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Happy Birthday JuJu Bean!!!! Jude's song copyright 2011

well, what an incredibly special day!!! Today is Jude's 1st birthday! I am finding it hard to believe how quickly time flies. I am in love with this boy...what an unbelievable gift God gave us...a son....a brother...a sweet special little man...I wrote you a song little boy...mommy loves you more than you could ever imagine!!!

Jude’s song 8-18-11

Hold on tight
Cause time, you on the run
Yeah I hold on to ya
Cause boy…your so much fun
And from where you stand
No it seems…there’s little that cant be done

Wanna ride forever on this line
Train, no don’t stop never
And I wont mind

Oh can we just carry on …the way we do
Till the end of time….me and you…me and you
A million times love knew me…before I knew love too
And oh I love you…oh boy I love you

When u look my way
I surely come undone
Better and better days
Oh you made each one
And from where I stand
It seems the best is still to come

Oh this ol world
yeah it must of knew
cause that ol sun
Cant shine as bright as you

I Know copyright 2011

New day. New song. Good life.

not to mention today is my hubby's bday! I mean really...I have so much to celebrate and be thankful for...thank you God for blessing me with such a tender hearted loving man and incredible father to our children...I know this isnt exactly a birthday song...dont worry babes its not a dedication...sometimes I feel the power of emotion just by seeing it through someone else...sometimes I remember a feeling I once had....and sometimes my songs are direct knee-jerk reactions ...however, where ever it is they come from...im so thankful they come...Jessica without a song...is Jessica without. Hope you like and I cant wait to be back with more!

I know... copyright 2011

I'd be mistaken
If I said love weren't worth makin'
for a heart worth breakin'

and i'd be a foolin'
if I said, I wouldn't do it again

Chorus:
Oh, I know
But where do I go from here

I'd be a liar
If I said, I'd lost all desire
That, I don't still burn from your fire

Oh, I know
but where do we go from here

Bridge:
Oh I'll try, not to this time

Julie Brown copyright 2010....

Feb Tenth, 2011


okay so Im more off again than on again...however..with it being another new year (didnt this just happen) I figured..back to the blog spot...it makes me feel happy to sing a song! ...now there are 2 kiddos that have to endure really loud music during nap time. We have an understanding...I'll take all the crying...if they take all the singing...deal. Here's is one of those classic "crush" songs. We all had 'em...you know, when you were totally smitten with someone that didnt know you existed...sheez...sure glad my luck turned around...anyway...yeah this is that song...enjoy....


JULIE BROWN

Walkin’ down the hall-
you must have been heaven sent
and if we touched at all-
I knew it was just by accident

the first day of school-
you could have sat next to me
but you found an empty seat
right next to Julie-

you sat with Julie Brown, Julie Brown
Julie Brown, Julie Brown

I sat in the back
and had a perfect view
of how ya act a fool
when she made eyes at you

Chorus:
you called her Julie Brown, Julie Brown
you loved her-Julie Brown, Julie Brown

I ‘d really like to see
if I could truly be
your Julie Brown, Julie Brown


On the bus ride home
I thought it would be my chance
to get you alone
and start a bus stop romance

But to my surprise
her books were in your hand
and in walked the girl
I wished I could have been –

Chorus:
oh you called her Julie Brown, Julie Brown
they call her Julie Brown, Julie Brown

I ‘d really like to see
if I could truly be
your Julie Brown, Julie Brown

Brokedown Girl Copyright 05

Ya know time flies ...when you actually realize that the last time I was up frying fish all night...I didnt have a whole baby in  my tummy...kickin around to the music...well so its at least been 8 and half months...and life just keeps gettin better...baby Mags is in bed...and baby on the way is stayin up way past bedtime in order to bring you some fresh tunage...hope you enjoy...!!!

Brokedown Girl


Jessica Justice Ramos Copyright 05

Verse:

Got my vices-

Yeah but I got my choices too

But ain’t you got mercy, darlin’

Can’t I get some from you



You got worries baby-

But I got you-

Ain’t we got a little somethin’

To get us through



Chorus:

Have some faith- to carry me

I know your love boy, can set me free

Give me some time –cause you know that I’m on my way

And I’m just as broke down as a girl can be



So we got troubles –

How can all the blame be mine

Don’t everyone have them –baby

Just of a different kind



Baby –what’s you hurry

Take my hand and we’ll leave behind

All of your worries

And we’ll make the best of the rest of time



Chorus



Bridge:

Reminisce about the good times

When I was yours and you were all mine

Now can’t you believe-won’t you believe-that I’m something you need-



Chorus

March of Dimes walk 04/24/10...for my girls Jolie and Maggie!

Revving up for the March of Dimes walk tomorrow …I should have posted this a lot sooner…but I am never one for getting things done at the right time…Me and my family do this walk every year since 07 in honor and memory of our daughter Jolie(7/07/07) who was born just a few months early. She was with us for only moments but her presence here changed our lives forever. I feel it so important to not only walk for this cause but to spread the good news about March of Dimes and all the work and research that it does in order to help save the lives of all little babies born pre-mature. I feel I would do a great disservice if I did not share my experience with others in hopes of preventing them from enduring the same hardship. This walk signifies not only a powerful memory and “time marker” for me and my husband but also an incredible celebration…we have made it full term…first and foremost of coarse, due to the grace of God we were blessed with another unbelievably, beautiful baby girl who is now 18months old …but I also like to credit foundations such as the March of Dimes…who through continuous research and new discoveries…have found ways to save babies. We are again pregnant…expecting our third baby! I don’t want to leave out the fact that due to some of our own research and experience we discovered that one of the problems that I personally have while being pregnant…is lack of adequate progesterone production….especially beginning 2nd trimester…I take weekly progesterone shots starting at 16weeks and fully believe that these shots helped get my little baby Maggie here on time ….and am taking them currently for the one in the oven. I send out my deepest regret and sympathy for any mother or father who has had to experience the loss of their sweet little baby…but I also give you hope…we are an example(Maggie is an example) that …that MIRACLES do happen!!!!!!


See the link posted below if you would like to learn more about the March of Dimes …or sponsor us for the walk tomorrow…donations for this cause are greatly appreciated! Thank you for taking the time to read this as it is and always will be a cause so near and dear to our hearts. I am so thankful to God to experience the joy that having a child has brought to my life! Keep ‘em coming Lord!

http://www.marchforbabies.org/jolieeramos

for Mandi and Ian's beautiful baby girl born into this world 10/18/09

Congrats to Mandi, Ian and Mr.Finn (who is now a Big brother)!!!!

...this song is special for you and your new little girl...you know Ive already sang it to my lil Maggie a million times!

Other than having your own child...I feel one of the most amazing miracles to witness is seeing another ...have one of there own...the moment that you see a child actually enter the world...straight from the arms of God...into the arms of her mother and father...this is truly a remakable moment!

like I said in my song...I guess Im two for two now...you having babies is a good inspiration for my songwriting...i think it is simply because of how deeply and wonderfully you love your children...I am so thankful to have been there to share in one of the most magnificnet moments of your life....thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing this moment with me.


A song for (?) 10/18/09



Baby open up your eyes –ive waited a long time
Just to see you
Baby show me how you smile-for awhile, Ive waited
Just to hold you

And yes-its how it should be
And yes its all it could be

Baby in my arms you’ll stay, cause ive never known a day
to love without you

Baby I hold you oh so tight,
you’re all my might, and for all my life
Oh-how ill love you

And yes-its how it should be
And yes its all it could be

Baby on my chest you lay…so still I stay
As I feel my heart growing

For a girl all of my own, what do I owe
To deserve ...never knowing

And yes-its how it should be
And yes its all it could be

Got It All Down...Friday NightFish Fry...copyright 05

its a good day to be alive...i hope you enjoy tonights fish fry...

one thing is for sure...I should not be a guitar player...any volunteers?????


Got It All Down

Wish I could come home


And see you all dressed up

Maybe if I never left ya



But looks like you got it all down



Wish that’s something I’d of thought of

And known that life would still go on

And we’d both make other plans



Oh it looks like you got it down



Chorus:

But won’t you think of me –as you lay to dream

Won’t you think of me a little in between



And once you get it all down



Wish I could show you

Looks like I’m getting closer

Those steps are getting lesser



And I got it all down



Wish I knew just one way

To do both two things

You know I’ll be sending you this letter



And I hope I got it all down

Chorus

Josie-Friday Night Fish Fry copyright 05

this a very meaningful song to me...wrote a lot of years ago from a personal experience...I heard some news recently that really brought this song back into my mind...I hate sometines to devulge to much info about the meaning of my songs as I would hope that the listener finds his own interpretation...something that is meaningful to him ...something personal...

however some of the "song" background is...while living in Nashville my Daddy would send me some of his song ideas on tape  ...me and him would often come up with some pretty cool stuff together...anyway...he sent me a tape labeled Josie..and told me that -that's who he thought of when he played it....well it was just a guitar chord progression...and I immediately had a melody and words to add to it...then I found the perfect chorus and bridge to add...and ta-da..it was a beautiful co-write...

Josie

I know the time, I know the time wasn’t right

Oh but I’d of sure liked to try

I know the time, I know the time wasn’t mine

But I’d a wrapped you up and held you tight



Josie come fly with me-

We gonna make it alright

Josie come fly with me

We gonna make through the night



You see I don’t know what I’d of said

But I’d of shouted it out real loud anyway

And I wonder sometimes about if things had turned out that way

oh…HOPE…is a new day



Chorus

Bridge:

Come on, come-on Josie

Hold On, hold on Josie

Come on -hold on tight

Josie hold on one more night

You Can Hold On

there are those moments...when you close your eyes...and imagine how things should be...and then when re-opened things are exactly as you had imagined...exactly how they should be....i am right there in my life right now...

here is the latest song...directors cut ...though the meaning of this song may not correlate exactly with the sentiment above...the song is a dedication...and for whom ...well, they will know who they are and to simply hold on...

You Can Hold On

and for hope, aint there none
cant make do, what you've undone
you could go-but wont you stay
cant take -what you aint gave

cant sleep in this bed thats been made
so wont you plead, wont you beg
cant go back and take away
all this pain-all this shame

you can hold on

aint there days when the rain
seems like it could wash you all clean
and you just fall to your knees
no you cant break free

you can hold on

cant find the right words
cant find 'em

you are my sunshine....maggie elise

well ..okay so I was having one of those days...ya know...i was actually looking forward to my Fish Fry tonight (yeah I kinda get into to it) I told you its my outlet...anyway..i even pulled out the fancy electric...and had Frankie helpin me pull down the big PA speakers and mics and mic stands...oh man...i put my girl down for bed and then decided to plug in...and turn up the juice...full volume...poor miss mags...i guess she is getting used to it ...she didnt even wake up...well anyway.....I was planning on doing a pretty cool song...one that you hadn't heard of coarse ...it was an orginal...but.....
well ...it sucked...the guitar playing totally sucked...see Im not a very good guitar player (Im sure you have noticed)...but i try ...i really do....well short story long...cause thats how I usaully tell it...i had to give up on showing you my cool song ...anyway...it became a principal thing ..that I at least sing something...because usually I would say ...skrew it ...but not tonight ...there is gonna be a fish fry...because i said there would be! so heres to one of Maggies favorites (or so I like to think) YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE....ahh what a classic...i will be more prepared next week ....

FRIDAY NIGHT FISH FRY REVIVAL...Bright Eyed Blues

back by popular demand???? uh nope...but I had an itch to scratch....now for those of you that aren't familiar with this format...I frequently and then un-frenquently post what has come to be known as the "Friday Night Fish Fry"...I would call it a sparatic surge of "gotta get ..get"... just needed to sing a bit.. just needed an audience...I am a performer...I actually need this outlet in order to survive...

so as you will hear ...if you listen to my presentation of "Bright Eyed Blues"...there is another voice in the background...it may to the untrained ear seem like a harmony or a neat little"effect"...but I just wanted to clarify....to those underground musicians that happen upon this at 4am...it is not a out of tune string...or an off-beat drum...that is actually the sound of my daughter yelling for me...in the background...now I just remind you she is only 10 months old..so Im sure these are impassioned yells...that I interpret as "mommy sing louder"so instead of me 're-recording'..I ask that you close you eyes and pretend that you are watching this live..and that you are just hearing a crazy, excited fan....hope you enjoy and this one's for you Finn!

clip clop clip clop

and so this trail..a trotting one...
could not be less of a track than a tread...and this slate no less a board than a bed
...and once i'd lain...and flat...outstretched as you pictured...as you confessed-
but i cannot...i cannot...
for now there are visions that haunt me while adorned in this red dress

of the very likes that i am...of coarse... i am not...
but i do remember that i have not forgot...

id sell out-and sell all that i got-but i'd become more of what i'm not...and i am not

but for that which is...i concede...to all that should or could be ...AND belief is to be strongly believed and BELIEF IS TO BE STRONGLY BELIEVED....

shadow keepers copyright 2009

And so- is it the hearts mellow manner and somewhat sorted out fears…the unaffected
Or rather
to some extent …a longing of that which can never quite ever be fulfilled ...just a taunting instead…
a tease …a torture …a resemblance of that which is home yet a distance that is only impossible for that to be…
to have been running all this life and yet there is no destination …is it a heart’s desire …to seek that which is un found…
how then desire…no …
maybe that’s the breathe …the very living being …desperation...not so much wanting…but needing…desperately…that which is not inside…a soul that cannot be compelled because the very heart is bulging from the lure of a temptress in dimmed lights …for shadows are favor upon her heavy eyes.. set tightly… groping at helplessness…shadows are keepers and night is falling anyway….so to sleep …there tucked snug….because there are only memories anyway..There are only memories.

Thursday- as good of time as any for a jam..."oh Boy its YOU"...

i love thursdays ...even if it is re-runs...i get to watch office...anyway...seems like its been awhile...its hard for me to stay consistent...however...hopefully it keeps things exciting...im so sure your on pins and needles to hear one of my silly little songs...well anyhow...hope you enjoy! This ones for Frankie!

OH BOY ITS YOU

All I can do –
Is just think of you
Just so happy to say
it turned out this way

Though a million turns-
Theres just one world
Yeah and just one place
I’d like to be

I’ve wrote all the words
I bought all the gifts
But I’ve run out of ways
To capture this

Cause there are little girls
With their golden curls
Dreamin all night
Of exactly this kind of life

Chorus:
Oh boy its you
And that smile
And your touch
With you I’m never without

And its me
And how it feels
When we kiss do others know of
moments like this

Verse:
Theres are things to do
And places to go
But being held in arms
Theres nothing better I know

You can look for years
Spend your whole life
Searchin for things
You won’t ever find


Five (8 now) years ago
On a day like this
I made a promise with
just one kiss

It gave me sunny days
took me through stormy nights
I still know that kiss
When I turn out the light

Shiny - ©2009

thanks for waiting up...i hope i dont dissapoint all you fishaholics...we got fryin' a little late tonight...but watch out it's splaterin hot....the fish of coarse! this is some good ol "jessi feel good music"...sit back ...take a sip... and enjoy....


Shiny

Sun lit my eyes on fire
I still have such a dry desire
We’re dancing on the roof
Sparks shimmer in the sky

Thunder rolled the night away
I awoke in a different day
Our hearts lit up the moon
We circled out –leavin a sign

Oh happy days….my happy days

Summer days came to pass
Star lit eyes didn’t seem to last
Blue skies turn to gray
Rain, rain, go away

A silver lining frames those times
When I was yours and you were mine
Red hot heart and milky ways
Golden rocks and waterfalls

Oh happy days…they never seem to stay

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

8 years on our way to forever...

Not words…not songs…nothing that I am capable of doing can possibly express how utterly IN LOVE I am with you…loving you has been just like a storybook….you are my prince…you swept me off my feet from the moment I first danced with you…and that doesn’t at all seem like long ago…maybe because we are still dancing….
I know the dance has changed…look at us…we even have a third partner…a beautiful little girl to share it all with….may she know this kind of love…
Franklin Ramos…I would marry you a million times over….and over again…I am lucky and you are everything I ever dreamed of …except a lot more….for my dreams did not even know this kind of love was possible…I am blessed …

I thought it would be kinda funny to wear the same dress I wore on our first “real date” (yes I still have it ) while singing the very first song I wrote for you…I think my favorite line is …”I can’t love you just a lifetime…it’s not long enough”

Here’s to 8 magnificent years…on our way to FOREVER (I think I stole that line from somewhere)
Frank & Jessi forever …oh man…I love you babe!

Hey Baby

hey baby, like a hurricane
you blew me away
hey baby, like the sun after the rain
you shimmer and shine
hey baby, a million times i've looked you way
and your still lookin back to me

chorus:
I cant make hours last long enough
cant love you just a lifetime-it ain't long enough
i want to squeeze you tight-my arms ain't strong enough
for you

hey baby, your burning fire through my veins
lovin yous just not the same
hey baby, like a warrior
you won my heart easily-
no battle no need-
your my prince up on a steed

Friday Night left overs...always better the second time around...In Town For the Very Last Time

Featuring the "waterboy" and Kayla on backup vocals....Special thanks to all Fish Fry participants...couldn't keep this going with out the help of my friends...not to mention those fish that dont get fried...you know the cats I'm talking 'bout....anyway, enjoy...this song holds special meaning....

In Town for the Very Last Time
©2009

So here I am, thought I’d stop by
Searchin’ for faces that fill spaces –of mine
The words I save- is that I’ll miss you
And what you can see –it is see through
Chorus:
Cause I’m in Town for the Very Last Time (2x)

If we only knew of tomorrow
Then those forever words, we’d say right now
To what I can’t say, I hope you listening
For this moment, is ever-lasting
Chorus
Bridge:
Time is all that we have-in this world
All that we haven’t control (3X)
Chorus (2x)

All the lost words, I bet you would find
Missing photographs, etched in your mind
Say what you can say
Do what you can do

"Friday Night Fish Fry" series brings to you ...You Tube...Mother's Day dedication

okay so yes...im mushy..and i happen to love my family...but i always want the people I love to know how much they matter to me...so here is a song I wrote for my mom a few years back....it is actually one of my favorite songs ...because it is exactly how I feel about her...
she is the greatest example of a "giver" that I have ever known...

mom,

if I could make a wish for Mother's day...well okay I would need two wishes....
the first one would be that you receive, in return -ALL the love and joy that you have given so many(especially us!) times a million...and my second wish would be....now that I'm a mother...I wish that Maggie know the kind of love that I did growing up- and that I may be as good of an example of that love to her...just like you were to me ...

Happy Mom's Day!!!!!!!! enjoy your song (hope your not tired of it yet)


Angel By My Side
©2009


No it wasn’t chance-
There’s was a bigger plan
And we’d all be less without her

Those ladies you see –
Like you always want to be
She’s one of them-you can’t live without her

She’s a givin heart
She’s a lovin hand
No, I ain’t what I am without her

Like superman
There ain’t nothin’ she can’t
And their ain’t nothing that you can without her

Chorus:
So I can’t deny with this kind of life (2x)
I must have had an angel by my side

Vs:
She’ll take less for her
If it’ll make more of you
And you ain’t ever got to doubt her

See she ain’t just okay-
No she ain’t just alright-
But I sure am glad that my daddy made her his wife

Chorus:
Cause in this life there will come a time
When you need an angel by your side

No she don’t care
If your unaware-
She just keep on doing her thing

She don’t mind
When you fall behind
She gonna love you anyway

Chorus:
So I can’t deny with this kind of life (2x)
I must have had an angel by my side