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I’ve got TONS to write about this summer, but I wanted to make sure there was a nice friendly Mississippi welcome to all the young people I met this summer! It was a real joy to share the weeks with you, and I can’t wait to hear from you guys about how you’ve brought what you’ve learned home to your communities!

As a little teaser, I’m going to spend a couple weeks with Joby sometime very soon and record some full-band versions of the songs we sang this summer. My goal is to make it as inexpensive as possible while still paying all the songwriters their royalties (and Joby for his time). Probably like 10 bucks. I’ll also make sure that it’s available on iTunes and all that business as well. Here’s a tentative list, feel free to send suggestions to summersongs AT ryanmeyersband.com or just comment on this thread.

• Witnesses
• Now
• Trading my Sorrows
• Micah 6:8 (Help us love mercy)
• Psalm 40: Here I Am
• You Will Be
• Let the River Flow
• Let’s Go Outside (written by St. Leo’s Youth)
• Lean on Me
• Wherever Your Treasure Is (Hurricane Song)
• Maybe a bonus: The Turtle & The Eagle or The End of Summer

Thanks to Bob Bacik and the folks at St. Anthony’s of Grand Rapids for having us out! Enjoy!

After being inspired by the “Top 100 YouTube Videos” on VH1, we’ve decided to make it our mission in life to create the greatest music video for YouTube of all time. Here’s the first try (and they’ll get better). Thanks to Kathy Fleming for inviting us to play in her dorm room and feeding us on a travel day, and the cinematic genius “Z” for filming the occasion. In honor of VH1, “Waiting Up” is brought to you pop-up video style!

THE END OF SUMMER
RJM as of 09/16/2006

The days are getting shorter and the night air’s coming colder
And the smell of fallen leaves afire burns inside my lungs
There’s a time when all the pasture begins to bathe in amber
And like everything in life and love, the year has got to fade
And the end of summer comes to take us all
The end of summer teaches us to fall

My friends all left my hometown, and left Kate and I to learn
That the quicker that you build a house, the more it wants to burn
There’s a candle on the table to remind us how to pray
When the light can’t hold up to the dark the spark remains the same
And the end of summer takes us by the hand
The end of summer teaches us to stand

Oh the days of open grace
Of fleeting innocence
Remembering just how simple life is

The days are getting shorter and the night air’s coming colder
And the season that we thought would last a year has come to fall
The chill that’s on the window will be here by tomorrow
And tomorrow will invite us to decide to understand
That the end of summer comes to turn to dust
The end of summer teaches us to love
The change of seasons is good for me, but I resist it to no end. I got all introspective tonight and came possibly the closest I’ve ever felt to baring it out in one sitting. Maybe I’ll play it at one of the acoustic shows this fall, since it’s not much a full-band rocker…

Anyway, to combat the artistic temperment inherent with the fall, here’s the Mix CD that will occupy the next month or so, while I try to hold on to what’s fleeting and like always, resist change until it’s right on top of me…

THE END OF SUMMER iMIX

Santa Barbara - Andrew Osenga
What Did I Get Myself Into - Kyle Riabko
Everybody But You - Dave Barnes
Disneyland - Five for Fighting
Together - The Raconteurs
Waiting On the World to Change - John Mayer
Let Your Light Shine - Keb’ Mo’
Everything’s Right - Matt Wertz
Where You Are - Marc Broussard
Volkswagon - Griffin House