Not Just Another Woman (song)

Not Just Another Woman By Jesse Scobie

Ab Gb
People tell me a good woman is hard to find
Db Eb
But I'm just a man who can't keep love off his mind
Ab Eb
I've sat under the lonesome tree, been left in the rain
Cb BM Bb
I've been cheated as much as can be but I've let go of the pain

Ab Gb
My heart's been sown with a thousand little stitches
Db Eb
Was alone at home always wondering what I was missing
Ab Eb
But I knew she would be coming my way
Cb BM Bb
I knew I would be ending my journey that day

A E B F E
She's not just another woman, she's not another fairy tale
A E D C# C B
She's not just another woman, she happens to be my girl

Through day and night, through life and death
My life has been full of empty pages of regret
A failed man cannot find happiness in a bottle
No his soul mate doesn't live in fantasies of tomorrow

My brain's been heavy and weak from melodrama love
Some memories still hurt but they're not what I'm thinking of
No I'm thinking of you darling and your golden smile
I'm thinking of how my life is back in style

She's not just another woman, she's not another oyster pearl
She's not just another woman, she happens to be my girl

Bridge:
My lady in love, my lady in joy
My lady in sadness, mother of my girl and boy
My lady in longing, my lady in ecstasy
My lady in madness when she's sitting next to me

She's not just another woman, she's not another beauty with curls
She's not just another woman, she happens to be my girl

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Our Sacred Power (water song)

Our Sacred Power (water song) By Jesse Scobie


Chords: D7 E7
It flows deep within us, it is the source
Eb7 D7
It keeps us going, it is nature's force
D7 E7
Behind all life and all of creation
Eb7 D7
It gives us the power to fulfill our obligation
D7 CM Bm7 Am7
In this world in which we live


D7 E7
We're born into a life of untold stories
Eb7 D7
With this substance of all our glories
D7 E7
Where all our lives are drawn together
Eb7 D7
Where minds are curious forever
D7 CM Bm7 Am7
It is the greatest gift we can give


Chorus
(chords: Eb7 Ab7
Water is the power to give us life
Eb7 Bb7
Water is the power, our basic right
Eb7 Ab7
Water is here to replenish the earth
Eb7 Bb7
Water is for everyone, a cycle of rebirth

Eb7 Ab7
Our....Sacred Power
Bb7 Eb7
Our....Sacred Right
(Our...Basic Human Right 2nd time)
(2x)

Chords: D7 E7
It'd there from the beginning, the mother to us all
Eb7 D7
It gives us strength every time we fall
D7 E7
We must protect it ourselves from disease
Eb7 D7
Man cannot use water for whatever he please
DM CM Bm7 Am7
It is time to start a new revolution

D7 E7
7 billion souls living on the earth
Eb7 D7
7 billion faces that should get what they deserve
D7 E7
There's enough of the power all around
Eb7 D7
Water's energy of light can always be found
DM CM Bm7 Am7
We must continue it's glorious evolution

Chorus
(chords: Eb7 Ab7
Water is the power to give us life
Eb7 Bb7
Water is the power, our basic right
Water is here to replenish the earth
Water is for everyone, a cycle of rebirth

(Eb7 Ab7 Bb7 Eb7) (4 times)
It is Our....Sacred Power
Our....Sacred Right
(Our...Basic Human Right 2nd time)

Outro: Eb Db Bb Ab Db Bb Ab Fm Eb

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I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (free verse poem)

I JUST WASN'T MADE FOR THESE TIMES By Jesse Scobie

You can see the signs on the highway
They tell you lies with truth that's sad
Your mind wanders every which way
Till its full of ghosts some good some bad
With perceptions that sting like scorpions
Who feed on the illusion that time is a man who watches bananas fall out of the moon while sucking his thumb. Who is this in the telephone speaking to me in tongues of rainbow icicles who laugh at bunnies who have sex with doctors from Obama's mind. I believe when I talk I am opening a voice for the souls who try to reach inside the glass window. They are trapped and I think I can help them believe in age and wisdom and when I walk outside I see the beautiful colors which go insane and then flip out into birds and walruses who flip coins to see who makes love at the fountain at the bottom of the white house where some people think destiny trickles down like water into mouths of needy. Some people buy their love at supermarkets and mega stores I like to think of love like a candy which sometimes I devour outright even though I know it hurt my teeth and blood sugar in the end, pleasure and pain go hand and hand to feel what it is like to have consciousness and perception. Subjectivity is great when you feel the ride of tomorrow at your feet, don't bend over for things that do not matter and life is going to be okay.

Buddha is watching over you, Jesus is in the driver's seat watching the waves pour down over the valleys. God is in the back seat laughing about how fun school was in the beginning and I sit here smiling thinking of my fetus developing into the genius of thought and how it breaks through a glass ceiling where feelings run free and dreams are able to weave through and bless those with the ability to experience them fully. Time is on our side and until we die we can appreciate everything incrementally, it's cool to see yourself appear in a thought, like a snowflake falling towards the earth not knowing where it's headed. It's just going on a journey, you don't think about it you just experience the sensation of falling, of a certain thing called time going by.

The truth is everything is becoming towards a single goal of what everyone expresses to be different things through a singularity. The mind cannot speak for the soul it is a bad translator who confuses it's purposes with it's instincts and takes for granted the ability to exist at all. We must think like the snowflake and live like we're falling through a journey in the moment without having consequences in thought, without the pleasure, the pain, the feelings of separateness, this is what makes things more than great, it is the ingenious of the human experience. This is life in it's fullest.

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Finding The Way (song)

Finding The Way By Jesse Scobie

Cm F
I've spent ten years living in a cage
G Cm
Lord knows I can't make it on my own

Cm F
I've spent ten years living in a cage
G Cm
Lord know I can't make it on my own

Cm F
Destiny comes calling, guess who ends up falling
G Cm
You gotta end up where your suppose to be

Cm F
You can't keep on preaching every time you're breathing
G Cm
Look at the bright side at least you're not me

Cm F
I've spent twenty years locked up in the school
G Cm
Lord knows it won't be pretty when I'm out

Cm F
I've spent twenty years locked up in the school
G Cm
Lord knows it won't be pretty when I'm out

Dm F
Freedom's cheap as whiskey working overtime, you miss me?
Bb C
Well next time think before you act

Dm F
Words can speak loud but actions rain like stormy clouds
Bb C
You better make sure lightning doesn't strike your back

SOLOS

I've spent ten years living in a cage
Lord knows I can't make it on my own

I've spent ten years living in a cage
Lord knows I can't make it on my owns

Can't make it on my own, can't fake it all alone
And it sure as hell takes somebody to know

Have God as my witness but I still can't get forgiveness
And I know I'll never make it on my own

If there's a heaven high above this earth
Lord knows I'm never gonna know

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Bethesda (song)

Bethesda By Jesse Scobie

Chords: Eb Ab Bb Ab
Well I was driving down on Wisconsin Avenue thinking about all the times I had with you
Eb Ab Bb Ab
Thinking of the past memories we shared in hopeless nights, you know we never truly cared
Eb Ab Bb Ab
We grew up at Whitman High School, spent days at the Regal try to act cool
Eb Ab Bb Ab
But we knew we never could reach that high in this town pop culture landslide

Bb Eb Ab
And I'm going to Bethesda now after all this wasted time
I'm going back to Bethesda now and this time I'm gonna gonna gonna
make you mine!

Barnes and Nobles was always a favorite spot to chill and relax before smoking some pot
Fake ID's to get in bars but sometimes got caught so we took it to the backyard
Listening to remixes and drinking cold beer till we even forgot it was our senior
year. Those days are long gone but the memories still live forever on..

And I'm going to Bethesda now, honey I'm about to lose my mind
I'm going back to Bethesda now and this time I'm gonna gonna gonna
make you mine!

Bridge:
Chords: Bmaj Amaj Emaj
You know love is never easy and sometimes you lose sight of the meaning of why you came here in the first place
But I don't believe anymore in random meetings or senseless feelings, I think ours was a special case
It's liking getting stuck in traffic on 270 and not knowing when you'll be free to move again
Baby I don't want to stay in a self made prison cell, gotta get me out of this hell and when I say hello don't act like your just
my friend.

Well so much has changed since I last saw you, got a black president and oh yeah went through college too
Yes I'm just trying to make it as a music man, had other ideas for life but they ended up as second plans
So how's your life going? What's the direction? Up or down or just a case of ordinary American infection
Well whatever it is I hope you can find some room for one more man in your life and you better make it real soon!

And I'm going to Bethesda now, I'm just about feeling mighty fine
I'm going back to Bethesda now and this time I'm gonna gonna gonna
make you mine!

© 2010 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.

Deserts Of Blood (What's Done Is Done) (rap song)

Deserts Of Blood (What's Done Is Done) By Jesse Scobie

Chords: Eb DM7 F Dm7 Ab
Sometimes people say that when mistakes are made
There's still second chances to change your ways
But what if that mistake was forced on you day to day
Year to year for so long, no remorse or tears could bring back the memories of
yesterday...

Chords: Am Dm Ab F Ab
I was shipped off in '04, taken from America to the Kuwait shores
Went through three months of combat training, think they should of gave me more but I'm not complaining. At least I've got a purpose, I'm not washing floors at McDonald's like before so let me work it. But this war is already turning into a dead horse dropped on your bed at quarter to 4. I've never held a gun before so for so long I was never quite sure how I would get through to to the end of this shit, I could be doing this all for nothing if I got hit. I see children with torn limbs begging at my feet, you live in a house in the wrong area you're dead meat. Spread democracy everywhere in the middle east? Fuck no it's a hypocrisy with dead bodies filling the streets. I don't understand I guess I never felt what it was like to be human till I pointed a gun at a pregnant wife and daughter in the face of all this ruin. It takes someone with a sick mind and sick plan to manipulate us into staying here and in Afghanistan, so many times I should of just got up and ran far away from this sand. But I didn't I stayed loyal to my brothers, some of them grew up in poverty with single mothers. Never had a choice to go to college, so they had to join the army to get more knowledge. I saw one brother get shot in the head by a sniper in a tree now this father to be is dead and the cycle continues with the same old news, nothing new to be read.

Chorus: Cm Bb Eb Fm

When will we stand up and stop this endless hate
Power cannot still corrupt, this is not the world's fate
If it were your child you lost, would it change what you say
How many more lives will it cost till we all just fade away

Yeah fade away that's what happens to some of these families everyday
In this holy land set ablaze in a decaying courtyard maze. this is the cradle of life mesopotamia but now it's so fucking messed up, who's to blame but ya, those in Washington and the media who sucked up your lies like vampires in Transylvania. Yeah you know I'm talking to you little military officials hidden behind closed rooms trying desperately to secure the poor's doom wipe out those with oil like a monsoon. Yeah it doesn't take a fucking genius to figure that one out, without a doubt this shit was personal for our President from the south, hot shot rich hick with the big mouth. Texas oil spoiled son who claims he dad would of been done if Saddam had his way and that's reason we're here fighting today, well right now it doesn't matter anyway I'm sitting in Baghdad about to leave back home finally. It's been almost three years and I've witnessed way too many tragedies and seen way too many tears. Now at last I'm back at home with my daughter on my lap talking to my parents on the phone, my wife is worried about my health and safety though I tell it's ok, I know deep down no one can save me. If there's one thing I learned from my experiences over there, it's that we can never allow ourselves ever again to just sit and stare and watch our beautiful country just blow this earth into the air and if you truly cared about peace you know love will get you there.

When will we stand up and stop this endless hate
Power cannot still corrupt, this is not the world's fate
If it were your child you lost, would it change what you say
How many more lives will it cost till we all just fade away


This song is in dedication and memory to all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice
in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, God knows what you've done and though the purpose
of these conflicts may be in vain your courage and bravery was not.

© 2010 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.

Sisters of Good Fortune (song)

Sisters of Good Fortune By Jesse Scobie

Chords: Ab Eb Bb F
You were born in summertime, in an European city so divine
From far away we traveled to find our destinies unraveled
Discovering your young soul

In the breadbasket country we were, to find a long lost sister in winter
Deep snow fell as we rode on the train, yet we still didn't know your name
But not much further was our goal

We walked into an orphanage that had so many forgotten kids
And in a small room we found, a girl who turned our eyes around
Bumped our heads and fell into our lives

The three of us said "She's the one" and right then came out the sun
To shine on our family all these years, the joyful music to our ears
A sister, daughter finally arrived

But even though we were so proud and happy, a voiced echoed loud
That there was still one more long lost sister for us in store
Though it would still take time to see

Mom helped find more families for the lost children living overseas
So many sad faces turned into smiles but still we looked for another child
And then one summer she came to be

She felt right at home with sister, mother, father and brother who showed
We had the love to share with a funny girl who only wanted to be cared
For and soon our family would be complete

So only one more thing remained, was to get another sister from Ukraine
This time the city was by the sea where one more sister longed to be
In the arms of a family so sweet
It was meant to be, as anyone could see..

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The Last Day (poem)

The Last Day By Jesse Scobie

Forgotten gulf twas' so crimson clear
I feel the oil drench the water tides
The bombs explode so insincere
Turn into ashes drifting through my eyes

Children pull me back in time
With race car feelings; shattered laughter
The girl kisses the boy so kind
As Hitler bathes for ever after

Sex and berries drip past dawn
To frighten your face and mind
Jesus knew we were just pawns
Our bodies; nothing divine

Coolness is what kills beauty
Lift a finger burning high
Whispers breathing so truly
What is past is in the sky

To wash away tears
To flash away hatred
To sleep away death
To love away life and loneliness with no regret
To sing one's song in the heat of night when all is dead
and to kiss the stars till sunrise fills thy head.

© 2010 JOS Songs, All Rights Reserved.

Ain't It A Bitch (song)

Ain't It A Bitch By Jesse Scobie

Driving home on a late Saturday night
Got into another huge fight
I guess sometimes you just don't learn till it all burns down
Rain keeps coming, storms keep passing
God only knows how long this will keep lasting
It feels like a joke each time we spoke in this old town

Freedom's cheap to speak your mind
People give you two cents but never a dime
Had an old friend choose he'd rather lose than try to win
Well priest's got preaching and lawyers got cases
Police got protecting but not of that I'm facing
I'm in a battle of love with doubts to far above to begin
Still stuck in this never ending itch

Ain't it a bitch
Ain't it a shame
That we keep on playing this game
I'd be an 85 year old man and still feel the same

Ain't it a bitch
We're living in vain
We've only got ourselves to blame
Just keep riding on that broken train
Driving us insane
Ain't it a bitch


Life is short but impressions seem to last
Tenderness takes time as sex is always fast
Some days I'd rather be a monk than lather in flesh
You're Aphrodite in the morning with me
By supper time you're Hades to sin me
If I had 9 lives you would try to play them like a game of chess

Dressing nice for the show, hoping I'll go
You think I'm some puppet with strings to hold
I'll tell you now I'll never allow myself to trust you again
Well horses got riding and soldiers got fighting
President's have learning and thunder's got lightning
Perhaps we'll meet down some street as long lost friends
Cause now our shoes need a new fit

Ain't it a bitch
Ain't it a scam
How did we get into this jam
So many times we could of just got up and ran

Ain't it a bitch
Ain't it unfair
That we try so hard to care
We should just close our eyes and think instead of just stare
Like we're not there
Ain't it a bitch

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Beautiful World, Beautiful Life (song)

Beautiful World, Beautiful Life By Jesse Scobie

Chords: G DM C
Beautiful world, beautiful life
Don't give up on me
Cause I finally see the light tonight
I see a long road to be free

Beautiful world, beautiful life
I will not give up on you anymore
I know it's been a very long fight
But I'm not the man that I was before

Ohh no no..

(bridge)
Chords: F Bb Eb
I have been down broken roads and paths
That never went anywhere
Hid my pain in the backseat and just laughed
Stored my feelings to care
But now I know where I must go
My life is still ahead, somewhere out there..

G D C
In this beautiful world, beautiful life
Don't give up on me tonight
I haven't always done what is right
But now I know I'll never let you out of sight

Beautiful girl, beautiful wife
Help guide me with your care
You've joined my journey to fight
For what we both want to share

Ohhh..

I have been on ships that never sailed
I had inspiration but fears kept me back
Many times in life it seemed I always failed
But my music always kept me back on track
To where I must go
In this life that's not finished yet..
And thank you mom and dad...

Beautiful world, beautiful life
As I lay sleeping in my bed
I dreamed of your beauty tonight
And from now till long after I'm dead
I will always cherish this life

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It's Ok (song)

It's Ok By Jesse Scobie


In life there is winning and losing
It's a card game till the end
In life you learn sometimes in choosing
Peace you can make amends

The mind will not let go
It will not wait for you answer
She's holding one last rose
She's waiting for a dancer

To lead her the way
To the place you'll never stay
Where your ego will just say
It's ok

In life there is endings and beginnings
It's a race till the end
In life you're either praising or sinning
But nothing serious is ever meant

A ribbon and a bow
To wrap the sadness away
A pearl necklace always shows
A woman of madness in the play

Lead her far far away
To the place you'll never stay
Where your ego you know will say
It's ok

In life there is little forgiveness
It's a drama till the end
In life there is not a witness
To prove your innocence

A cross and a shield
To defend your emotions
She'll say anything she feels
From the stars to the deepest oceans

Accept your lead in her play
To the place you'll never stay
Where you pray your ego will not still say
It's ok

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Light of a Dark Moon (poem)

Light of a Dark Moon By Jesse Scobie


I saw the fire in my room slowly die
I did not know why the fire already died
I did not know why the sky soon cried
In the light of a dark moon on a midsummer's night.

Your body was soft, your earrings glowed
Asleep by the window sill where the river flowed
Your eyes were still but your hands would show
The light of a dark moon in a forgotten show

The pain secedes over time and dust
Pleasure knows no ending nor does lust
How can you look at me with such disgust
I was just a light of a dark moon of trust

As we sit here silent on a Venetian cruise
You pick rose pedals as your hear the news
And realize in broken dreams you still choose
To be the light of a dark moon in a sea of blues

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You're Within Me

You're Within Me By Jesse Scobie

Chords: DM AM Em G
Beauty lies within the beholder
Sometimes you don't notice till it's almost over
But then you know
But then you see

Sometimes you fool your own senses
You've got to let go of some inner defenses
And then you see
The beauty of you and me

We were introduced as friends
Then love and attraction descends
Into something beautiful
That lies deep within the soul

DM AM Em G - Gm F C G
I can see it in you eyes
It burns brighter than fireflies
You're within me

And I could not live without it
Never second guess or doubt it
You're within me

And I could swim a thousand seas
But I would never feel as free as when
You're within me

I was anxious and you were restless
Sometimes you gotta find what the best is
And then you know
And then you see

I like your laugh and I like your smile
I want you to stay with me for awhile
And they you'll see
The beauty of you and me

I'll play a piano song for you
In the loving comfort of your bedroom
It's some that's beautiful
Lies deep within the soul

You can feel it in the air
Our love transcends everywhere
You're within me

And I could not live without it
Never second guess or doubt it
You're within me

And I could swim a thousand seas
But I would never feel as free as when
You're within me

Sometimes it's out of sight
But then it pops up into your life
And then you know
And then you see...

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