standing by your love
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I had a dream I
had no tears in my eyes
Yeah I had a dream I
had no tears in my eyes
And my baby was standing by
And my baby was standing by
I said baby you know you know
This is a long road we travel on
Baby you know it is you know
Such a long road we travel on
Then I had a dream I
watched myself begin to cry
With my baby standing by
With my baby standing by
I said baby here is what I know now
here is what I know now
I said this
I need your love, oh baby
I need your love, oh baby
I need your love, baby I
Need your love, need your love, need your love
she said this
oh but baby you know im so weary
And you know baby my hearts been broken
All the times we've tried and been denied
its been too long
to long to carry on
so i say
When I get back home
When I get to rest my weary bones
when I leave all the things Ive known
Thats when I get you, thats when I need you
thats when we will, we'll be on our own
we'll be on our own
here is what I know now
and I said this
I need your love, oh baby
I need your love, oh baby
I need your love, oh baby
Need your love, need your love, need your love
I never left that dream I
just lay there alone and cry
Yeah I never left that dream I
just lay there alone and cry
cause my baby isnt standing by
No my baby isnt standing by
cause my baby isnt standing by
I havnt really decided what kind of music Im going to put this too. I think has a bluesy feel to it, or maybe even in the style or Gordie Johnson of Big Sugar/Grady. I would appretiate some feedback or comments. maybe sing the song in your head and tell me what kind of song it seems like music wise. Thanks
-OA
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anyone have any comments or critiques?
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There's nothing specific that stood out. A fairly standard use of imagery, and quite a bit of repetition, but that's OK if the music and the melody is good. I liked how you end a sentence with "I" and then use the next sentence to rhyme with it ("eyes", "cry", etc), it's original and provides a nice bit of tension. It certainly sounds like a blues when I sing it in my head, preferably with a raunchy Hammond organ sound in it, that's just how I imagine it ;)
I agree with you there, it is a fairly simply song, not to many complexities in it. It was meant to be straight and simple message. ive started laying some rough chords down to it. Also pretty basic as im on the road and only have my acoustic. Its nice though. Non-blues chord proggesion with blues-style vocals. Now ill see about the riffs :)
I liek it acoustic though, I think I might keep it that way. Anyone else have any helpful tips, or critisism.. etc
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Ive made a recording of this song. Sorry about the quality, im not a pro at using this program yet. You can here this song, and others of mine at this link:
theres going to be more songs going up soon.
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