Love Me That Way (Pre-Production)
I get mean, sometimes I hurt inside. Do foolish things, get high, and try to hide. Can you "Love Me That Way?"
Performer/Songwriter
Hey everybody! I'm Jerry Flattum, Performer/Songwriter.
The recordings you are listening to are in Pre-Production, a fancier way of saying "demo." I'm currently working on getting up the financing to re-record and master several recordings in preparation for commercial release.
Nothing drives me nuts more than knowing how these tunes will sound with new arrangements and a top notch mix/master. There's alot of color missing from the current recordings, but most of all guitar and backup vocals. Live drums and new keyboard samples will really bring the arrangement to life too.
Two of the songs feature "hired guns" (session players). Tim Thompson did the guitar and mix on "My Little Girl," a Country/Rock ballad. Thompson is a finger style champion and when he let's loose on uptempo rockers he rivals the best pickers I've ever heard.
Stephen Sea knocked out his own arrangement of "Best Place Around" and topped it off with some amazing guitar work.
Virtual instruments and sampling technology will be heavily used in the new recordings.
Once the recordings are finished, with sufficient financing and backing, I'm planning a global tour with a stage show that includes dancers, acting, stage design, lighting and costuming.
Story behind the song
"Love Me That Way" has survived through the years and is one of the first songs I ever wrote. It came directly from the heart. And although we believe really great songs do come from the heart and soul, being vulnerable is not always being commercial.
Also, most love songs extol the virtues of either the one you love, or what love you have to give. But in real life, we're all human. We do stupid things. We get scared. Sometimes we're insecure. So, if there really is something as "real" love, it would be the kind of love you get from someone who loves you good...or bad.
Lyrics
LOVE ME THAT WAY
I get mean,
sometimes I hurt inside.
Do foolish things;
get high, and try to hide.
I play a fool,
who can get pretty wild.
You know, half the time,
I'm just a child.
I get crazy,
sometimes I lose control.
Some kind of demon,
burns a hole in my soul.
I get cold;
chill you to your bone.
It's just that sometimes,
I feel so all alone.
LOVE ME THAT WAY,
hold me in your arms.
Will I hear you say,
you can LOVE ME THAT WAY?
LOVE ME THAT WAY.
All of my life,
I've seen good luck go by.
Sometimes made me bitter,
well, it sure made me cry.
What if I scream so loud,
'cause I can't stand the pain?
Will you still love me,
or let me go insane?
I need love
24 hours a day.
I need somebody,
who will never, ever go away.
Oh well, I'll lie, and cheat,
and be a fool, and I won't even care.
It's 'cause I'm scared,
someday you won't be there.
LOVE ME THAT WAY,
hold me in your arms.
Will I hear you say,
you can LOVE ME THAT WAY?
LOVE ME THAT WAY.
Think I might be foolish
to reveal all of me?
Ah, keep it to yourself!
Better to remain a mystery.
They'll use what you give them,
and you get thrown away.
But, I'd rather bare my soul,
and take a chance on the pain.
The chance of getting hurt,
to know what is real.
How else can we know
what we really feel?
And, I don't want to lie.
LOVE ME THAT WAY,
hold me in your arms.
Will I hear you say,
you can LOVE ME THAT WAY?
LOVE ME THAT WAY.
LOVE ME THAT WAY,
hold me in your arms.
Will I hear you say,
you can LOVE ME THAT WAY?
LOVE ME THAT WAY.
Copyright 2010 by Jerry Flattum
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