Song picture

By My Side

Ashley Long

Comment Share
Free download
Acoustic Ballad, Lyrics: Matt Lobb, Music: Ashley Long, check out the lyrics/story page for more info...
acoustic folk acoustic guitar asheville
Artist picture
female singer/songwriter/musician from East TN
I am a solo singer/songwriter/musician from an abyssmal black hole of a town called Morristown in East Tennessee. I have played the piano since I was 6 and took up the acoustic guitar in October 2003. I like covering songs but I also write a few myself. I've played on open mic nights in downtown Morristown, The Acoustic Battles at The DownTown, open mics in North Carolina at Blue Mountain Pizza and hopefully some others soon. I have been given alot of support by the other local musicians I am currently a music and Spanish double major at Mars Hill College near Asheville, NC, and am interested in meeting other musicians around the area and possibly playing some open mic nights. I'd like to venture out into the world of gigs but I am on a college student budget and do not own equipment other than my guitar. So for now I'm stuck with open mics and things of the nature unless I can get a gig where amplification and such is provided. I put a lot of time right now into my classical voice stuff and will have a recital coming up in the next 6 months, but hopefully I can get some new acoustic stuff together soon. The songs I have on this page aren't of great sound quality because I record with my mic onto my comp, but it works well enough I suppose. Hope you enjoy.
Song Info
Genre
Beats Beats General
Charts
#4,484 in subgenre Peak #35
Charts
Peak #133
Author
Words: Matt Lobb, Music: Ashley Long
Uploaded
July 23, 2004
Track Files
MP3
MP3 5.0 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
It's actually interesting how this song came about. It's a collaboration with a guy that I have never met before other than on Yahoo Messenger. We were talking one night about beat writers and he mentioned that he wrote lyrics but that he didn't write music. He asked me if I wrote and I said yes. So he asked me if I would like to try to write some music to go with some of his lyrics. I was happy to at least try and this is what came of it. This isn't the greatest recording because I do record just with my mic on my computer. It's kind of rough at the moment because I just finished the music, but I wanted to get it out there. I was kind of improved the ending. Hope you enjoy.
Lyrics
The lyrics are slightly differernt from the original b/c the song was originally written from a male point of view about a woman. Matt gave me permission to change the 'she's to 'he's and such and sing it from a woman's point of view about a man, but below are the original lyrics that Matt sent me. she doesn't how great she is, or how she makes my heart race she doesn't know how beautiful she can be when her hair tumbles down her face oh she swears she's not perfect but we all know women lie cause i know she's without flaw when shes lying by my side she has that certain something when she wakes up in the sun when she smiles at me as shes rising up i know that she's the one well god gave himself away with her it leaves no doubt in my mind only divinety can create a something of her kind she drinks her morning coffee while thinking of the past shes known so many loves but this one is gonna last she's a picture of the future she's always one step ahead she's a lion in the boardroom and an angel in her head she doesn't how great she is, or how she makes my heart race she doesn't know how beautiful she can be when her hair tumbles down her face oh she swears she's not perfect but we all know women lie cause i know she's without flaw when shes lying by my side her way of looking at me her compassion without end the way she softly sighs when her heart is on the mend the way she cuddles extra close when a storm is rolling through they are all just her little ways of saying "i love you" ive seen the works of masters ive seen the northern lights i see poetry in motion when i look at her each night the bards of the ages had muses by the score all i have is her, who needs anything more she doesn't how great she is, or how she makes my heart race she doesn't know how beautiful she can be when her hair tumbles down her face oh she swears she's not perfect but we all know women lie cause i know she's without flaw when shes lying by my side
On Playlists
Comments
Please sign up or log in to post a comment.