ABOUT THIS TRACK _________________________________________
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The original tracks for this song were written and recorded by my nephew, Drew Duncan. He sent me the demo that he had developed, and told me he wasn't inspired to write lyrics for it.
It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to say with it because the musical style was so different from my own. The end result was this recording. Drew and I are working on more songs together that will be released later this year.
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The story line for the song is that of an up and coming performer whose success on the road is adversely impacting his relationship with the girl back home.
He comes to realize that her encouragement and promises of love that were given before his career took off are beginning to show their true colors. It seems that she never really believed in him and always assumed he would fail and he would "grow up" and she would be able to mold him into the man she really wanted him to be.
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lyrics
SONG LYRICS _________________________________
You’re sitting at home Waiting alone.
For the sound of my voice on your telephone.
I tell you I miss you and I wish you were here
They all love the show. They’re all buying me beer.
But I think “Love” was the only word
in that whole sentence… that you actually heard.
I wonder why it's so hard for you
cause all I’m doin’ is doin’ what I do
You know I’m just working n’I asked you to go.
You think I put you behind people I don’t even know
Where’s the Solution and the ties that bind?
We keep on this way I'm gonna lose my mind.
How many times I got to let you know?
That I’m a Strat-o-Nova and I HAVE to go.
… then you say, a Nova is shiny and bright
but if you wanna get to see it
you got to stay awake all night
That night that we spent pouring out our souls
when we told each other our hopes and our goals
Talkin’ bout things we both need to do
to be the kinda people we would look up to
But you only said what I wanted to hear
you thought you could change me you weren’t bein’ sincere
I wonder why it's so hard for you
cause all I’m doin’ is doin’ what I do
You know I’m working my job n’I asked you to go.
but you’d rather be jealous of the fans at my show
Where’s the Solution And the ties that bind?
We keep on this way I'm gonna lose my mind.
How many times I gotta let you know?
That I’m a Strat-o-Nova and I NEED to go.
… But then you say “No Va”
in Espanol …
Is another way of saying, Don’t Go
I’ll tell you right now I really care about you
..in spite of all the trouble that we been through
I think you and me we need to talk tonight
and figure out how to treat each other right
but we gotta face it 2-3-4
if ‘we don’t see eye to eye 3-4
Maybe we reached the point 3-4
that we should say Goodbye
I wonder why it’s so hard for you
when all I’m doin’ is doin’ what I do}
What can I do to make you understand
that Trust and Love go Hand in Hand
Why all of a sudden ya try’n a talk me out OF …
the things about me that made you fall in love
Where’s the Solution and the ties that bind?
We keep on like this I'm gonna lose my mind.
How many times I gotta let you know?
That I’m a Strat-o-Nova and I NEED to go.
…But then you say that “Nova”
means something “NEW”
’n maybe that oughta be a clue …
… for what you and me should do
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