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I was thinking how my daughter was always surprised when things didn't go as planned. I thought about this tendency re: matters of the heart. She wasn't quite old enough to know about these things but she would learn soon enough. So I wrote her a song about my first real heartbreak so she would know a kindred spirit when it happened.
I used the SM57 to record the fingerpickin/thumb strumming and the Beta 58 to record the pick-strumming, then plugged into the Firewire Solo for the lead. I think the levels need some tweaking and probably could redo the vocal but I wanted to hear suggestions before remixing. Fire away. Thanks for tolerating; didn't realize this was 5 minutes until I mixed it down in iTunes.
I used the SM57 to record the fingerpickin/thumb strumming and the Beta 58 to record the pick-strumming, then plugged into the Firewire Solo for the lead. I think the levels need some tweaking and probably could redo the vocal but I wanted to hear suggestions before remixing. Fire away. Thanks for tolerating; didn't realize this was 5 minutes until I mixed it down in iTunes.
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Lyrics
When I Was Young
Words and Music by Joe Brady 2001
There was a time when I could
Look foreward to living
There was a time when I could
See the glass half-full
A time when a batty-eyed glance
Could set my heart racing
And wake me in the middle of the night
When I was young
I remember the first time
She put her hand in mine
That first hug I got
That wasn’t from my mom
When I could see myself
And I liked what I was seeing
Cause man I guess I couldn’t do no wrong
When I was young
Over and over her voice
Whispered in my ear
My heart was her’s
I loved her more than I could bear
When I was young
There was a time when
I confessed my love
Poured empty out my heart
And I swore my soul to her
I told her she’d changed my life
And she told me I was crazy
While laughing at me she opened up her arms
When I was young
There was I time I cried and I
Thought my life was over
Head on Mom’s shoulder my chest
Heaving with my sobs
And I couldn’t tell her why
Why couldn’t it just be right
What was it about me she couldn’t love
When I was young
Words and Music by Joe Brady 2001
There was a time when I could
Look foreward to living
There was a time when I could
See the glass half-full
A time when a batty-eyed glance
Could set my heart racing
And wake me in the middle of the night
When I was young
I remember the first time
She put her hand in mine
That first hug I got
That wasn’t from my mom
When I could see myself
And I liked what I was seeing
Cause man I guess I couldn’t do no wrong
When I was young
Over and over her voice
Whispered in my ear
My heart was her’s
I loved her more than I could bear
When I was young
There was a time when
I confessed my love
Poured empty out my heart
And I swore my soul to her
I told her she’d changed my life
And she told me I was crazy
While laughing at me she opened up her arms
When I was young
There was I time I cried and I
Thought my life was over
Head on Mom’s shoulder my chest
Heaving with my sobs
And I couldn’t tell her why
Why couldn’t it just be right
What was it about me she couldn’t love
When I was young
great guitar playing... picking and all... great singing... and some fine lyrics. I really enjoyed this, so I had to DL it. Thanks. I like your style a lot.
Jack