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Sweet Impossible

by Jerry Chapman

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1.
Ready to Begin (chapman/dane) are you ready? are you ready to begin? burned out standing there watching the common make a difference speaking out across the air satellites send a message are you ready? are you ready to begin? breaking out the longest night silence will not set me free the truth is out the road is clear i’m convinced... this won’t be easy
2.
The Hardest Part (chapman/dane) v1: did you see when i dropped my pick to the floor i wasn’t able to play anymore i thought about setting down my guitar v2: did you notice when i fell apart 5 o’clock shadow & a broken heart 1/2 of my mind said “love’s not worth fighting for” c: knowing when to hang on knowing when to let go knowing when, knowing which is the hardest part v3: did you see the stars hanging in the sky did you notice how people live their lives waiting on things they think will set them free v4: did you see when i folded my bible up i wasn’t really able to love i thought about giving up, but i believe c: knowing when to hang on knowing when to let go knowing when, knowing which is the hardest part v5: did you see when i dropped my pick to the floor i wasn’t able to play anymore i thought about setting down my guitar
3.
Josephine 03:13
Josephine (chapman/davis) v1:
they'll be dancing in town tonight we'll be thinking bout what we're missing I don't mind so much that I'm in dutch again, but how how did I get here? v2:
from the first time I saw you scowl I could tell that my days were numbered it's one two three, the joke's on me but I don't mind, as long as you let me c: josephine, my hard-hearted lover what could turn you so cruel? my poor heart runs circles to please you, my sweet impossible jewel v3:
where there's smoke I suppose there's fire but I can't believe what they're saying you jump for joy, you’ve got a whipping boy to take the blame, when you're feeling lonely c: josephine, my hard-hearted lover what could turn you so cruel? my poor heart runs circles to please you, my sweet impossible jewel v4:
they’ll be dancing in town tonight... c: josephine, my hard-hearted lover what could turn you so cruel? my poor heart runs circles to please you, my sweet impossible jewel c: josephine, my hard-hearted lover what could turn you so cruel? my poor heart runs circles to please you, my sweet impossible jewel
4.
Wrong Horse, Baby (davis/chapman) c: you're backing the wrong horse, baby you're betting on a fool's game you won't win you're gonna get your heart broke, maybe backing the wrong horse, baby, again v1: back when you were mine didn't take a lot to make you smile at least for awhile just the two of us, some cheap ol' wine and that's all we'd ever need but you're changed, these days left me to my ways you're on the town with your latest craze but I don't think you're satisfied c: you're backing the wrong horse, baby you're betting on a fool's game you won't win you're gonna get your heart broke, maybe backing the wrong horse, baby, again v2: you set yourself up good I hear you got yourself some brand-new friends and too much money to spend hope you treat yourself the way you should you never seem to know when you've had enough you never had a taste for the harder stuff you've gotta know when they call your bluff don't let them walk away with your heart c: you're backing the wrong horse, baby you're betting on a fool's game you won't win you're gonna get your heart broke, maybe backing the wrong horse, baby, again mid8: and they don't know you like I know you're going to gonna miss those simple times c: you're backing the wrong horse, baby you're betting on a fool's game you won't win you're gonna get your heart broke, maybe backing the wrong horse, baby, again
5.
More Than a Little (chapman/dane) v1: how did you know what to say, that day when the rains came?
how did you know on that day? it’s not easy to keep it all straight to tell right from wrong, i could tell you i’m strong i’d be lying if i knew day from night, i could tell you i’m right i could tell you i’m fine v2: watching the wind blow through town watching the tears fall hearing my words bring you down hearing the ghosts haunting these halls calling my name, it’s all just the same i think i’ve had enough they call me a fake, they won’t give me a break ‘til you teach me to to love b: out in the middle like a cat in the street and afraid of what truth might reveal more than a little, it’s hard to be seen and i’m finding it hurts to be healed to tell right from wrong, i could tell you i’m strong i’d be lying if i knew day from night, i could tell you i’m right i could tell you i’m fine
6.
Come Down 04:51
Come Down (chapman/davis/dane) v1: put a little spark in it, girl, i haven’t got all night this ain’t my last chance for getting it right you won’t remember, it’s not like you’re listening anyway we’ve been here before, so tell me again v2: you know i gave up a long, long time ago i’m dropping the curtain on this worn-out show so let’s drag it out one more time, don’t you know for the drunks & the barflys & the hacks up on burke street they’ve seen it all before pre-c: i used to think it’s funny i could find you back here this old-man bar ain’t what it used to be they were saving seats in that back booth for you maybe they were saving one for me next to you c: every time you get up, you find you’re out of luck you come down every time you get high, i want you to try to come around come around v3:
kept shootin’ by like a crazy old comet thought you’d get by in arms of a sentimental fool didn’t take a smart man to guess it you’d run out before the good times begin there’s nothing to lose, when you never took a chance v4: get a hold of yourself now, girl, the tether’s untied i thought i was in such a hurry to ride maybe the trigger’s primed, and i could go with it anytime just like all those years ago pre-c:
maybe things didn’t turn out so bad, you know i had 15 good years to think it over there’s a buzzin’ hive of hornets underneath the lock & key you’ve been stung too many times, but not by me c: every time you get up, you find you’re out of luck you come down every time you get high, i want you to try to come around come around b: and this world keeps on taking and you keep on making those same mistakes every day but you’ll go on living, you’re not gonna give in no matter what you might say v5:
i won’t lie, you’re not lookin’ so bad lookin’ is a luxury when you just need what you thought you used to have so let’s skip the toast to dear ol’ dad and just take what we came for nobody’s waitin’ up for you tonight c: every time you get up, you find you’re out of luck you come down every time you get high, i want you to try to come around come around
7.
Never Have to Go (chapman/uzzell/davis/dane) you’ve been sad remembering the good old days we’ve been had so many times & so many ways and i can’t seem to find you now you’ll get your way back here somehow and find something to settle on... to call your own dancing in the garden at midnight even ‘til the morn we never have to go compliment the maker of twilight long before the sun before our days our gone, i don’t want to be alone 
i’ll find something to settle on
8.
Undertow 03:25
Undertow (chapman/davis/dane) v1: you won’t say “you should have known”
i won’t say “i told you so” yesterday i might have shown another side, all my pride v2: waiting for the break of day to redeem the mess we’ve made we gave everything we had, and now we’ll give it back again c: 
i will wait, you won’t go we can dance in the undertow find our way, lost in days, letting go, letting go v3: it’s a tight & twisted road we’ve got a long, long way to go though we might not see the end, on the way, we’re unafraid c: i will wait, you won’t go we can dance in the undertow find our way, lost in days, letting go, letting go b: next time ‘round i’ll never let you down again lost & found in the space between the sinner & sin sweetest sound in the time it takes a breath to begin it’s our common ground c: i will wait, you won’t go we can dance in the undertow find our way, lost in days, letting go, letting go
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But Honestly 03:28
But Honestly (chapman/dane) v1: i would take a bullet for you at least that’s what i feel i’m supposed to do but honestly, i’d rather be alone don’t really want to talk to anyone v2: i’d go walking through the rain up the highest mountain, and come down again but honestly, i’d rather stay right here don’t want to be far from near it’s harder than it looks c:
 called to love but what does that really mean spending time with those in between the sinners & saints, the cons & kings and honestly, that’s where i’ll find the best of me v3: you can have the shirt form my back or if there is anything that you should lack but honestly, i’d rather keep it on i’d rather just sing this song it’s harder than it looks c:
 called to love but what does that really mean spending time with those in between the sinners & saints, the cons & kings and honestly, that’s where i’ll find the best of me i would take a bullet for you at least that’s what i feel i’m supposed to do it’s harder than it looks c: called to love but what does that really mean spending time with those in between the sinners & saints, the cons & kings and honestly, that’s where i’ll find the best of me

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Recorded at Sputnik Sound, Nashville, TN, June 26th-July 11th, 2008. The most fun I've ever had making a record. And the best record I've ever made.

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released November 15, 2008

Mitch Dane - percussion, keyboards
David Henry - strings
Jeremy Lutito - drums
Steve Mason - electric & lap steel guitars
Andrew Osenga - harmony singing
Gabe Ruschival - bass guitar
Chris Tuttle - piano & organ
Jerry Chapman - singing, guitars, mandolin, percussion, keyboards, harmonica

Produced by Mitch Dane
Mixed by Vance Powell
Production Assistance by Joshua V. Smith

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