the block has been an adjustment, to say the least), and I’d stopped by the local liquor store, only to be surprised by the fact that it was wine-tasting night. After a few samples and some light-hearted conversation about music, I drove home, planning to return in a few weeks for a bottle of pinot noir, and thinking about how I just needed to keep a nice bottle of wine on hand to help de-stress after work, and how nice it would be to buy a record player and listen to classic country with all the pops and cracks of the vinyl. I’d decided on my opening lines before I reached the apartment complex and jotted them down but never really committed to completing it. But yesterday, with my trusty dogs by my side and some whiskey in my glass, I told myself I was done being lazy with it!

I have an idea for music but, let’s be honest, Aaron is way better than I am with melodies so hopefully he can work his magic on this one sometime!

Red Wine and Vinyl Records

© 2018 Chelsey Sears

V1:

Rough week ‘s an understatement, tough break a downright lie

I’m through with wishful thinkin’, some stars just won’t align

I worked hard to climb the ladder, found it’s a hamster wheel

And I’m going nowhere faster than a death-row runner out of appeals

Well, since I’m caught up in this hole

Might as well find a way to soothe my soul

CH: 

I need a red wine and vinyl records, night so I can forget

The struggle, the pressure, dance around say “the hell with it”

Don’t need no self-help guru to make my life feel better

Just a corkscrew, three chords, the truth

Red wine and vinyl records

V2:

I know there’s bigger problems, all corners of this earth

Won’t act like I can solve ‘em, but hey y’all, for what it’s worth

Sometimes you’ll find your center, in a spinning 45

And the best therapy is, of the long stem kind

CH:

You need a red wine and vinyl records, night so you can forget

The struggle, the pressure, dance around say “the hell with it”

Don’t need no self-help guru to make your life feel better

Just a corkscrew, three chords, the truth

Red wine and vinyl records

BR:

So take a break, step back

Turn it up and raise your glass 

CH: 

For a red wine and vinyl records, night so you can forget

The struggle, the pressure, dance around say “the hell with it”

Don’t need no self-help guru to make your life feel better

Just a corkscrew, three chords, the truth

Red wine and vinyl records

Just a corkscrew, three chords, the truth

Red wine and vinyl records