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The Perfect Life

by JD Tucker

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1.
Me and Bones 04:04
We’ve been friends seems like all my life The best that I’ve ever known Wild days and crazy nights Through it all it’s me and Bones Our younger days have passed us by We still have so much more life to go Sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cry But through it all it’s me and Bones We’ve been running a thousand miles an hour Days fly by like signposts on the road Will we ever settle down and smell the flowers I just don’t know, I don’t know But through it all it’s me and Bones A house, some dogs and some children A lot of love and music make a home Good times are sweet The bad don’t hurt me none ‘Cos through it all it’s me and Bones We’ve been running a thousand miles an hour Days fly by like signposts on the road Will we ever settle down and smell the flowers Man I just don’t know, I don’t know But through it all it’s me and Bones Words and Music by JD Tucker ©2011 JD Tucker Music, LLC
2.
Have I told you lately I'm so in love with you You're the soul and inspiration In everything I do You're the one I can rely on When everything goes wrong You set my heart on fire Girl it's true I love you But if I didn't hold you lately It's not that I don't care Baby when you're close you save me From the depth of my despair Well I need your loving arms around me To help me make it through You set my soul on fire It's true I need you You're the soul and inspiration In everything I do You set my heart on fire It's true, it's you So if I didn't tell you lately I'm still in love with you Baby when you're close You make me You make my life complete Girl, you're everything I need Oh you make my soul complete Words and Music by JD Tucker ©2011 JD Tucker Music, LLC
3.
Wake up in the morning See her sleepy eyes Come on over Take a look for a while my love They say she looks like me But she’s got your eyes And when she smiles I see you there my love And I can’t believe we made her on our own She turns this old house into a home She turns this old house into a home Honey can I hold her just a little more This is what we’ve been waiting for my love Everybody tells you it’s the greatest thing Now this little girl means everything my love And I can’t believe we made her on our own She turns this old house into a home She turns this old house into a home Wake up in the morning See her sleepy eyes Come on over Take a look for a while my love They say she looks like me But she’s got your eyes And when she smiles I see you there my love And I can’t believe we made her on our own She turns this old house into a home She turns this old house into a home This old house is now a home Words and Music by JD Tucker ©2005 and 2011 JD Tucker Music, LLC
4.
The man I used to be Would never let you down But I left you standing there In that dirty one horse town You let me go out searching For something else to be I didn't know I'd find The man I used to be I tried real hard to make it Didn't want to pay my dues Well I thought my heart could fake it But I couldn't stand to lose And in the face of my rejection i looked uo to see The humbled reflection of the Man I used to be The man I used to be Kept his feet on the ground But it seems my confidence And foolish proud let me down I found out what need Is your faith in me Oh I need your love to be The man I used to be I drove all night to see The sun rise in your eyes When you held me in your arms It washed away the lies You let me go out searching You had to set me free Now I'm standing here beside you As the man I used to be The man I used to be Kept his feet on the ground But it seems my confidence And foolish proud let me down I found out what need Is your faith in me Oh I need your love to be The man I used to be Words and Music JD Tucker ©2011 JD Tucker Music, LLC
5.
It's So Easy 03:55
It's so easy loving you Better believe me There's no one else like you Cause I've been around town I've looked all around now I've found myself in you Whenever I'm down You're there to clown around And everything seems new It's so easy holding you When I'm sitting in the living room Or walking on the roof Wherever I go, I know You're always by my side So don't ever let go There's no need for solos Cause we got a love That we just can't hide, hide, hide Oh yeah And it's so easy loving you Late in the evening Or Sunday afternoon Anytime night or day We can play Forget about 9-5 Together we've got it made Loving should be this way When we're together We get so high, high, high Oh yeah It's so easy loving you You better believe me There's no one else like you I said there's no one else like you And it's so easy loving you Words and Music by JD Tucker ©2011 JD Tucker Music, LLC
6.
Frozen in the morning light He knew the time had come After years and years of pretending He knew that they were done And she says "Maybe a little time apart Will help you change your mind Maybe a little time will help you see" But as he drove away He knew he would never come back To live her fantasy And his friends don't understand Why he'd leave the perfect life How do you ever leave When everything seems right? And how do you run away Leave her standing at the door But how can you stay When you don't love her anymore Now who's to blame When two worlds drift apart And drown out at sea Now tell me how do you mend Two broken hearts When it wasn't meant to be And she thinks "Maybe a little time apart Will help him change his mind Maybe a little time will help him see" But the absence will make his heart wander To another fantasy And his friends don't understand Why he'd leave the perfect life How do you ever leave When everything seems right? And how do you run away Leave her standing at the door But how can you stay When you don't love her anymore Anymore, how do you stay When you don't love her anymore Anymore, how do you stay When you don't love her Words and Music by JD Tucker ©2011 JD Tucker Music, LLC
7.
Long Gone 06:02
Staring at the ceiling all night long Trying to get the feeling but it's gone My soul is dying and I can't take no more And I just can't hide it anymore We both said forever but that was long ago We loved on another but it's gone Long gone. Gone, long gone. Long Gone. Well I'm lost in confusion and I can't find myself Nothing I can do and nothing helps Now I sit and wonder I can't even sleep The pressure that I'm under Brings me to my knees We both said forever but that was long ago We loved one another but it's gone Long gone. I'm sorry I don't love you anymore I'm dying but it's over The love is gone, long gone Gone, long gone Gone Gone, long gone Gone, long gone Gone, long gone The love is gone, long gone Words and Music by JD Tucker ©2011 JD Tucker Music, LLC
8.
I've been drowning in a sea Of unanswered prayers Are you listening God Do you care Cause I'm stumbling and I'm falling I don't recognize myself I've been crying out for you Screaming for help But why won't he answer Why won't he set me free Has God forgotten me Has God forgotten me I've been bleeding so long In a constant state of pain Does he even give a damn Or remember my name I have always believed Tried to do what was right Please deliver me God From this nightmare tonight But why won't he answer Why won't he set me free Has God forgotten me (No no don't lose your way now) Has God forgotten me (No no just keep the faith now) Cause I've been down on my knees I've been begging him please So many times I need help Man I want to believe But he won't hear my please I keep crawling around in this hell I've been drowning in a sea Of unanswered prayers Are you listening God Or has God forgotten me Has God forgotten me Has God Forgotten me When does this end now (No no don't lose your way now) Cause I have surrendered (No no just keep the faith now) Where is my savior (No no don't lose your way now) Do you remember (No no just keep the faith now) Has God forgotten me I've been drowning in a sea Of unanswered prayers Are you listening now Words and Music by JD Tucker ©2011 JD Tucker Music, LLC
9.
I never meant to make you cry Leave you sad and far away All I wanted was to make you smile And see you happy everyday But I've learned that I can't make the sun rise Or keep your skies from turning gray I know that I would give my whole life If I could make you smile again I don't know how it happened And I don't want to place no blame But my heart is slowly dying And nothing's quite the same Cause I've learned that I can't make the sun rise Or the moon rise on the bay I wish that I could give my whole life So I could make you smile again How could this ever happen How'd the magic slip away I thought that love was forever Now I'm begging for one more day And I've learned that I can live without you I can survive another day I know that I would give my whole life If I could make you smile again Words and Music by JD Tucker ©2011 JD Tucker Music, LLC
10.
All My Might 03:22
When I met you I knew we'd stay together For forever you changed my life When you said "I do" it came from heaven For forever you'd be my wife And when you walked down that aisle In your gown of white I loved you with all my might Yes I love you with all my might I remember that look on your face When you said it wasn't maybe We're having a baby stayed up all night Now you're teaching her how to be a perfect lady Sometimes it's crazy but it will be all right And when you rock her to bed Each and every night I love you with all my might Yes I love you with all my might Sometimes it's not so easy When we think that we're both right But when we settle down We know completely That everything will be all right And we'll be loving with all our might And when the evening comes And we turn down all the lights I love you with all my might You always love me with all your might I'll always love you With all my might Words and Music by JD TUCKER ©2011 JD Tucker Music, LLC

credits

released July 1, 2015

JD Tucker
vocals, acoustic guitar, all sounds on "If I Could Make You Smile"

Terry Fabrizio
electric and acoustic guitars, bass, drums, strings, tambourine, congas, backing vocals

Stuart Waters
piano, keyboards, strings, bass, backing vocals

Ray Marchica
drums

Marcelino Thompson
bass on "Have I Told You Lately" and "The Perfect Life"

Margaret Dorn, Andricka Hall, John James and Kurt Yaghjian
backing vocals


In particular, Terry Fabrizio has been working with me for 20+ years. A great producer, arranger, guitar player and friend.

Recorded at The Gate recording studio in New York, except "Have I Told You Lately", "The Perfect Life" and "If I Could Make You Smile" recorded at Antler Ridge Studios in New Jersey.

Produced by Terry Fabrizio

Mastered by Christian Wright at Abbey Road Studios, London, England

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JD Tucker Tilghman Island, Maryland

JD Tucker is a Singer Songwriter currently living in Washington DC. His style is Rock and Pop with a splash of Country. Influences include The Beatles, David Gray, James Taylor, the Eagles, Oasis, and early Elton John. Hank Williams, George Jones and Johnny Cash too! Visit jdtucker.com ... more

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