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    Our retreats pair professional songwriters with veterans, military families and couples, and active-duty service members to write songs about their military experiences and transition home. These field recordings were recorded on-site at a SongwritingWith:Soldiers retreat and capture a song being performed just hours after it's been written, like a song capturing its first breath.

    Participant Co-Writers: 
    Kev The Allstar and Marie Enriquez / Melanie and David Coughenour / Kyle Klein and Brenda Hickey / Laurie and Peter Lautzenheiser / Ryan Little and Gillian Holt / Jonelle and Terrance McKinnon

    Singer-Songwriters:
    Gary Burr / Erin Enderlin / Danny Myrick

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1.
Amor Fati 02:03
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AMOR FATI Peter and Laurie Lautzenheiser / Gary Burr You can climb a fence, find the code Drive five miles down a gravel road Looking for a path to redemption It’s hard to say but the cold truth is We can grow or just exist The choice is up to you and me Oh, how lucky can we be? It’s easy to say “I’m done” But it’s better to say “I’ll try” It’s a journey that’s never over There’s still a few tears to cry I’ve got a little more grow in’ in me Maybe it’s not too late Amor fati. Amor fati Learn to love your fate Four out of five years alone Then you brought a soldier home And had to learn that I was not your enemy We didn’t talk, we didn’t laugh How does love survive like that? We fought and found ways to care Now we’re here and we’re not there It’s easy to say “I’m done” But it’s better to say “I’ll try” It’s a journey that’s never over There’s still a few tears to cry I’ve got a little more grow in’ in me Maybe it’s not too late Amor fati. Amor fati Learn to love your fate
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We're Still Alright 02:19
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WE'RE STILL ALRIGHT Jonelle and Terrance McKinnon / Erin Enderlin He was an asshole when it all first started Both been through some shit, both fresh on the market First date sleeping on the couch didn’t last long And ever since then our lives have been a country song Like I told him he would he fall in love with me We got married on a Harley on Freemont street The sky keeps falling, we just pick up the pieces On a bad day we go grab some hot wings and pizzas And we laugh at the bumps on this road we call life When everything goes wrong we’re still right Our kind of love is a hard fought trust It’s been damn hard, but it’s forever or bust Cause we fit together like a pair of Dog Patch bandits One day will pack it up and move to Montana Livestock and dogs and our own little fort Where we can shoot our guns and piss off the porch The sky keeps falling, we just pick up the pieces On a bad day we go grab some hot wings and pizzas And we laugh at the bumps on this road we call life When everything goes wrong we’re still right Even we get arrested we make the judge smile Yea, when everything goes wrong we’re still right We could use a new tractor and trash compactor So if this song goes #1 that’ll be alright
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Our Good Days 02:16
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OUR GOOD DAYS Brenda Hickey and Kyle Klein / Gary Burr I want to see the smile your grandma used to love I want you to have the life that you’ve been dreaming of I am grateful that I didn’t walk away Cause your good days are my good days I want you in my life, I want you around To build something real, put roots in the ground You said I could run…I told you I’ll stay, cause, Your good days are my good days Once you make up your mind…step aside There’s nothing you’re not willing to try This is not the life you were meant to live There is so much more love you were meant to give You can be in Tucson or magical Peru Every step you take brings me closer to you Your healing has no borders and that’s okay Your good days are my good days Once you make up your mind…step aside There’s nothing you’re not willing to try This is not the life you were meant to live There is so much more love you were meant to give I want to see the smile your grandma used to love I want you to have the life that you’ve been dreaming of I am grateful that I didn’t walk away Cause your good days are my good days
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It Works For Us 02:56
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IT WORKS FOR US Ryan Little and Gillian Holt / Danny Myrick Some folks say we’re weird We like to think we’re just unique Know what we went through to get here Don’t give a fuck what they think We’ve been through a lot of the same shit We know we’re stronger for it Can’t teach your wife how to shoot Can’t teach your husband how to heal Let each other hold their own water That’s our own deal We fucking love each other Find the beauty in scars and tattoos That might not work for you But that works for us She’s bomb dog metaphors He’s all bullets and guns She’s kicked open closed doors He’s got demons on the run They see the weight of our years We live the blood sweat and tears Can’t teach your wife how to shoot Can’t teach your husband how to heal Let each other hold their own water That’s our own deal We fucking love each other Find the beauty in scars and tattoos That might not work for you But that works for us See it on paper we don’t make much sense But we’ve created our own happiness Can’t teach your wife how to shoot Can’t teach your husband how to heal Let each other hold their own water That’s our own deal We fucking love each other Find the beauty in scars and tattoos That might not work for you But That Works For Us
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Fighting For Us 03:44
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FIGHTING FOR US David and Melanie Coughenour / Danny Myrick Crazy earl’s bar on a girls night Red shirt blue jeans both a little tight That’s where it all started He didn’t dance but he asked her anyway Like magic the next song the band played Was “I Don’t Dance” But they did and just that like We became a blended family That’s the kind of crazy that we choose to be It’s a brand new battlefield The struggles are really real Hearts get wounded but we never give up The bullets of angry words They lead to the deepest hurts But we’re believing in the power of love We’re surviving cause we’re fighting for us A long year of hell in Kabul Nights getting wasted on a barstool Trying to mask all his problems Meanwhile keep the home in balance Keep making sense of the madness Then lose her job lose her grip Til she don’t know who she is It’s a brand new battlefield The struggles are really real Hearts get wounded but we never give up The bullets of angry words They lead to the deepest hurts But we’re believing in the power of love We’re surviving cause we’re fighting for us No matter how crazy things get Even if it all goes wrong Long as I feel your hand in mine I know I’m home It’s a brand new battlefield The struggles are really real Hearts get wounded but we never give up The bullets of angry words They lead to the deepest hurts But we’re believing in the power of love We’re surviving cause we’re Fighting For Us Yeah baby let’s keep Fighting For Us
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Belly Laugh 02:57
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BELLY LAUGH Kev The Allstar and Marie Enriquez / Erin Enderlin I met you on the stage, and you glittered just like a star Right away I saw your light shining through, I saw the shape of you heart And I don’t think I’ve left your side, since I fell for you absolutely Baby I think that you and me, we got a love like a Hallmark movie I wanna jump when it scares me to death I wanna live life breath by breath I wanna see you smile When I look in your eyes and I wanna make you belly laugh Ask me to jump in the car, baby I’ll grab my bags I love going anywhere with you, from Hawaii to a tumble weed ranch Life and death, black and white, now we turn it into a joke Cause we don’t think you can laugh too loud, no that’s the part we love the most I wanna jump when it scares me to death I wanna live life breath by breath I wanna see you smile When I look in your eyes, I wanna make you belly laugh I wanna make you belly laugh We’re standing here on the stage, together making change Side by side walking through this life, in the sunshine and the rain I wanna jump when it scares me to death I wanna live life breath by breath I wanna see you smile When I look in your eyes, I wanna make you belly laugh I wanna make you belly laugh
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Now What 02:03
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NOW WHAT Kev The Allstar and Marie Enriquez / Melanie and David Coughenour / Kyle Klein and Brenda Hickey / Laurie and Peter Lautzenheiser / Ryan Little and Gillian Holt / Jonelle and Terrance McKinnon / Gary Burr / Erin Enderlin / Danny Myrick We felt a spark, so we fanned the flame Cause maybe tomorrow we won’t be the same 4, 7, 8 that’s a good way to change To make that connection from my heart to my brain, but Now what, now what What do we do with this new day we’ve got When the trash has been dumped, and the battles all fought We ask ourselves now what Lay the pain down, purging the past Walking together down a new path There’s no finish line, no end in sight It’s journey we’re on for the rest of our life Now what, now what What do we do with this new day we’ve got When the trash has been dumped, and the battles all fought We ask ourselves now what We’ve got a North Star to guide us back home If we just remember we’re never alone Now what, now what What do we do with this new day we’ve got When the trash has been dumped, and the battles all fought We ask ourselves now what We ask ourselves why not
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Perfect Timing 02:52
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PERFECT TIMING Kev The Allstar and Marie Enriquez / Melanie and David Coughenour / Kyle Klein and Brenda Hickey / Laurie and Peter Lautzenheiser / Ryan Little and Gillian Holt / Jonelle and Terrance McKinnon / Gary Burr / Erin Enderlin / Danny Myrick Feels like Perfect Timing for rebuilding this foundation Perfect Timing for a judgment free vacation A world of open windows Where we feel safe and free Feels like perfect timing to find out who we can be We have a common history Only warriors can tell We all hit rock bottom We’ve all been through hell Bags full of darkness We dropped them at the door On this new path we don’t need em anymore Feels like perfect timing for rebuilding this foundation Perfect Timing for a judgment free vacation A world of Open windows Where we feel safe and free Feels like Perfect Timing to find out who we can be I don’t have to suffer In silence all alone I’ve got my loved ones with me Now that I’ve come home I found a heart connection that I thought was gone I found the love to turn the light back on Feels like Perfect Timing for rebuilding this foundation Perfect Timing for a judgment free vacation A world of Open windows Where we feel safe and free Feels like perfect timing to find out who we can be Yes it’s Perfect Timing to find out who we can be I’m learning to be present I’m breathing the fresh air I’m seeing life with brand new eyes I’ve found that I do care Feels like Perfect Timing for rebuilding this foundation Perfect Timing for a judgment free vacation A world of Open windows Where we feel safe and free Feels like perfect timing to find out who we can be Yes it’s Perfect Timing to find out who we can be

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released August 16, 2023

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