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There are lots of things to like about this life. SPECIAL THANKS To name a few...A good fire, a sharp knife, a pile ...goes to The Loaners for your creative integrity and for lending your considerable of wood you split yourself, A good fishin’ hole, talents to this project. & good folks to share it with. There’s a lot for Chuck, thank you first for your friendship, but me to like about this record, too... like being in also for all of the time in the trenches with me the studio with my band, having some good as we worked together to make these songs friends make cameos, and beginning to carve out the best they could be.

a sound that suits me. I am blessed to be part of Dionne, thank you for lending your beautiful such an amazing community of artists and voice and creative passion to this endeavor.

contributors. THis record was made with a lot Jeff, thank you for bringing a fresh approach to of heart and a little grit. I think this old groove and for fitting right into our little circus. world could use some more of both. To Fellow Artists who made special appearances on this record...it’s a blessing to cari ray have world-class players like ya’ll as neighbors and friends.

Rev, thank you for bringing vision and a passion to help me bring these songs to life.

To my Brown County Family, thank you for embracing me and supporting any and all of my creative fits and random bouts of self-expression.

To Chelle, thank you for being lovingly and unwaveringly in my corner at my best and worst...and for always remembering where I left my keys... www.cariray.com SWAGGER @2014 all rights reserved lyrics and liners

Don’t get me wrong it’s about me Wine About IT Cari Ray Cari Ray Cari Ray

I won’t promise you forever Baby, I’ve been thinkin’ Stuck at work again I don’t hang around that long Life moves way too fast In a game that you can’t win Not that that ain’t right By the time you stop to catch your breath It ain’t easy pickin’ up the slack Don’t get me wrong 15 years have passed When the boss is on your back I don’t sit in Sunday service So honey, I’ve been takin’ stock So tell ‘em you won’t take no more But my faith is still as strong As I packed my things to go Grab your keys and hit the door Not that that ain’t right And sugar, just to ease your mind ‘Cause you know Don’t get me wrong I wanted you to know You’ve been waitin’ all week long To put your favorite blue jeans on Don’t get me wrong This ain’t about your drinkin’ I know you mean so well Or stayin’ out til four And go and wine about it You work so hard It ain’t about how you don’t kiss me Take your time about it Just to ring that glory bell Or touch me anymore Won’t nothin’ clear your head But if you’ve come here to tell me It ain’t even about your mother Like a big ol’ glass of red Just how to sing my song Or her philosophies And a night just hangin’ on the patio It ain’t your right This ain’t about you at all Come on, wine about it Don’t get me wrong ‘Til you feel fine about it It’s about me, myself, nobody else Won’t nothin’ make it right I don’t go to work on Monday Gonna make up my own mind Like a little glass of white ’Cause I never did belong It’s about reachin’ for what’s next Come on, wine about it Not that that ain’t right And letting go of what’s behind Don’t get me wrong I don’t expect that you’ll understand And if beer is more your style Seems I’m keen to wander When you don’t have eyes to see Or if tequila makes you smile While most folks play along This ain’t about you at all Well honey, you know Not that that ain’t right It’s about me That just suits me fine Don’t get me wrong You pick your poison This ain’t about every promise I’ll pick mine CHORUS You couldn’t seem to keep It ain’t about your lyin’ CHORUS Most folks are busy dreamin’ Or talkin’ in your sleep While I’m playin’ all night long Once you’ve had time to reflect And if a glass or two Not that that ain’t right I know that you’ll agree Won’t get you there Don’t get me wrong This ain’t about you at all I’ve a bottle I can share Yeah, some prefer the quiet While I love to hear the throng CHORUS Not that that ain’t right Don’t get me wrong Your cares are far behind When you leave it on the vine Come on wine, wine about it www.cariray.com SWAGGER @2014 all rights reserved lyrics and liners

NOTHIN’ barely gettin’ by so bad Cari Ray & TRAVIS HOWARD Cari Ray Cari Ray

Thought I’d write a song about nothin’ We was livin’ in a loft Well, I wanted to love you so bad ‘Cause nothin’s what I like better than you Just made for one I wanted to love you so bad I drove all over town looking for anything Sleepin’ in a tiny bed You were the sweetest thing I’d ever had But honey, next to you, I got nothin’ Havin’ so much fun And I wanted to love you so bad Didn’t have no money And when I tried to tell my friends about us All we had was time Well, I wanted to hold you so close You know, I made it plain as it could be Livin’ on macaroni Lord, I wanted to hold you so close That in this whole wide world And drug store wine To feel you here inside me just like the Holy Full of something for everyone Ghost Babe, it’s you or nothin’ for me But oh babe, can you tell me And I wanted to hold you so close How long has it been Nothin’ says I should settle for less My love, just like my patience But I’ve never been a lover Babe, I’m here to tell you nothin’s wrong It is wearin’ so thin For stayin’ on too long ‘Cause me and you Each night you’re as cold You woke up one mornin’ Go together like Ps & Qs As a sno cone in July To nothin’ but this song Only one thing beats you I miss the old days Dancin’ in my arms When we were barely gettin’ by Well, I wanted to give you my hand Nothin’ Yeah, I wanted to give you my hand We live in a highrise Stand on the mountain, sit on the sand I see myself as pretty optimistic The hell downtown And I wanted to give you my hand There’s always half of somethin’ in my glass Sleepin’ in a king size bed But if that prom queen in the corner Whenever you’re around And I wanted to stay here with you Don’t quit givin’ you the eye Got plenty of bread now Lord, I wanted to stay here with you I might just have to kick that But got no time Thought that it might be the least I could do Prom queen’s ass Washin’ down happy pills And I wanted to stay here with you With the finest of wine CHORUS CHORUS And I wanted to love you so bad So here we stand Yeah, I wanted to love you so bad At the end of the line You were the sweetest thing I’d ever had Baby, you just wasted And I wanted to love you so bad Life number nine I wanted to love you so bad Here we hang I wanted to love you At the end of my rope You’re beggin’ please But the answer’s still no www.cariray.com SWAGGER @2014 all rights reserved lyrics and liners

TIME NO BACKSEAT DRIVER Second Thought Cari Ray Cari Ray Cari Ray

Look in the mirror, what do I see When you met me, you were had Starin’ down the barrel The mother of my childhood stares at me Wanted to become my lover Of another dead-end day Is that a wrinkle I see there So damned bad Lord, it just ain’t Christian Could that be silver in my hair Now we’re standin’ down the road Them workin’ you this way Seems the evidence is clear Baby, those days were Ain’t that what you always say Question is A million years ago Your first thought is to quit How did I get here You’ve been tryin’ to nag me Take your last week’s pay and split Into someone new But on second thought Wish that you were on my side Baby, here’s the old me You’ll stay right where you are I’m thinking now you took me for a ride With some news for you Lord, you’ll only climb as far I’m mad as hell you left and that’s a fact As your second thought I’ve half a mind to try and buy you back What I need from a lover Your second thought Didn’t count the days Is to let me be my own You called my name Baby, I know where I’m goin’ Checked out for a moment Seems that they were numbered And I don’t need no backseat driver, no Thinking of the night before Just the same No one ever left you I go out, you wonder why In a puddle on the floor Don’t ask baby if you Beggin’ them for more Don’t want me to lie Your first thought is to fall Time, why have you run from me I stay home, you start in Bet your heart and risk it all After all that we’ve been through Makes me look for reasons But on second thought Are you just done with me To go out again You’ll play it safe again We were so happy once upon yourself Don’t think you can stand there Spend a lifetime givin’ in Now you’re busy wastin’ you And tell me what to do To your second thought On someone else ‘Cause I got my own mama I never saw the day And she don’t look like you Climb up on the ledge You’d run out on me Let your heart lead you instead CHORUS Of your second thought I was young and I was free If your first thought is to fly I traded both for wisdom don’t you see Somethin’ here has got to give Spread your wings until you’re high Now I’m old enough to miss the youth I lack ‘Cause you know baby You might find who you are And wise enough to want my freedom back This just ain’t no way to live From out behind the bars Somewhere along the way Shut your mouth, and let me drive Of your second thought You learned to fly Take my hand and you just Your second thought Should have felt the breeze Might enjoy the ride As you were passin’ by You go on, be all of you And I’ll be all of me CHORUS It might fall apart that way Baby, let’s just see It’s been said there is a time For everything there is a time So tell me, where the hell is mine www.cariray.com SWAGGER @2014 all rights reserved lyrics and liners

Wade on in Cari Ray

It’s been some time since you’ve been able To lay some bread upon your table You’ve been wonderin’ How a good Lord could just stand by You see, my friend, you’ve got to trust Him Even when your sinkin’ boat is rustin’ Maybe that water’s just the thing Your spirit needs

Come my son, come my daughter Bring your cares to the Holy water Muddy river gonna wash your sins away Let the mighty Wabash be your Jordan Wade on in, just like the Lord done Drown your body, know your soul Has been delivered

I see you’re weary from your cryin’ I see your faith slowly dyin’ I bet you’re wonderin’ How a good Lord could just stand by He wants to heal your situation Consider this your invitation To add some water to your faith And watch it grow