I write country and Americana lyrics: characters caught in a moment, a room, a stretch of highway. Stories shaped into verses and choruses, with space for the artist who hears a song in them.
This songbook brings the words together with reference demos. Each demo offers one possible direction; the next interpretation begins with a conversation.
Styles describe the concept demos. Melody, arrangement, tempo, and vocal approach are open to human collaboration. About the demos ↗
Country rock ballad · Dark love story / duet
Two nights in the Alabama mud, a truck on its roof, and one name he cannot stop saying. A dark love story for two voices.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country / Americana · Slow ballad
A love story told in shades of blue, as the woman at its heart drifts toward a sky he cannot follow.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country · Heartland story song / narrative ballad
An old pickup, a back road in Oklahoma, and the moments a busy life left behind. A story about finally seeing what was there all along.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country · Trucker ballad / story song
A blue Peterbilt crosses the Oklahoma plains in the rain. Then the CB crackles with news from Stroud, and the long road leads to the first cry of his newborn son.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country · Slow ballad
Two people on the steps of an old Tennessee school. Nothing to fix, nowhere to run—only the choice to stay.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Southern gothic rock · Outlaw country / dark love song
Born beneath a black eclipse, a restless outlaw finds love in the heart of a storm. A Southern gothic tale of black rain, phantom horses, and desire at the edge of the road.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country · Slow grief ballad / sparse folk lament
A quiet lament about love, loss, and the sound a voice leaves behind. You send it into the dark, and it comes back alone.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country · Comic story song with operatic flourishes
One night at the opera becomes a cowboy dream: fiddles meet violins, the saloon doors swing, and high noon gets a standing ovation.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country · Honky-tonk comedy / storytelling
A neon-green saucer, a heifer named Bessie, and a cowboy with a lot to explain to Brenda. A honky-tonk tall tale that takes the long way home.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country / Americana · Uptempo honky-tonk
Secondhand boots, an old warning, and a fiddle that refuses to stop. Some bargains come with a rhythm of their own.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country · Appalachian ballad / dark folk
A man walks into the pines carrying the memory of the woman he lost. A dark Appalachian ballad about grief, absence, and disappearing into the forest.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country · Love song / road ballad
Neon at a Texas truck stop, an old Ford pointed toward Tennessee, and a porch light waiting at dawn. A love song for the long road home.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country rock · Epic power ballad / three-act story song with duet
Midnight in Texas, a thousand miles through the storm, and a porch light waiting in Tennessee. A three-act story for two voices, meeting at first light.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country · Folk / Americana — Southern gothic story song
A lonely Midwest highway, a preacher on the AM dial, and the Stumbling Saints walking the shoulder. Keep both hands steady. You are only passing through.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country · Appalachian lament / folk ballad
A mountain lament of exhaustion, family memory, and the wish to lay a burden down in Appalachia’s silence.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country · Appalachian story song / dark ballad
Gas-station carnations, a waiting pickup, and a love learning to change. An Appalachian story of survival and asking to be loved as the person who returned.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country · Slow ballad of regret
A bottle by the kitchen sink and the lingering smoke of a life burned away. A slow ballad about regret, responsibility, and carrying the cost of what we choose.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country · Mid-tempo story song
A dark road, an unlit cigarette, and a ride into Nashville. Sometimes the light you find is not the one you were looking for.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country · Heartland ballad / song of gratitude
A quiet house, a mother's memory, and a song on the radio that opens the windows again. A thank-you to country music for helping a heart find its way back.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country - Folk · Appalachian ballad / winter song
A quiet Appalachian ballad about wanting to let the mountains take your name, and about the one step back toward the doorway, the cold air on your face, and trying anyway.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country · Upbeat road song
A turn off the highway leads to a creek bed, a weathered barn, and the particular freedom of being a little lost.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country rock · Rowdy honky-tonk stomp
Behind a red corridor on Lower Broad, a honky-tonk keeps its own time—and getting in is easier than getting out.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Country · Upbeat, feel-good anthem
Past the county line, the radio comes on and a working day falls away. A salute to the voices that make the road feel like home.
Concept DEMO · Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola.
One possible interpretation, not a finished artist release. About the demos ↗
Original lyrics by Jordi Gaxiola
Available for licensing, co-writing, and recording enquiries.
If a lyric speaks to you, I’d like to hear where you imagine it going. I welcome conversations with artists, musicians, composers, producers, publishers, labels, agents, and teams working in film, television, and soundtracks.
We can explore co-writing, a new musical direction, lyric revisions, licensing, recording opportunities, or a possible hold. There is room to build an interpretation around the artist and the project.
Start with the song and what you have in mind. Before any recording, adaptation, or release, we’ll agree in writing on permission, credits, fees or royalties, and any applicable songwriting splits. Publishing a lyric here does not grant permission to use it.
Start a conversationThe original lyrics are written by me, Jordi Gaxiola. They are the creative work I offer for collaboration.
I write lyrics for people to sing. I respect and support human artists, musicians, composers, producers, and recording professionals. These DEMOS are a starting point for collaboration, not a substitute for their craft.
What I offer is the lyric, not a recording for release. A new melody, arrangement, and interpretation are welcome, by agreement.
The music and vocals were generated to illustrate one possible interpretation of my lyrics, not a performance or a finished artist release.
If a lyric speaks to you, let’s talk about where you could take it. Any use or collaboration requires a separate written agreement covering permission, credits, and applicable terms.
The lyric is the work I bring.
The demo is one possibility.
The next interpretation begins with people.