The first country demo I ever recorded with the help of my former guitar teacher, Dean Powell.
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I’ve been writing songs on and off for the past 30 years. I tend to write country although I'm known to write songs that are more folk or rock. Sometimes when I sit down with a guitar I surprise myself with what comes out!
Story behind the song
I used to take guitar lessons from a guy named Dean Powell. Somewhere along the line my guitar lessons evolved into songwriting lessons, for which I'll always be grateful. When I wrote this one he said, "We've got to record this!" And we did. That's Dean on the bass.
Hey Dean, wherever you are, I'm still writing songs!Thanks for being an inspiration!
Lyrics
Throw ‘Em Back
I never really thought he was the cheatin’ kind
But when he ran off with her it really blew my mind
I tried to forget him and my friends told me
“Start looking around, there’s other fish in the sea”
So I waded in the water hoping for a good catch
But the ones I caught – I had to throw back
Well Joe would come on over, bring his laundry too
He’d watch TV and eat all my food
Michael was the quiet one, I thought he was great
‘Til I heard that he was wanted in eleven states
And when Billy’s wife called to see where he was at
I really hit the roof so I threw him back
I’ve had nothing but bad luck again and again
I’m tired of reelin’ in these poor excuses for men
I’ll keep on tryin’ hope it’s worth the wait
The problem’s the men – it’s not the bait
I pulled in another one the other day
So far he’s looking good, I think he might stay
Still I’m worried that he’s gonna be like the rest
I’ll just have to give it some time I guess
And if it doesn’t work out I’ll have to start from scratch
What else can I do? I’ll have to throw him back
I’ve had nothing but bad luck again and again
I’m tired of reelin’ in these poor excuses for men
I’ll keep on tryin’ hope it’s worth the wait
The problem’s the men – it’s not the bait
So I waded in the water hopin’ for a good catch
But the ones I caught – I had to throw back
Yeah the ones I caught, I had to throw back
