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Sweeter For Me

by Ruby Jackson

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1.
Started out so innocent Seventeen didn’t make no difference All my friends had experience, so much to learn, so much to hear, things got serious Here and now its your time to shine You’re the last chick standing up against the line Think I’m getting butterflies, did that hit you by surprise? Step by step, I know you’re gonna think I over stepped You shouldn’t judge at my every move I’m here to tell ya that I disapprove of all that I’m just on a one way street to new things Waiting to see what the weekend brings When they say you’ve changed Isn’t that what we’re supposed to do Change Don’t you dare tell me you disapprove of Change I don’t know why you can’t handle it Take a second honey Girl you ain’t seen nothing Pick up where ya left off don’t you Freeze up like you were told off it’s the Same thing every time we come around to it That same friend she don’t wanna get around in it The fact that you’re growing older Safe to say that no one told her Just because you done it all before doesn’t Mean that you come knocking on my door does it Step by step, I know you’re gonna think I overstepped You shouldn’t judge at my every move I’m here to tell ya that I disapprove of all that I’m just on a one way street to new things Waiting to see what the weekend brings When they say you’ve changed Isn’t that what we’re supposed to do Change Don’t you dare tell me you disapprove of Change I don’t know why you can’t handle it Take a second honey Girl you ain’t seen nothing Isn’t that what we’re supposed to do Change Don’t you dare tell me you disapprove of Change I think I know why you can’t handle it Take a second honey Girl you ain’t seen nothing
2.
Yeah I’m having a good hair day Take a guess it’s Saturday Pop the percolator on then I’ll hop into Something pretty for later on when I drink a few I just bought a new pair of shades Now catch me dabbling in the vintage craze I’m a sucker for the gold in the golden hour Which is when I’ll head for that amoretto sour But my guilty pleasure The one that smiles and my dial surrenders, and When I want time to rewind, there’s no pressure Yeah I ain’t even guilty And oh it’s a pleasure To know that days could go by without measure Yeah I’m still wearing your burgundy sweater And I ain’t even guilty But still to take a little weight off my week Ever since I was a young seventeen Sneakers on with the flares as I take a stroll Yet again to my regular hole in the wall Where the pretty barista is whistling I pick a table with the sun glistening Yeah with my sun kissed cheeks I outta get my fix While I flick through my European summer pics But my guilty pleasure The one that smiles and my dial surrenders, and When I want time to rewind, there’s no pressure Yeah I ain’t even guilty And oh it’s a pleasure To know that days could go by without measure Yeah I’m still wearing your burgundy sweater And I ain’t even guilty
3.
I just woke up from a dream Where you were falling for me Giving me eyes that say more Than you have said ever before Took me away from the crowds We spent a day in the clouds You and your dazzling charm Had me until my alarm So now when I see you around How am I gonna react When you say a simple hello And I know you better than that Though I don’t want to assume That you could be feeling it too If there’s a lesson I’ve learnt Chemistry comes in two And all of a sudden you’re there But your fingertips aren’t in my hair Nah that would be crossing a line That wouldn’t exist in my mind Where I used to love your affection So much you left an impression So how do I get your attention How do I make you mine Cause now I have a memory of us from long ago That you don’t even know, you won’t ever know The history of you and me, we’re meant to be I swear What happens in a dream Stays in the air I just woke up from a Did you just wake up from a Did we just wake up from a Did we just wake up from a Cause I just woke up from a Did you just wake up from a Did we just wake up from a Dream (dream) Yeah I just woke up from a (dream) Did you just wake up from a (dream) Cause I just woke up from a (dream) Yeah I just woke up from a (dream) Yeah we just woke up from a (dream) Yeah I just woke up from a Cause now I have a memory of us from long ago That you don’t even know, you won’t ever know The history of you and me, we’re meant to be I swear What happens in a dream Stays in the air
4.
I took a fall back onto, what I already put my all of into One of those classics I’ve heard people do The whole “yeah, we messed up, we made up”, what’s new? And while I’m here should I squeeze in How I so happened to forget the reason Me and my lover were in the dry season The type your mother picks up on well before you But you’re familiar with it Couldn’t imagine delivering it How you wanted to pull the plug on it Na, nothing is sweet about breaking that news And no you weren’t trying to please them You just didn’t know of how to ease them Into knowing you wanted to leave them You were growing right into your own shoes That wanted to stroll down a street, recalling how life is still sweet Good thing I trusted my instinct ‘cause now I’ve done all the strolling to see how it’s all so much sweeter for me Sweeter for me, sweeter for me I reminisce on the times you’d pick me up at a roundabout nine We pick a bar and pretend to like wine, ha Was something sweet about you with a red Until the merlot was empty, don’t pretend that you didn’t get friendly With the waiter you handed a twenty, thinking maybe the glass went up to your head But the tears in my eyes helped me see in between all the lines That were crossed on the Saturday nights Nothing sweet about kisses in bed So I said to myself, think about what your mother would say If she knew you were feeling this way There’s no other who’d dream of the girl ahead That wanted to stroll down a street, recalling how life is still sweet Good thing I trusted her instinct ‘cause now I’ve done all the strolling to see how it’s all so much sweeter for me Sweeter for me, sweeter for me
5.
I’ve got a type Cant’t deny it But it’s hard to come by it Close my eyes and I’ll find him Before I know it we’re alone and I’m beside him Queuing a song, playing along with the whole build up I like a red, he thought ahead, now I need a fill up It’s 3am and we’re still up Till I just woke up You gotta be kidding We’re talking and I’m losing interest You know that I’m wishing I liked ya but my heart ain’t skipping Now you got me thinking About the fella in my visions So I’m on a mission To find what it is you’re missing Yeah why aren’t we kissing When we’re close I played at this scene, that moment the most Somewhere right along the coast Yeah a girl she can dream and it isn’t what I’d hoped Not to compare, I wouldn’t dare, but you didn’t get me The one in my mind, bottle of wine, yeah he impressed me This is really gonna test me Look where it’s left me You gotta be kidding We’re talking and I’m losing interest You know that I’m wishing I liked ya but my heart ain’t skipping Now you got me thinking About the fella in my visions So I’m on a mission To find what it is you’re missing

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released November 3, 2023

Performed by Ruby Jackson
Written by Ruby Jackson
Produced by Finbar Stuart
Mixed by Stefan Du Randt

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Ruby Jackson Sydney, Australia

Described as ‘the little black dress in your wardrobe, an instant classic,’ Sydney-based songwriter Ruby Jackson has positioned herself at the heart of the Australian R&B/Soul scene.

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