What We Used To Have Is Gone (Pre-Production)
We can't hang on to what we used to have, 'cause "What We Used To Have Is Gone."
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
The hardest part about breaking up is accepting that what you used to have with each other is gone. It's so ingrained in us that love lasts forever. Well, no it doesn't. Some people keep going through the motions even when they know the love they once had has died.
The recording is in pre-production, being re-arranged and mastered in preparation for commercial release.
Lyrics
WHAT WE USED TO HAVE IS GONE
How many times have I tried to tell ya?
But you never listen, and I can't get through.
It's not the same as it was when I met ya,
you see, I've changed and you have too.
We can't hang on, to WHAT WE USED TO be,
'cause WHAT WE USED TO be, is now a memory.
We can't hang on, to WHAT WE USED TO HAVE,
'cause WHAT WE USED TO HAVE IS GONE.
We're better off to say that it's the end.
That way I know, we can part as friends.
If we go on, I know I would hurt you,
and that's the last thing I want to do.
We can't hang on, to WHAT WE USED TO be,
'cause WHAT WE USED TO be, is now a memory.
We can't hang on, to WHAT WE USED TO HAVE,
'cause WHAT WE USED TO HAVE IS GONE.
Alot of soul searchin', to figure this out.
It ain't easy, I don't claim to have no doubt.
Not a day goes by, I don't see that look in your eye.
Kiss me one more time, and then say goodbye,
kiss me one more time,
I said, kiss me one more time,
kiss me one more time and say...
We can't hang on, to WHAT WE USED TO be,
'cause WHAT WE USED TO be, is now a memory.
We can't hang on, to WHAT WE USED TO HAVE,
'cause WHAT WE USED TO HAVE IS GONE.
Copyright 2010 Jerry Flattum
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