My wife Leslie's bff, Shannon, gave her a wall hanging several years back, with the unattributed quote, "I Love The Nights I Can't Remember, With The Friends I Can't Forget", which she proceeded to have printed on coozies for our wedding party guests. And of course, it sounded like such a great song title, I had to play with it... For 8 years... And what you are hearing now was completed 4 years later... This song took 12 years from beginning, to release, so I hope you enjoy the effort.
Verse 1:
I V
I’m told that when we’re drinking,
IV I
Sometimes we’ll be quite rude,
I V
Other times they say we all display,
IV V
An angelic attitude,
I V
Though my memory may get fuzzy,
IV I
On this one thing my mind’s set,
I V
It’ll be another night I can’t remember,
IV V
With the friends I can’t forget
Chorus 2:
I love the nights I can’t remember,
With the friends I can’t forget,
Tonight we just might have a ball,
I can’t really say just yet,
But if we keep this party going,
I'd call this a pretty sure bet,
To become another night I can't remember,
With the friends I can't forget
Verse 2:
We could sing a little karaoke,
Or dance 'til we break a sweat,
Maybe try to impress the opposite sex,
With tall tales of our Gulfstream® jet,
By nights end I'll grab a cab home,
So on the roads I pose no threat,
‘Cause I want more nights I can’t remember,
With the friends I can’t forget
Chorus 3:
I love the nights I can’t remember,
With the friends I can’t forget,
Tonight I hope we’ll have a ball,
I can’t really say just yet,
If we should keep this party rolling,
And our tab's bigger than the National debt,
Man I love the nights I can't remember,
With the friends I can't forget
Fiddle Solo
Chorus 4:
I love the nights I can't remember,
With the friends I can't forget,
Tonight I know we had a ball,
But I can't prove that just yet,
In the morning when I wake up,
I'd lay odds and place my bet,
I had another night I can't remember,
With the friends.... I can't for--get
credits
from Nights I Can't Remember,
track released June 20, 2014
Fiddle, Percussion, Guitar and Piano- James Taylor
Banjo- Lance G.
Final Mix and Mastering- Tenth Tier Media
This single was mixed and produced by Gary Snead, from remote recordings as noted above, on my iPhone 4 and 1st Gen iPad, utilizing the Music Studio 2 App, by Austrian developer Alexander Gross, and distributed by Xewton.com through the App Store by Apple.
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