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You Can't Get There from Here in Jersey

© 2000, Lyrics by Jason Didner

There goes the diner
In the left-hand lane
'Cross that divider
Ain't that a pain?
Now I gotta go three miles east just to come back west
Man, this puts my patience to the…

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Jersey Dinosaurs

© 2015, Lyrics by Jason Didner and Amy Didner; Music by Jason Didner

More than eighty million years ago
Before the Turnpike came to be
Down off Exit 4 on that famous road
In the swamps of old south Jersey

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Cubicle

© 1995, Lyrics and Music by Jason Didner

Here in my cubicle
I try to get the project done
Until I get a visitor
Who starts me over back at square one

Here in my cubicle
The phone rings off…

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Quit While You're Ahead

© 1999, Lyrics and Music by Jason Didner

There’s no clock in this gambling house
No window on the fading light of day
My better judgment says “Get up, get out” But greed is standing in the way, yeah

My…

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Summertime Santa

© 2014, Lyrics by Jason Didner and Amy Didner; Music by Jason Didner

What does Santa do in the summertime
When there are waves to surf in the warm sunshine?
Does he kick off his tall black winter boots
And…

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Jackals on the Prowl (Paterson Version)

© 1999 & 2022, Lyrics and Music by Jason Didner

When you come to the great waterfall
You're right near the Jackals den
The ballgame's back in Paterson again

Hear the crack of the bat on the ball
See the…

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Thunder Road

© 1975, Lyrics and Music by Bruce Springsteen

The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely
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Salt and Sand

© 2004, Lyrics and Music by Jason Didner

Windshield wipers are frozen and it's hard to see 
If there's dangerous obstacles in front of me 
It's a slippery turnpike and the left lane's out 
These times can test your grip…

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