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06 Could Have Gone
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Jazz • Smooth Jazz
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#675 today Peak #47
#180 in subgenre Peak #12
Author
Steve Smith
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Steve Smith
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December 05, 2019
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MP3 4.5 MB • 160 kbps • 3:55
Story behind the song
This of course is for Bev, who visited me in hospital every single day without fail, even when I'd been in the coma for a good while and my chances weren't looking great. She never gave up hope for a second, and dragged me back to life by sheer force of will. No words are enough.
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Guess it wasn't that much fun for you The daily traipse past Cheerful soothing corridor prints Which 'gainst intents You'd end up hating 'cause there's nothing cheery to be said For tears shed by a dead man's bed When words of hollow hope are bled By endless waiting But something kept you there When saner would have bailed at less despair You missed a perfect cue If you wanted out You could have gone You could have gone at any time Nobody would have said a thing about you Shadow of a doubt You could have gone But you didn't, so what can I say, 'Cept I'm grateful and amazed you chose to stay. Guess I was on the exit row Settled up and prepped to go Hope had nowhere left to go Candle flame guttering And, no, there was no golden light No bright enticing paradise No dreams, no ghosts, no afterlife Only nothing I don't believe I would have known The mechanism would have just kept slowing Until it stopped, and so did I And that would have been it I could have gone I could have gone at any time It's quite a thing to realise It came as close as that I could have gone But someone had hold of me to pull me through And when I woke I knew that it was you Strength of that bond I have to ask myself If tables were turned Would I do the same for you? And the answer floods my mind Yes and yes a thousand times We are eternal And never could have gone.
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DRUMNJON
Feb 13, 2020
GIVE HER ANOTHER HUG FROM US ALL! ROCK ON MAN:):):) CHEERS!!
MichaelDuran
Dec 07, 2019
Thanks for the bitter sweet dose of reality Steve, well written and played.