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Wish I'd Known (demo)
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Mid-tempo - country - male vocal Recently named one of the 10 finalists in the Country division of the USA Songwriting competition
songwriter acoustic folk country woman
Recorded songwriter with country, pop and jazz cuts. Currently writing in Nashville and New York, has appeared at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe with songwriter Ton
My CD "I Won't Apologize", recorded with Danny Parks on guitars and mandolin, is now available on my website http://ruthgreenwood.com or on CDBaby at http://cdbaby.com/rgreenwood. And various songs are getting airplay on FM and Net stations in the US, Canada and Japan! (Tonight I'm recording a promo for Shonan Beach FM, a station near Tokyo...a station ID in my best broken Japanese!!) I am, most of all, a songwriter, loving anything anything creative, honest and bittersweet. I've had songs recorded in New York and Nashville, on national TV and on a #1 album (ok, that one #1 or in the Top 5 all across Europe, on RCA)... Play occasionally at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe . Will be back there in April and also at New York City's Bitter End on 4/23. My song "Wish I'd Known" was chosen as one of 10 finalists in the Country Division of the USA Songwriting competition, and my song "I Won't Apologize" was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Nashville Song Search contest.
Song Info
Genre
Country • Country General
Charts
Peak #175
Peak in subgenre #69
Author
Ruth Greenwood
Rights
2003 by Ruth Greenwood
Uploaded
January 09, 2004
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MP3 1.6 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
Written on Nashville's Music Row. Not in an office or studio there. ON Music Row. Literally. Sitting ON the sidewalk, at the top of a flight of stairs.
Lyrics
WISH I'D KNOWN (Ruth Greenwood) The last time that I saw you Was on a Sunday afternoon You kissed me, Then you climbed into your car When you said, "I've gotta run," I knew you had to go What I didn't know Was how far. WISH I'D KNOWN WISH I'D KNOWN I'd have framed that kiss in gold I'd have carved your mouth in stone I'd have fasted 'til the taste of you Had sunk into my bones. It was the last time, this lifetime. WISH I'D KNOWN I took a lot for granted. I realize that now. Like the hearts you drew me on our shower door. Morning coffee on the nightstand When you loved me, it grew cold Oh I can't believe That I won't hold you Any more. WISH I'D KNOWN WISH I'D KNOWN I'd have framed that kiss in gold I'd have carved your mouth in stone I'd have fasted 'til the taste of you Had sunk into my bones. It was the last time, this lifetime. WISH I'D KNOWN
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