This is a remake of one of my latest songs. Was playing around it Muvizu, a cartoon creation software…. Had massive problems inside the learning curve, but managed to finally create this with my sound track added to Timmy’s lip sync… He’s a lot cuter than I am and I thought he would be a little less distractive to viewers than my beastly self….
Anyway, here’s a tip: Cell phone and laptop speakers are notoriously horrible. Use earbuds. Not that it will help my cat scratching blackboard noises, but for other real artists it might help….
Is this worth my time?
Lyrics:
I like the way you look tonight
Dressed up baby, so nice and tight…
And got me thinking when was
the first time I saw you in
that moonlight….
You know I was like Frankenstein baby
just bouncing off those walls
I needed that lightning
to start my heart
And that’s what you did
You started my heart
So it’s all your fault
And now I’m just left here wondering
why you’re dressed up so fine tonight
You’re stepping out with that other guy
Tell me what happened Darling
‘Cause my heart’s still going, yeah
Yes it is
It’s all your fault.
With a little love, and some tenderness
We’ll walk upon the water
We’ll rise above this mess
With a little peace, and some harmony
We’ll take the world together
We’ll take ’em by the hand
‘Cause I’ve got a hand for you
‘Cause I wanna run with you
Yesterday, I saw you standing there
Your head was down, your eyes were red
No comb had touched your hair
I said get up, and let me see you smile
We’ll take a walk together
Walk the road awhile, ’cause
‘Cause I’ve got a hand for you
I’ve got a hand for you
‘Cause I wanna run with you
Won’t you let me run with you? yeah
Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand
I’ll take you to a place where you can be
Hold my hand
Anything you wanna be because
I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can
See I was wasted, and I was wasting time
‘Till I thought about your problems, I thought about your crimes
Then I stood up, and then I screamed aloud
I don’t wanna be part of your problems
Don’t wanna be part of your crowd, no
‘Cause I’ve got a hand for you
I’ve got a hand for you
‘Cause I wanna run with you
Ah, won’t you let me run with you?
Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand
I’ll take you to the promised land
Hold my hand
Maybe we can’t change the world but
I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can, yeah
Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand
I’ll take you to a place where you can be
Hold my hand
Anything you wanna be because
I…Oh…No, No, No, No, No
Hold my hand
Want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand
I’ll take you to the promised land
Hold my hand
Maybe we can’t change the world but
I wanna love you the best that, best that I can
Oh, The best that I can
I was laying in bed this morning
waiting for that sun to rise
like it always do
and I was thinking maybe
I could sing this here song to you
But you’re not here now
youve gone off somewhere
somehow, yeah
So I’m laying here wondrin’
If I could sing to someone new
Then I remembered that time
we took that picture
in front of the new car, yeah
with that rabbit fur on, yeah
like if you were special
and yeah, you were special
I was laying in bed this morning
waiting for that sun to rise
like it always do
and I was thinking maybe
I could sing this here song to you
I don’t have time for goodbyes
or to think about all those lies
always wonderin if you love me too
’cause now I know it ain’t true
So I’m gonna wait for the sun to rise
wipe the tears from my eyes
though your face still in my sky
I’m just gonna sing and sing and sing
’til it don’t hurt no more
but it always do
So I need to say Goodbye
Yes I do
I’m gonna tell you anyway
That I love you
Goodbye.
There’s so many truly American folk songs that I enjoy, because of the sometimes magical sense they can bring into the heart. Although this one is arguably more late soul or early gospel than folk it still brings chills to me whenever I listen to Son House sing it… Here’s my little version of it…
[Chorus]
Who’s that writin’? John the Revelator
Tell me who’s that writin’? John the Revelator
Tell me who’s that writin’? John the Revelator
Wrote the book of the seven seals
Who’s that writin’? John the Revelator
Tell me who’s that writin’? John the Revelator
Well who’s that writin’? John the Revelator
Wrote the book of the seven seals
You know God walked down in the cool of the day
Called Adam by his name
And he refused to answer
Because he’s naked and ashamed
[Chorus]
You know Christ had twelve apostles
And three he led away
He said, Watch with me one hour
’till I go yonder and pray.
[Chorus]
Christ came on Easter morning
Mary and Martha came down to see
He said, Go tell my disciples
To meet me in Galilee.
Give me one reason to stay here
And I’ll turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here
And I’ll turn right back around
Said I don’t want to leave you lonely
You got to make me change my mind
Baby I got your number, oh, and I know that you got mine
You know that I called you, I called too many times
You can call me baby, you can call me anytime
You got to call me
Give me one reason to stay here
And I’ll turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here
And I’ll turn right back around
Said I don’t want leave you lonely
You got to make me change my mind
I don’t want no one to squeeze me, they might take away my life
I don’t want no one to squeeze me, they might take away my life
I just want someone to hold me, oh, and rock me through the night
This youthful heart can love you, yes, and give you what you need
I said, This youthful heart can love you, oh, and give you what you need
But I’m too old to go chasing you around
Wasting my precious energy
Give me one reason to stay here
Yes and I’ll turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here
Ooh and I’ll turn right back around
Said I don’t want leave you lonely
You got to make me change my mind
Baby just give me one reason, Give me just one reason why
Baby just give me one reason, Give me just one reason why I should stay
Said I told you that I loved you
And there ain’t no more to say
Some days it’s just hard to get started. That’s how I was feeling today when I tried to write this song. I’d put a few lines on paper and turn to the keyboard to try and pound it out, and no matter what I did, what voice inflection I used, what chords I hit, it sounded like crap…. So, I had to remember songs don’t come from the brain, they come from the heart. And in the end that’s who we are – a bunch of hearts walking around. Not minds. Minds don’t really matter. Except you got to learn, go to school, be competitive to make a fairly decent living. But other than that – on that final day – when we all stand before God or Allah or whoever put us here, we’re gonna be just a bunch of hearts standing there – not a brain between us. And our hearts are going to answer.
So I put away my pen and paper and just started pounding the keys randomly and just let these words fall out of my mouth. Hearts don’t know English, French, or Spanish, or Italian, they can’t write and they can’t read. But they can emote. And that’s what this here is. I didn’t edit it. I didn’t practice it. It is simply heart song. And I hope you can get past my caterwauling enough to feel me.
LYRICS
You know some days don’t seem to work out
Seems like they all fall to the ground
Right when you need them to stand up
Don’t you know you need to stand up
Sometimes your day just sucks
That’s right, you can’t stop it man
It’s gonna suck really bad
God put us here on this Earth
For what reason I do not know
I don’t think anybody does
But we’re just stumbling around here
like we’re in the dark
We don’t know what we’re doing
no, no, no
We think we do.
We think we’re all that
You know we think we do
We pile into that stadium on Sunday afternoon
We pay all that money to watch a man play ball
Pay their advertisers
To make us drink that beer
and whatever else seems important at the moment
But if you open your eyes and take a look around
While you’re in your car going to town
for that ball game
I think what you’ll see
Is a man on the corner
Hasn’t eaten all day
A family living in the car
Daddy got nothing to say
Standing in bread lines
to feed his family
But that’s OK, you see
‘Cause our guy hit the home run today
And I’m happy
I’m gonna drink that beer and those chips
Gonna make that website on Go Daddy
That’s right
Watch that little sweetie in the commercial
Oh, What is she doing this year?
Oh yeah, Oh my my
I can’t see that man in the car
with his family starving out there
I don’t need to
My man hit a home run today
Yes he did
That’s all I need to be happy
Yes I am
Oh, yes I am
johnallenrichter 