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When You Gonna Figure It Out?
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A retro rap, modern take on relationships
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a blend of Americana, Brit Pop, Rock, Soul & Folk story songs, with influences including The Beatles and Burt Bacharach, and recent albums receiving comparisons
"Songs and vocals in the company of George Harrison, Elvis Costello and Neil Finn" REAL ROOTS MAGAZINE “Showroom quality guitar/pop from across the Atlantic” Stadsblad Weekly, Utrecht, Holland “Great stuff! Very, very striking indeed!” On The Verge Radio, Dublin Brett Perkins is an American performing songwriter from Los Angeles, currently living in Malmø, Sweden, with multiple album releases, film and tv song placements and 33 countries toured so far. His style is a blend of a blend of Americana, Brit Pop, Rock, Soul & Folk story songs, with influences including The Beatles and Burt Bacharach, and recent albums receiving comparisons to George Harrison, Elvis Costello and Crowded House, along with more contemporary artists like John Mayer and Louden Wainwright III. Brett's released a total of 7 albums, including 3 solo efforts and three additional singles in Scandanavia: Staring At The Sun (1998), Last Bus Home (2000) and Danish Weather (2003) - which generated two Hot Rotation national radio singles. More recent singles 'Closer' (2006), 'Ed & Bettys' (2007) and 'When You Gonna Figure It Out' (2008) have also generated national, regional and local airplay while many of his co-written songs also appear on other artists albums including the debut Top 10 single and number one 'MTV/Boogie' video, 'Breaking News', by Copenhagen Records artist Mads Langer. Bretts' vocal work can be heard on a number of other artist albums as well, including the 2000 release by Scottish supergroup Runrig and 2008 release by Amalie Riis. In addition, his co-written songs with Una Healy (IRE), Boo Hewerdine (UK), Tom Kimmel (US), Simon Lynge (DK), Doctor Millar (IRE), Teitur (DK), Kevin Welch (US) and many more have received extensive live play. With musical roots honed in the early 80's L.A. club scene, as lead singer/songwriter of power pop band 'The Sneaks', (with two albums and a national sponsorship with Vans' Shoes) and works appearing in film and t.v. in the US, Brett also has a long involvement in the music industry as an advocate for songwriters' rights, including time as a C.E.O. for the National Academy of Songwriters, Publisher of SongTalk Magazine, Producer of the Salute To The American Songwriter concerts, Executive Director of the Kerrville Folk Festival Foundation (Texas) and Founding Partner of the Unisong International Songwriting Contest. Further info and music can be heard at http://www.myspace.com/brettperkins
Song Info
Genre
Pop • Indie Pop
Charts
Peak #104
Peak in subgenre #21
Author
Brett Perkins
Rights
2008
Uploaded
October 21, 2008
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MP3 3.7 MB • 128 kbps • 4:05
Story behind the song
Written after observing the way many people seemed to be pursuing relationships
Lyrics
When You Gonna Figure It Out? Another judgement day Another passion play Another price to pay All for pitys' sake Don't want him callin' on your phone Don't want him comin' to your home Say you just want to be alone In a Greta Garbo way And you call yourself a purist Cause you cry out loud Like you're crying now But I say you're just a tourist In the land of love Come on and give it up When you gonna figure it out? So you met him at a party and you took him on home For the next six weeks you were never alone Told you that he loved you, told you you were right Showed you he was hungry in the middle of the night And you said you always wanted him to follow his dreams And "Don't go changing just to try to please me" But when those dreams led him out the door Decided you don't really want to love him no more Well front on this, front on this You don't own the man with your body and bliss And what you call love, trust and affection Seems to be coming from the wrong direction Sound likes grasping, sounds like pain Sounds like the opposite of communicate And if you keep going with a heart so closed May find yourself with your own hand to hold And you call yourself a purist Cause you cry out loud Like you're crying now But I say you're just a tourist In the land of love Come on and give it up When you gonna figure it out? So you say you got hurt went to find yourself another Looking for a girlfriend, looking for a lover Liked the way she smiled, liked the way she'd flirt Liked the way she looked in that little black skirt So you took her own home, thought the party'd never end Now there's too much time with her mother and friends Shopping on the tv, talking on the phone Leaving you to puzzle over dinner alone Well front on this, front on this You don't own the girl with your gold and gifts And what you call love, trust and relations Seems to be coming from a time more ancient Sound likes grasping, sounds like hate Sounds like the opposite of communicate And if you keep hunting with a heart so cold May find yourself with a life time alone When you gonna figure it out? (c) 2008 Brett Perkins (ASCAP/KODA)
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