Free download
I've been creating all kinds of songs for over 30 years, but I never sell any of them. I try to give them away to charities that have musician spokespeople, but
Song Info
Genre
Charts
Peak #72
Peak in subgenre #23
Author
Fred Snider
Rights
none
Uploaded
February 21, 2012
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.0 MB • 160 kbps • 3:27
Story behind the song
Just another exaggerated love-sick song about the High School Sweetheart. I've had people actually cry, thinking that I was really that heart-broken, & I use the line from this song about my heart still bleeding on that sidewalk where I last kissed her good-bye, & tell them that the way that I actually feel is more like,"I kind of wonder what you're up to, And let's do some lunch some day.", but that does not sound interesting enough to put in a song, right? When women think or talk about a past boyfriend, they feel like they did back then, & think that guys feel like that when they talk about past girlfriends. I talk about my experiences with all kinds of people & things, but as soon as I mention a gal, womens' antennas shoot up, & they declare that I must still be in love with her, because of that. I'm kind of afraid of how she will feel when she hears these songs someday. There is absolutely no way that we can ever get back together like that again. We're both very different people, even though I've heard of many cases where old affairs did manage to burst into flames again after decades.
Lyrics
When I first set my eyes on you, I felt just like a king,
'Cause you felt it too, & I just knew you'd give me ev'rything,
But we didn't understand the feelings we were dreaming of,
We tampered with a power known as love.
Whenever I looked in your eyes, I had to laugh out loud,
And my friends all thought that I was nuts, my head up in a cloud,
But a smile somehow just wouldn't do, you're made of finer stuff,
And I know that I can never get enough.
Our love was like a poison, & it almost done me in,
As though God had made a lovely jade, & covered it with sin,
But if I could wander back through time & do it all again,
I swear that I'd do ev'rything the same.
Though we knew we weren't perfect, we both had a stubborn will,
And when things got rough, it made it tough, holding even tighter still,
But we believed in miracles & the hopes that they'd allow,
I wish that one would come & help us now.
The times we spent together, they were precious but so few,
And I cherished ev'ry moment, that I could be with you,
But if we can't spend Eternity together on this Earth,
I'd curse the day that saw my very birth.
I felt that we would last, though we were feeling so much pain,
And I thought that you would make it, not get crushed from all the
strain,
But I had to set you free & hope to break that aching spell,
Though I knew my life would never fare that well.
The last time that I saw you, I felt just like I would die,
My heart's still bleeding on that sidewalk, where I last kissed you
good-bye,
But I know that it will be all right, though I can't tell you why,
If I can make it up to you, I'll try.
I know I must've caused you pain, it was hard to survive,
And I know that I'd have been to blame, if you were not alive,
But I just did what I had to do, it hurt me when I lied,
And you'll never know how many times I've cried.
At night when all the lights are low, I sit & dwell on you,
And I smile when I remember all the things we used to do,
But I sadden when I realize it all turned out so bad,
I pray your life was never quite that sad.
I'm listening to our favorite songs, still ringing in my ears,
And some, they hit so close to home, that I break out in tears,
But I've written many songs myself, "I love you still", they say,
I hope that you'll be hearing them someday.
It's been so long, my mind won't let me visualize your face,
And the women that I've met since then, just couldn't take your place,
But I meant it when I said that I would love you for all time,
I hope you meant it when you said that you were mine.
Now ev'ry day brings sadness when I don't know where you are,
And each thought of you still hurts me, I can never hide that scar,
But if I could have an hour, just to be alone with you,
I'd laugh away the mis'ry we once knew,
I'd laugh away the mis'ry we once knew.
Comments
The artist currently doesn't allow comments.
