Jon Hanson songs
Ever have a memory and just write it down? I was recalling meeting my wife in October 1982. I wrote almost all of this on my way to church one Sunday morning for my wife on our 25th Anniversary. Has some really cool steel dobro (Frank Michels-Nashville). It won song of the year at one of the Columbus, Ohio songwriting groups
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I Like Me Best (When I'm Next to You)
© 2008 Jon Hanson
I love to watch memories, like movies in my mind
I can stop, fast forward, sometimes I rewind
I have a favorite scene that I never forward through
A waitress pouring coffee and that waitress is you
Chorus:
Your smile brought me back and I had to stay
I never knew what hit me that cool autumn day
But now I know your secret—and its wonderful truth
I like me best—WHEN I’M NEXT TO YOU
In our years together we’ve added a memory or two
Six houses, two kids and a puppy just for you
All of these memories I keep putting away
That’s why I’m gonna die a rich man someday
Chorus 2x
I like me best, girl—WHEN I’M NEXT TO YOU
WHEN I’M NEXT TO YOU
WHEN I’M NEXT TO YOU
best—WHEN I’M NEXT TO YOU
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