Jay Matthes is a singer/songwriter from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ben Kieffer of Iowa Public Radio describes Jay's sound as "soulful country" and The Rave/Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee calls his live show "entertaining as hell". Jay plays over 125 shows a year, and has shared a stage with national acts such as Jana Kramer, Old Dominion, Judah & the Lion, Ike Reilly Assassination, RaeLynn, Charlie Worsham, and many more.
Jay's original music has been featured on local, regional, and national radio and television, most notably The Country Network where the music video for his single "The Light" is currently in rotation. Press has included features in The Modern Folk, Americana Daily, Breaking & Entering, and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, among others.
Jay was nominated for Singer/Songwriter of the Year by Wisconsin Area Music Industry in 2015, 2016 and 2017, and recently won Best Male Vocalist in Shepherd Express' Best of Milwaukee.
Lyrics
Keeps Me Close to You Music and lyrics written by Jay Matthes
First verse: Ironed shirts on metal hangers Local news on the TV telling stories of a city that don't belong to me An open suitcase by the table with a note that keeps me sane Says you're always thinking of me even I'm far away
Chorus: Put tires on every road Fly high above the clouds Sometimes I have to leave and when I do Yeah baby you should know No matter where I go I feel your love and it keeps me close to you
Second verse: I swear I hear you singing in the shower like you do when I'm back home I can smell you on my t-shirts and damn near everything I own Yeah the weather here is perfect and the food's been pretty good Sometimes I stop to take it all in like I promised you I would
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Bridge: When I'm all alone at night, sleepless in a motel room My phone lights up the darkness like it's the sky and you're the moon I hear the voice that I've been missing every day and home's not so far away
