CA Sunrise, photo by Jackie Marx
Jackie  Marx has been writing and performing her original music since 1972.  She has studied the craft of song composition  at  numerous workshops through the years, including: The Sheila Davis Songwriting Workshop, Vanderbilt University Workshops  (NSA), Workshops in Nashville, Chicago, LA. Jackie has won recognition for her original music at a national, and world-wide level. She has won numerous honors for her musical achievement in the military veteran community throughout the world.


  • Billboard Song Contest: In My Own Way  Honorable Mention

  • Billboard Song Contest: Ain't Goin' Back  Honorable Mention


  • Billboard Song Contest: You Took Me Down Under Honorable Mention

  • Phoenix Gazette Christmas Contest: The Southern Wind  cowriter Steve Green                Winner in Secular Division.
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MOMMA'S FANCY DANCY SHOES
Copyright1990 words & music, Jackie Marx
All rights reserved

Silver and satin, sprinkled with stardust
Straps made of rhinestones, sparkling like diamonds
With heels so high I could almost touch the sky...

I'd go clippity-cloppin' through those rainy afternoons
Momma'd stop what she was doin' and smile at me
As I wobbled by in her shoes
She got them from the catalog, for when Daddy took her dancing
Every Friday night she'd put those magic shoes on

Momma's Fancy Dancy Shoes
Guaranteed to chase away the blues
With heels so high, she could touch the sky
in Momma's Fancy Dancy Shoes

They'd go whirlin' and a twirlin'  across the dance floor Friday night
Daddy'd spin her out and  spin her back
Then he'd spin her real close 'cause they fit so right
Daddy said that they were magic, there'd never be another pair
And that the beat didn't feel complete unless Momma was there--wearin'

Momma's Fancy Dancy Shoes
Guaranteed to chase away those blues
With heels so high, she could touch the sky
in Momma's Fancy Dancy Shoes

Bridge
I pray one day I'll find true love
Momma and Daddy's kind of true love
On that day, my life would be complete
With Momma's shoes upon my feet

Momma's Fancy Dancy Shoes
Guaranteed to chase away the blues
With heels so high,  I'll touch the sky
In Momma's Fancy Dancy Shoes

Tag (In counterpoint)
Silver and satin, sprinkled with stardust
Guaranteed to chase away the blues
Straps made of rhinestones, sparklin' like diamonds
With heels so high you can touch the sky
in Momma's Fancy Dancy Shoes...
(Repeat and fade)
ARE YOU WALKIN' ON THE MOON?
Copyright1996 words&music, Jackie Marx
All rights reserved

Sittin' on the front porch drinkin' Ovaltine
You and me and Joey in my mind
Dunkin' Oreos, dreamin' as we go
Little boys walkin' on the moon

We were gonna build a plane and sky dive into Mexico
And find the mine the Dutchman went and lost
Then Joey moved away--his dad found a job down in Sante Fe
And somehow you and me drifted apart


My Old Friend, Are You Walkin' on the Moon?
Did you ever find that mine? Lord, I'm still tryin'
Did you ever take that dive into the sky above the Rio Grande
And do you ever think of me, My Old Friend


Did you know that Joe got married? I guess he's doin' fine
And I'm a stringer for the Galveston Gazette
Every dream we ever dared, all those crazy schemes we shared
We swore in blood we'd never let 'em die


So, My Old Friend, Are You Walkin' On the Moon?
Did you ever find that mine? Lord, I'm still tryin'
Did you ever take that dive into the sky above the Rio Grande?
And do you ever think of me, My Old Friend?

1/2 Chorus
Did you ever take that dive into the sky above the Rio Grande?
And do you ever think of me, My Old Friend?

Are You Walkin' on the Moon, My Old Friend?
BEFORE THAT SONG
copyright 2004 Jackie Marx
All Rights Reserved

With  Sears guitar and duffel bag, he blew into town
That dusty desperado with the rose tattoo
His sweet talk and his music really hit me hard
Before I felt the punch it took me down

He said he was in love with me, he'd put us in a song
Rhyming lots of pretty words over melodies
Fingers on guitar strings promising forever
Walking shoes ready to be gone

He moved on, taking my tomorrow
We were over before we ever started
And long before that song was ever sung

I emptied half my closet, made an extra key
Even tore my wall down--well, how was I to know?
While  I was making plans, he was writing songs
Pulling all his lyrics out of me

Last night I heard him loud and clear on K-SSN
He was walin' on a sad song, I knew that melody
The story was familiar, I recognized those words
He was playing' with my pain, reminding' me again


Instrumental

(That)
He moved on taking my tomorrow
We were over before we ever started
Before he wrote that song
Before hat song was done
Long before that song was ever sung



JUST LIKE YOU SAID YOU WOULD
copyright1986 Music, Jeff Grosser / Words, Jackie Marx
All Rights Reserved

You, you're always there for me
When things are going wrong, most everyone moves on
But  you, you keep right on loving me,
Through the bad times and the good
Just Like You Said You Would

Just Like You Said You Would,  you're still lying next to me
I hold you close and as I watch you sleeping
I think of all that we've been through, all the life I've shared with you
Even when our dreams are going wrong ,
You're holding me, and I'm hanging on to you

(You) and your love are safe with me
Locked inside my heart, even when things fall apart
'Cause you hold the key to loving me
And you're still loving me so good,
Just Like You Said You Would

(REPEAT CHORUS)

INSTRUMENTAL HALF VERSE
Through the bad times and the good
Just Like You Said You Would

Just Like You Said You Would, you're still lying next to me
I hold you close and as I watch you sleeping
I think of all that we've been through, all the life I've shared with you
Even when our dreams are going wrong,
You're holding me--

Just Like You Said You Would

Just Like You Said You Would



THE SOUTHERN WIND
copyright 1989 Jackie Marx/Steve Green Rewrite 1994
All Rights Reserved

My daddy drove a rig he called the Southern Wind
He drove it for my momma and me
When Christmas came around, and the snow came falling down
On the road is where my dad would be

The Southern Wind had traveled every interstate
With diesel chimneys made of stone
Its air horn would sound when Daddy rolled on down
Down the road, Christmas Eve, comin' home

How did Santa ever find my daddy with the snow comin' down from the sky?
How could he even see the chimney with the Southern Wind pushin' 65?

Dad would call us up on Christmas morning
He'd talk to Mommy then she'd hand the phone to me
He'd be home by New Year's day, yes, my daddy was on his way
With something Santa left in the Southern Wind for me



Bridge
Every Christmas morning from no matter where he was
Dad would call us up and say how Santa Claus
Had landed on the rooftop, slid down that diesel chimneyAnd left me something special in the Southern Wind, once again


How did Santa ever find my daddy with the snow comin' down from the sky?
How could he even see the chimney with the Southern Wind  pushin' 65

(Yes) How did Santa ever find my daddy with the snow comin' down from the sky?
How could he ever see the chimney with the Southern Wind pushin' 65?
When the Southern Wind pushin' 65?

  • Momma's Fancy Dancy Shoes

  • Before That Song

  • The Southern Wind
  • Are You Walkin' on the Moon?

  • Just Like You Said You Would

  • More lyrics coming...

Original Song Lyrics
Jackie wants to share her writing and music with all who surf this website. If you are interested in performing any of the songs or plays, please contact  VISIONS UNLIMITED   for performance arrangements.  All rights reserved on all intellectual property at this site.  Used with permission only.
copyright 1987 Words and Music Jackie Marx
Vocals: Jackie Marx and Jeff Grosser
All Rights Reserved

The moon was pulling at the tide the night your love came rushing in
I didn't run, I didn't hide--I followed you inside that magic wave of time

You Took Me Down Under, under your spell
The moment I saw you was the moment I fell
You turned my world upside down right from the start
You Took Me Down Under, then you left with my heart

We spoke in a language all our own, we watched the barriers come down
We shared the freedom of our love, forever yours and mine, forever ours alone

You Took Me Down Under, under your spell
The moment I saw you was the moment I fell
You turned my world upside down right from the start
You Took Me Down Under...

Shipwrecked on the shore of our enchanted island
I know you had to leave--I'll try to understand
You may never come back to me
But somehow I know I'm traveling with you

The eagle flies across the sun--I build castles in the sand
The tide surrendered to the dawn--yes you're gone, but the magic lingers on

You Took Me Down Under, under your spell
The moment I saw you was the moment I fell
You turned my world upside down right from the start
You Took Me Down Under. then you left with my heart...


You Took Me Down Under
Jackie singing You Took Me Down Under in Sydney Domain (Concert, 1987)
Wes, Lachlan, Jackie, Bob Dodds, Jeff overlooking Sydney Harbor
Jackie singing 
You Took Me Down Under
at the Sydney Domain
SYDNEY HARBOR, 1987
Wes Williams , Lachlan Irvine, Jackie, Bob Dodds, Jeff Grosser
The Flowers Have Come Home
copyright 1987 Words and Music Jackie Marx
Vocals: Jackie Marx
All Rights Reserved
It was a time for boys to turn to men
In time these men came marching home again
But this time their country turned its back on them
When the young girls picked the flowers all the fields were bare
The young men fought the battles and left their boyhoods there

Now The Flowers Have Come Home, they turn their faces to the sun
They can grow once again, the healing's begun
Yes, The Flowers Have Come Home
Yes, The Flowers Have Come Home

The seasons change, now people line the way
Waving flags, 'Diggers' march in time past yesterday
But this time there's understanding sown along the way

When the young girls pick the flowers
Echo: Where have all the flowers gone?
All the fields are bare
Echo: Where have all the flowers gone?
And the young men fight the battles
Echo: Where have all the flowers gone?
And they leave their boyhoods there
Echo: The Flowers Have Come Home

The Flowers Have Come Home, they turn their faces to the sun
They can grow once again, the healing's begun

Yes,The Flowers Have Come Home, they turn their faces to the sun
They can grow once again, the healing's begun
The Flowers Have Come Home...Yes, The Flowers Have Come Home

Where Have All the Flowers Gone?   Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?  They've come home...

Momma's Fancy Dancy Shoes   Before That Song    The Southern Wind      Are You Walkin' on the Moon?   Just Like You Said You Would
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You Took Me Down Under: I wrote this song after I met the Aussie vets that came to the Chicago Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home Parade, and I sang it at their Welcome Home March (the concert--Sydney Domain).
The Flowers Have Come Home: I wrote this song after I got home from Australia.