"Tonight" is a folk/rock/samba/bluegrass/fusion protest song! It is on my new album "The Source". It features the mandolin a lot as the main chordal instrument & has a cool fusion guitar solo in it.
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My name is James Murrell. I am a guitarist and composer from Ohio. My style is jazz but I blend in influences from rock, blues, R&B, folk, & world music. I pray
I started playing the mandolin about 2 years ago. After learning some basics on the instrument, I wrote the chords to "Tonight" on the mandolin. The lyrics came from thinking about what is going on with the world around me recently. We could make changes to this world to make it a better place if we only try.
Lyrics
Therea€™s a lot I dona€™t know
Like why wars are waged by men
Therea€™s a lot that makes no sense
Like watching my friends lose everything
I wish I could help them
Sometimes I cana€™t sleep at night
I wake up in a fright
And all the worlda€™s asleep tonight
Please wake up before the enda€™s in sight
We could bring each other up
Give your brother a helping hand
Help with the needy and poor
You would like it if you gave it a chance
Together I know we can
And we could sleep tonight
Knowing we gave it a fight
But all the worlda€™s asleep tonight
Please wake up before the enda€™s in sight
I wish this war would end
And all the soldiers come home again
I wish that we could help
Stop all the hate thata€™s destroying man
I wish this war had never been
And somewhere in the world tonight
Love could win over this fight
But all the worlda€™s asleep tonight
Please wake up before the enda€™s in sight
Look around you my friends
Dona€™t look away just because youa€™re afraid
I need your help with this plan
Together wea€™ll do it, I know we can
Please come and take my hand
And we could win this fight
Ita€™s our lives, and our right
And all the worlda€™s asleep tonight
Please wake up before the enda€™s in sight
Tonight
Written by: James Murrell
