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SD-02 Don't Wanna Talk About the Girl
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This song for an (imaginary) lost love has come out at the pop end of my musical spectrum...
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
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Genre
Pop • Dance-Pop
Charts
Peak #165
Peak in subgenre #59
Author
Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
Uploaded
April 01, 2013
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MP3 4.8 MB • 160 kbps • 4:13
Story behind the song
I'm not sure where this one came from really... apart from the fact that I had a silly couplet - 'my eyes were moist 'cos I took it hard, when I was finally hoist by my own ptard' which fortunately got lost in the process (though you can sing it over the intro/break if you like...). I think I wrote the lyric of the chorus being driven from Yangon airport (but I could be wrong) and that gave the title and the storyline for the lyric. Steve Franks helped out with the harmonies.
Lyrics
C G Sometimes you make the wrong decision when it comes the time to choose Dm F G You can think of all the reasons but there’s really no excuse F C Am Now she’s gone it seems so empty now there nothing left to lose Dm F G But oh, don’t wanna talk about the girl Then it seemed so very simple, everything was black and white And I didn’t catch an inkling that everything was far from right Why am I the last one to ever see the light Dm F C But oh, don’t wanna talk about the girl Chorus Am G I remember her long black hair Am G And I remember the way she touched me there Am G I remember every second of our brief affair Dm F C But oh, don’t wanna talk about the girl Break (instrumental) F G Em F G It’s better to have loved and lost or so some people say The joy of loving stays with time the pain will go away Take comfort in that thought to get you through another day But oh, don’t wanna talk about the girl Perhaps that’s just the way it is the way its meant to be And there was nothing I could do to stop this happening to me Would it be easier to look upon things fatalistically? But oh, don’t wanna talk about the girl
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