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So many songs, so little time...being a songwriter can be discouraging. That's why it's important to play live once in a while. For real people. In front of you. So you can see their faces and they can see yours.

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How many songs can there really be?
This one must be a hundred for me.
It’s a need to resonate and share a common truth.
Or hide it in a metaphor and paint it with my youth.
Oh, how many songs can there really be?

How many stars have I really seen?
Shimmering in shattered shades of pink and water green.
Though all are doomed to fade away long eons after me.
How many stars can there really be?

To think that I could get up here and send you something new.
Or wrap it in a story that you'll never know is true.
Guess I’m throwing out a life line, Not sure who is pulling who.
All I know is I keep writing and it’s like I’m always fighting. These
Little songs don't last for long so I’m sending them to you.

Hey, thanks to you for listening. That is, if you’re still here.
I understand that you just came to talk an’ have a beer.
But if we dare to keep it down, ain’t fooling anyone...
How many songs have we never sung?

To think that I could get up here and send you something new.
Or wrap it in a story that you’ll never know is true.
Guess I’m throwing out a life line, Not sure who is foolin’ who.
All I know is I keep writing and it’s like I’m always fighting. These
little songs don't last for long so I’m sending them to you.

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from Blue | Green (2018), track released April 2, 2018
James Dean Cotton wrote, played and sang this song. Thanks to GB Quincy for the percussion and Carmen Zullo for the advice and encouragement.

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James Dean Cotton Seattle, Washington

James Dean Cotton hails from the Missouri Ozarks where bluegrass and Americana infused an easy, 70's acoustic style. He writes and performs solo and with the acoustic duo, American Sons, in the Seattle area.

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