Working On My Soul

by Jas Patrick

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released 26 March 2010
All Words and Music by: Jas Patrick
Produced By: Jas Patrick & Jeff Peterson
Executive Producer: Vicki Garrison
Album mixed by Ken Lewis except "Heartsave" mixed by Jas Patrick
Recording engineering: Jeff Peterson & Jas Patrick
Mastered by: Andy Krehm at Silverbirch Productions, Toronto, Canada
Recorded at: The Room, Cedar Hill TN 2007-2009
Photography/Design: Vicki Garrison

MUSICIANS
Jas Patrick: Lead Vocals, Drums & Percussion, Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Keyboard
Jake Willemain: Bass Guitar (except Best I Can Be, Salsa Girl)
Jeff Peterson: Steel Guitar, Slide guitar, Dobro, Lap steel, Additional Harmonies (Alright, Nothing to do)
Vicki Garrison: Harmony vocals and Additional Harmonies/spoken word

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Jas Patrick's latest EP, Tributaries will be released Feb. 28, 2012. In creating the album, the Nashville-based singer- ... more songwriter transformed into what he describes as a “mad scientist." The five songs reveal a mélange of rock, blues, R&B and world music delivered with a commanding authenticity. less

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Track Name: Working On My Soul
I can't call you brother
You can't call me friend
We'd agree to differ
But we disagree instead
You say I can't jump
I cam't dance
Man I'll never break the mold
You say working on my soul
Something I'll never know

Then I met my brother
And he became my friend
Different color different mother
Man we broke those trends
He said you should jumo
You should dance
Boy you need to break the mold
He said keep working on my soul
Till you reach the goal

So I call all men brother
They can call me friend
Hands were meant to hold one another
It's what our father meant
He said we can fly
If we try
The only way to reach the goal
He said keep working on our soul
Then we'll be whole
We'll be whole
We'll be whole
We'll be whole
Track Name: Walk Away
Sitting here smoking with
Thinking bout how I did
Good to be
Rid of this
At least that's what I say

The problem with lesser sins
They never give the wanted fix
That you wish
And hope they did
That's why it's the easy way

CHORUS
When in doubt
Make a turn about
You can say it loud
About a million ways
But when you're done
And the race is run
Did you help someone
Or did you just walk away

Sitting here lying bout
Talking loud
When I found
What I need and came around
Not bad for a hot day

CHORUS X2
When in doubt
Make a turn about
You can say it loud
About a million ways
But when you're done
And the race is run
Did you help someone
Or did you just walk away
Track Name: Best I Can Be
She never points out
What I don’t see
Not a flinch
When she moves me
And it’s no ones guess
When she hints what I can be
And if she gave less
It’d be more than I need

CHORUS
As far as I can see
She looks up to me
Though I only take her lead
Amazing as it seems
She does it easily
And of the worst that I’ve seen
She’s the best that I can be

And through all I waste
She saves time
Takes my sour grapes
And she makes wine
Each day completes the rest
And yet it’s hard to believe
That I can’t wait to see what’s next
She’s the world to me

As far as I can see
She looks up to me
Though I only take her lead
Amazing as it seems
She does it easily
And of the worst that I’ve seen
She’s the best that I can be

She’s the best
She’s the best
She’s the best I can be

As far as I can see
She looks up to me
Though I only take her lead
Amazing as it seems
She does it easily
And of the worst that I’ve seen
She’s the best that I can be
Track Name: Nothing to Do
Well we’ve got clothes on the floor
Like we don’t take the time anymore
To do what feels right
So let’s just spend the night
Talking about…

CHORUS:
Things we’d like to see
And things we’d like to do
Until the late afternoon
Just looking for nothing to do

Well we’ve got wine getting cold
Like we’ve got some stories left to be told
A lot of candles a little light
Let’s do it alright

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE:
Why don’t you turn up the song
Get a little more comfortable
Put on something nice
Why don’t you pour me a glass
And get one too
I like to share with you
I hope you do too
Why don’t you move a little closer baby
We’ll spend the evening
Talking and drinking and thinking and singing
And letting each other know
How we love nothing to do

Well our love’s growing cold
Looks like we grew past bold
We need to turn off our minds
Talk about it all night

REPEAT CHORUS
Track Name: Workday
Heat stroke if the summer’s kind
Frost bite if the winter’s mild
And that’s just about right
To pay the bills on time
The overtime
Leaves you underpaid
And benefits
Mean something’s taken away

CHORUS
But who you are
Is not the price of how you’re paid
It’s the question
Which should occupy your days
Keep working on that day

It’s a white collar brain fry
And everyone’s invited
Business suite and they’re tied
To fit into the corporate set

CHORUS X2

BRIDGE
A few need a lot of it
A lot more need a little bit
Remember that they give to get
Then they get the gist of it
Some got a family tree
Others just planted seeds
Some got a world to see
We all got our basic needs
A little love a little friend
Someone to ask us how we’ve been
Warm spot to lay your head
Turn around repeat again

CHORUS

Keep working on that day (X 6)
Track Name: Lullaby
To my mind
I’ve walked a certain kind of line
And it’s fine
That no one’s tried
To see what I have deep inside

So if you
Want to see what you can do
Then try
Just keep in mind
You’ll have to hear my lullaby

CHORUS:
A lullaby about every night you stay
A lullaby about the moves you make
So you understand, I guess I’ll make it plain
The lullaby I sing is your name

It may seem
Like a strange request
But I haven’t met another yet
Who knew how much so little meant

A lullaby can dry the tears you cry
A lullaby can keep love in your eyes
I’ll sing until that happy sleepy sigh
And the lullaby ends with goodnight

So if we
Includes me and you want to see
How a lullaby can change your life
I’ll always do my best to write

A lullaby about how much I care
A lullaby about how I want you there
I’ll sing until the years go god knows where
The lullaby about the life we share
Track Name: Nice to Meet Me
All the things I used to say
Went away
All the things I used to know
Had to go

BRIDGE:
Gotta find a little meaning
Do a little spring cleaning
Took awhile to see
Nice to meet me

All the places I have been
I want to see them again
All the treasure I have found
I want to spread it around

REPEAT BRIDGE

CHORUS:
When you gonna go
When you gonna know
When you gonna show

Who you gonna see
Who you gonna be
Who you gonna need

Why you gotta try
Why you gotta die
Why you gotta fight
What’s inside

All the people I have known
Helped me grow
All the good times I have had
Out weigh the bad

REPEAT BRIDGE

All the thanks I should have gave
I’ll give one day
All the times I’ve had love
Can’t thank you enough

REPEAT BRIDGE—CHORUS
Track Name: Alright
Pretty flower sits
Just where I left it
Little lady ain’t home yet
But she’ll be here quick
She’s got a plan for me
Alright

Started playing tunes
Just to find the groove
We’ve got a lot more to do
And we’re leaving soon
She says there’s more to see
Alright

CHORUS
She gives me all I need
We only need to follow her lead
And if she thinks that we
Need a little time
Alright

Gotta rock her blues
Can’t let her lose her cool
You can take the girl from school
She’ll end up teaching you
She’s gonna start to be
Alright

REPEAT CHORUS

Pretty lady sits
Just where she feels it
We ain’t going home yet
No use rushing it
We’ve got plans to keep
Alright
Track Name: Stay With You
I feel it
Do you feel it too
This might get
Too much too soon

If you mind
Well I’ll leave on the lights
I’ve got nothing to prove
If it’s alright
You want to spend the night
I’ll stay with you

I’d never let
This lose its truth
And it’s a safe bet
I’ll never see this through

And in time
If you have to remind
Me to keep it new
You’ll find
That it’s not out of sight
If I stay with you

BRIDGE
Though there’s
Only what I do
If you’d hold me
I’ve got nothing to lose
And in time
I’ll do it alright
I’ll stay with you

I believe it
Love can come true
And it’ll never end
If you believe it too

A little wine
We’ll turn out the light
You always knew
If it’s alright
You want to spend the night
I’ll stay with you

If it’s alright
You want to spend your night
I’ll stay with you
Track Name: Heartsave
You’re a heartsave
When I feel this way
You know just what to say
And just how to convey

CHORUS:
You
Know what to do
When I’m through
Only you knew
Only
Only You

Rescued my faith
When I leapt the wrong way
Not a damn thing to say
But talking anyway

CHORUS

Don’t want to go on alone
Don’t want to go on alone
I want you
Only you

You’re a heartsave
When I feel this way
You know just what to say
And just how to convey

CHORUS

Only you
Only you
Only you
Only you
Track Name: I'll Make Time
Don’t have to thank me
When I give you what you need
It comes easily
You’re the best I can be

As long as you’re mine
I’ll make time

Don’t have to go away
Cause you can always stay
For as many days
As you can stand that way

And if you return in kind
I’ll make time

There’s never enough- time
There’s never enough- but I’ll make time

You don’t have to close your eyes
When you need a little light
Cause I feel just fine
And I can stay all night

You wanna make it right
I’ll make time

You don’t have to doubt you
When you need a different view
We’ll find another truth
And we can pull you through

You wanna hold the line
I’ll make time

You don’t have to say so
There’s a million different roads
They’ll always flow
When you pour a little hope

You wanna make your mind
I’ll make time
Track Name: Grey
Another day with gray skies
Another chance to open your eyes
Another way to make you see
That all you need is me

CHORUS
With a little luck
And a little love
We can make the gray go away
With a little touch
And a little hug
We can make it here to stay
But we’ve got to start today

Another place not advertised
By the know it all relationship wise
And it’s a place I don’t want to be
Why can’t we just concede

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
Where’re you going girl
When you are my world
Don’t you ask me why
Don’t you want to try
Don’t you wanna
Don’t you wanna try

REPEAT CHORUS X 2
Track Name: Green and Blue
Once you
Get through
Learning what you’re here to do
Then you
Can move
Along to something new
A few
Find truth
Find out they can be of use
To those on green and blue
Green and blue

Some wait
For fate
Find out that’s it’s much too late
To break
The gate
The locks have been replace
They’ll hate
And berate
The sorry state
They left green and blue’s face
Green and blue

I aint got the time
I can’t make up my mind
It’s a bullshit line every time
I say it anyway
What is there to say
Would it happen anyway
There’ll be another day
At least that’s what they say

So if we
Can just see
A circle’s quality
The need
For misery
Greatly recedes
Our seed
Our tree
Can shade as well as feed
All those on blue and green

I aint got the time
I can’t make up my mind
It’s a bullshit line every time
I say it anyway
What is there to say
Would it happen anyway
There will be another day
At least that’s what they say

So if we
Can just see
A circle’s quality
The need
For misery
Greatly recedes
Our seed
Our tree
Can shade as well as feed
All those on blue and green
Track Name: Snow Day
What can I say
I love a Snow Day
White to gray
As the Sun it melts Away
And I know just how I’d play
When I can get my way
I’d be with you today
Make it every day

Get together and you know we’ll make it
Get together and you know we’ll make it
Get together and you know we’ll make it
Snow day

What did you say
You can’t come out and play
Would it be the same
If I drove a different train
And I know just how you’d play
When there was something
You’d want to change
Don’t let it go that way
Don’t let it fade

Get together and you know we’ll make it
Get together and you know we’ll make it
Get together and you know we’ll make it
Snow day

What can I say
I love a Snow Day
White to gray
As the Sun it melts Away
And I know just how I’d play
When I can get my way
I’d be with you today
Make it every day
Each and every day