Get all 9 Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Going the Distance, Live at Jumping Dog Studio Halloween Eve 2020, 27 Voices (Live), I Never Give Up (live), Collection 2008-2018, The Hard Part of Flying, The Great Unknown, Ray of Hope, and 1 more.
1. |
Going the Distance
03:44
|
|||
|
Going the Distance
We rolled the Toyota
Out on I-35
When the dust finally settled
Never felt so alive
We drove on in a rental
300 miles the next day
We had friends that were waiting
And songs yet to play
And we’re going the distance
Yeah, we’re going the distance
From Baltimore to Austin
California to Maine
Through roadblocks and detours
Through wind and through rain
We’re going the distance
Right up to the end
Yeah, we’re going the distance
I’m right beside you my friend
‘Cause we never stopped trying
And we never quit
I guess that’s the secret
No matter how hard it gets
Your daddy was hoping
To chase me away
After all of this time
Looks like I’m here to stay
Yeah the years have rolled by
And we’ve had sorrows to mend
But we’re going the distance
I’m right beside you my friend
And we’re going the distance
Right up to the end
Yeah, we’re going the distance
I’m right beside you my friend
We’re going the distance
© words and music by Jim Patton and Jeff Talmadge
|
||||
2. |
That's What I Do
02:18
|
|||
|
That’s What I Do
Can’t hammer a nail
Can’t fix the fence
Can’t hang a picture
But in my defense
I can write you a love song
So deep and true
I can make you laugh,
I can make you cry
That’s what I do
Can’t promise the moon
Can’t pay the rent
I’ve followed my dream
At your expense
But I can write you a love song
So deep and true
I can make you laugh
I can make you cry
That’s what I do
And it goes:
Fa La La La La
It goes:
Fa La La La La
Now I’m kind of rough
Full of scratches and dents
And you’re so beautiful
This should make no sense
But I can write you a love song
So deep and true
I can make you laugh,
I can make you cry
That’s what I do
I can make you laugh,
I can make you cry
That’s what I do
And it goes:
Fa La La La La
It goes:
Fa La La La La
© words and music by Jim Patton
|
||||
3. |
||||
|
Struggling
I don’t know how this happened
I should be King of the World
I’m the guy with the guitar
I’m the guy who got the girl
But this ground where I’ve been standing
Keeps slipping beneath my feet
Too many worries, too little cash
And these ends won’t ever meet
So I’m struggling
I’m struggling
Can’t afford the doctor
Even when my daughter’s sick
Groceries have gone sky high
The car needs to be fixed
These dues that I’ve been paying
Have yet to pay me back
I’m playing the cards that I was dealt
But the deck is always stacked
So I’m struggling
Each day is another test
I’m struggling
I’m trying to do my best
But I’m struggling
I’m struggling
I’m not exactly drowning
Just a little over my head
A lot of people got it worse
I got a home, I got a bed
No sense being bitter
Or cursing how things are
After all, I still have the girl
And I still have this guitar
But I’m struggling
Each day is another test
I’m struggling
I’m trying to do my best
But I’m struggling
I’m struggling
I’m struggling
I’m not exactly drowning
But I am struggling
I’m struggling
© words and music by Jim Patton and Steve Brooks
|
||||
4. |
Words I Can't Unsay
02:13
|
|||
|
Words I Can’t Unsay
I’m sorry I shouted
Those words I said
Shoulda kept ‘em
To myself instead
You never know what will come
Out of my head
I said:
Words I can’t unsay
Words I can’t wish away
You’ll never look at me
The same way
I said words
I can’t unsay
Blame it on my mother,
Blame it on my dad
You oughta see my brother
If you think I’m bad
I come from a house of anger
And I grew up mad
Saying
Words I can’t unsay
Words I can’t wish away
You’ll never look at me
The same way
I said words
I can’t unsay
I’m so sorry I made you cry
For the rest of my life I’ll wonder why
Because saying I’m sorry
Doesn’t take it back
Baby that’s a fact
Guess I shoulda warned ya
Not to get too close
I hurt the ones
Who love me most
I saw that look;
You were pale as a ghost
Cause I said:
Words I can’t unsay
Words I can’t wish away
You’ll never look at me
The same way
I said words
I can’t unsay
© Words and Music by Jim Patton and Jeff Talmadge
|
||||
5. |
Janey It's Alright
03:28
|
|||
|
Janey It's All Right
The last time I saw you, babe,
You were heading for an overload
You turned your back on me
I watched you stumble down the road
I heard you drifted up North somewhere
Trying to pay back
A debt you thought you owed
But Janey it's all right
Babe I would meet you anywhere
Janey it's all right
You name the place and I'll be there
Janey it's all right, it's all right
It's all right
Janey it's all right
All the people that we used to know
I wonder where they've gone
I heard they all froze up inside
It's the ice age coming on
I looked around to ask for help
But they'd vanished
Like the words to that old song
But Janey it's all right
Babe I would meet you anywhere
Janey it's all right
You name the place and I'll be there
Janey it's all right, it's all right
It's all right
Janey it's all right
Sometimes you take me to places
I've never been before
Out of the dark and into the light
A window or an open door
Sometimes I’m so deep inside
I don't know
How to get out anymore
But Janey it's all right
Babe I would meet you anywhere
Janey it's all right
You name the place and I'll be there
Janey it's all right, it's all right
It's all right
Janey it's all right
© words and music by Jim Patton
|
||||
6. |
Golden Boy
02:20
|
|||
|
Golden Boy
Golden boy on the ball field
Golden boy with a guitar
We loved you like a brother
Now you’re just a fallen star
You went from hometown hero
To a man who lost his soul
This golden boy turned into
Fool’s gold
Golden boy to your parents
Who bailed you out repeatedly
Golden boy to your lover
Until you practiced to deceive
You went from full of promise
To another guy getting old
This golden boy turned into
Fool’s gold
Some say you were brought down
By your addictions
Or did you fall beneath
The weight of those predictions?
Golden boy in your own eyes
Golden boy to your friends
Until you started to cheat and lie
Now you’re harder to defend
You’re full of rage and anger
At least that’s what I’m told
This golden boy turned into
Fool’s gold
This golden boy turned into
Fool’s gold
© words and music by Jim Patton
|
||||
7. |
Brand New Love
02:11
|
|||
|
Brand New Love
You think this dirty old town's a beautiful place
Your boss is a jerk but you laugh in his face
You got a goofy grin; a secret smile
You haven’t been this happy in a long long while
Uh-oh, I think it's true
Brand new love's got a hold on you
Uh-oh, I think it's true
Brand new love's got a hold on you
You see life as a window instead of a wall
You don’t complain about the traffic at all
All your darkness turned to day
No one else has ever felt this way!
Uh-oh, I think it's true
Brand new love's got a hold on you
Uh-oh, I think it's true
Brand new love's got a hold on you
You know she’s not a passing thing
You're working overtime just to buy a ring
Uh-oh, I think it's true
Brand new love's got a hold on you
Uh-oh, I think it's true
Brand new love's got a hold on you
© words and music by Jim Patton and Jeff Talmadge
|
||||
8. |
Facing the Lions
02:46
|
|||
|
Facing The Lions
Your philistine father
And his primitive curse
Your psychotic mother
And her fear of the hearse
Your unbearable burdens
Your unquenchable thirst
Now you’re standing alone
A long way from home
And you’re facing the lions
Your ill advised liaisons
Your mistaken beliefs
Your pharisee lovers
Your bottomless grief
Your romantic rebellions
Your chaotic defeats
Now you’re lost in the night
No rescue in sight
And you’re facing the lions
Out in the arena
The battle’s gone wrong
You’re facing the lions
Armed with only a song
Your outrageous behavior
Your mercurial whims
Your imperfect nature
And your Judas-like friends
Your auspicious beginnings
Your untimely end
Now you’re standing alone
A long way from home
And you’re facing the lions
Ah you’re lost in the night
No rescue in sight
And you’re facing the lions
© words & music by Jim Patton
|
||||
9. |
Gino
02:46
|
|||
|
Gino
Gino says the best part of his life
Was played out on a football field
Moment of glory, moon and the stars
Now he’s forgotten how he used to feel
He says he hates his life from the time he wakes up
Until he drinks himself to sleep at night
Never thought he was ever gonna get this old
Until it happened overnight
He still blames his parents for messin’ him up
But the boy just turned 53
Gino keeps banging his head against something
Hoping the pain will leave
Hoping this time he won’t bleed
He rolled his car in front of a cop car
And was able to walk away
And as much as he hates to admit it
That wasn’t close to his worst day
That was years ago
Now he drinks at home
Or at the bar right down the street
He thinks of it as self preservation
Or just a way to get to sleep
He still blames his parents for messin’ him up
But the boy just turned 53
Gino keeps banging his head against something
Hoping the pain will leave
Hoping this time he won’t bleed
Gino sits on the porch of his mother’s house
Watching his brothers’ kids
Playing with joy, full of life, and ambition
The way he and his brothers once did
He thinks about calling an old teammate up
But they’ve run out of things to say
And the night they pummeled Harbortowne
Is thirty five years away
He still blames his parents for messin’ him up
But the boy just turned 53
Gino keeps banging his head against something
Hoping the pain will leave
Hoping this time he won’t bleed
© words and music by Jim Patton
|
||||
10. |
||||
|
Austin Night
I heard Rubber Soul when I was just 15
Everything changed inside of me
Started playing guitar with my closest friend
Mama and Papa thought I’d reached a dead end
They said I’d never be famous
And they were right
But I’m still making music on an Austin night
So let’s rock
‘Cause it’s all right
I’m still making music on an Austin night
Now I could understand my parents point of view
It’s hard to pay the bills and be an artist too
But fame ain’t what it’s cracked up to be
I hear you’re just a cog in the machinery
They said I’d never get rich
And they were right
But I’m still making music on an Austin night
So let’s rock
‘Cause it’s all right
I’m still making music on an Austin night
Where I came from I was looked on with suspicion
Imagine their dismay at my musical ambition
I’ll admit some dreams did not come true
But that’s the case for all but a fortunate few
I’m not rich or famous, but I’m doing all right
I’m still making music on an Austin night
So let’s rock
‘Cause it’s all right
I’m still making music on an Austin night
© words and music by Jim Patton
|
||||
11. |
I'm Still a Dreaming Man
03:04
|
|||
|
I’m Still A Dreaming Man
My dreams did not come true
Bet I can say the same for you
That’s a secret they don’t tell ya as a kid:
Your biggest dreams will die
Or if they don’t, you’ll wish they did
But I’m still a dreaming man
Though my dreams are not the same
As way back when
I know what I am
I’m still a dreaming man
I wished upon a fallen star
Tonight I’m in this Austin bar
I feel like I’m an old beat up guitar
But when I’m up here playing
My dreams don’t seem that far
So I’m still a dreaming man
Though my dreams are not the same
As way back when
I know what I am
I’m still a dreaming man
Letting go of a dream
Is no disgrace
As long as a new one
Takes its place
So I’m still a dreaming man
Though my dreams are not the same
As way back when
I know what I am
I’m still a dreaming man
Yeah, I know what I am
I’m still a dreaming man
© words & music by Jim Patton, Jeff Talmadge, and Steve Brooks
|
||||
12. |
||||
|
We’re going the distance
We’re going the distance
|
||||
Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus Austin, Texas
Austin folk rock songwriters Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus return with their 7th CD on Houston's Berkalin Records. This time they're leaning toward the rock side of their folk-rock equation with a sound more comparable to Tom Petty or the Byrds.
Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus recommends:
Heat Sin Water Skin
by BettySoo
wonderful ethereal vocals that can rock as well, fine songs, great production and guitar from the legendary Gurf Morlix. She plays "slow" as well as anyone (check her Hank Williams cover.
go to album
Little Grey Sheep
by Danny Schmidt
If it only had "Company of Friends", this album would be worth it, but the rest of the album is chockful of Danny's insightful, up to date tunes.
go to albumIf you like Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus, you may also like:
24th Street Blues
by Tom Heyman
Tom Heyman documents life in San Francisco circa 2023, refusing to succumb to easy characterization & instead capturing the city’s nuance.
go to album
Zed For Zulu
by Those Pretty Wrongs
Jody Stephens of Big Star and Luther Russell of the Freewheelers team for a radiant LP packed full of slide guitar and pop smarts.
go to album
Downey to Lubbock
by Dave Alvin
Soulful guitar interplay form the heart of this lovely Americana collaboration from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
go to album
Out on the line
by The Blue Highways
The slashing roots rock on “Out On the Line” always makes its way to the kind of triumphant chorus that quickens the pulse.
go to album
