jakesong

by Drew Joseph

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Memorial for Jake Pavlica, friend of Toledo Music.
Any money raised from downloads will be donated to BeInstrumental, a non-profit that provides instruments and music resources to children in Toledo.

lyrics

I let you hit on my ex-girlfriend
twenty nineteen halloween weekend
Guess you did ok for a guy
dressed like Chewbacca

A couple times we rode down Champion St
A couple losers after something to eat
Short on cash so we settled on
Watered-down vodka

I let you paint my nails all cute
You tried a skateboard in cowboy boots
They saw us coming from a mile away

You fell asleep face down in my couch
But don’t let anybody call u a slouch
I reserve that right,
you were a tremendous slouch, i say

DESPERATE MEASURES, desperate times
step outside, watch the Bad Moon rise
If this is hell you were a helluva guy
I hate to say it Jake, but this is goodbye

I don’t usually answer the phone
After midnight when I’m home all alone
But tonight it’s Jake, and he knows
My celebrity look-a-like

I say he’s like a young Billybob Thornton
We never talked about anything important
I liked that about him, you
need that sometimes

He never asked for too much from me
Guess there’s 2 sides to everyone u meet
the yin and the yang,
most of us hang in between

the yin is wicked, the yang is wise
they go together like a 69
Jake’s lucky number; I know he got lucky
sometimes

DESPERATE MEASURES, desperate times
hard to keep movin, hard to walk the line
If this is hell you were a helluva guy
I hate to say it Jake, but this is goodbye

He was quick to share a smoke with you
Even share bedbugs from his bedroom
My heart sank when i
heard the news he died

friends with poets and musicians
Friends with angels and demons
lotta friends that he’s leavin behind

DESPERATE MEASURES, desperate times
make a toast with some cheap red wine
If this is hell you were a helluva guy
I hate to say it Jake, but this is goodbye

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released February 24, 2022
drew j: sing, guitar
aaron r: mix, master

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Drew Joseph Toledo, Ohio

Drew Joseph is a singer & fingerstyle guitarist from Northern Ohio.

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