The Regular Friday Post

Rando Lyric: Surprise! There are no lyrics! Next week's song is an accompaniment to an instrumental featuring a fabulous saxophonist. And that's all I'm saying....

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Last week’s rando lyric: The lyric, “ I tried to wear another face” is from the song "I’m Still Here”, written by Matt Scanell and performed by Vertical Horizon. It is Track 2 on the 2003 album “Go”.

Produced by John Shanks.

Credit: Genius Link: I'm Still Here

From Wikipedia Link: “Vertical Horizon”

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Welcome to The Regular Friday post!

I feel like I’m getting old (surprise! I am!) when I hear stuff from the early 00s and think, “today’s stuff just isn’t the same…”. Yeah, it’s not and that’s probably a good thing, but still…

Anyway, I don’t remember listening much, if at all, to this band but I came across this song and it kinda took me back to those days of bell bottom jeans and saying “groovy…” a lot…
Ok, that may be too far back even for me, but those “Beatles guys” sure pissed my parents off….

From Wikipedia Link: Vertical Horizon

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Some Stuff:

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A Song To Play:

Originally in the Key of Db (aka C#) - probably to accommodate Matt Scanell’s vocal preference. I transposed it with a capo below to a plain old Key of CMajor, but I’ll leave the capo off and just play it in C or transpose it further to my vocal preference of GMaj, G#/Ab, or AMaj. You can do anything you want to with it for your vocal preferences, though that’s a lot easier in the Chordify app, but there is the subscription issue. Whatever, just…

…have fun!!

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From Genius Link: I'm Still Here

I found the pieces in my hand
They were always there
It just took some time for me to understand
You gave me words I just can’t say
So if nothing else
I’ll just hold on while you drift away
Cause everything you wanted me to hide
Is everything that makes me feel alive

The cities grow
The rivers flow
Where you are, I’ll never know
But I’m still here
If you were right and I was wrong
Why are you the one who’s gone
And I’m still here
Still here

You’ve seen the ashes in my heart
You smile the widest
When I cry inside and my insides blow apart
I tried to wear another face
Just to make you proud
Just to make you put me in my place
But everything you wanted from me
Is everything that I could never be

The cities grow
The rivers flow
Where you are, I’ll never know
But I’m still here
If you were right and I was wrong
Why are you the one who’s gone
And I’m still here

Maybe tonight
It’s gonna be alright
I will get better
Maybe today
It’s gonna be okay
I will remember

I held the pieces of my soul
I was shattered and I wanted you to come and make me whole
Then I saw you yesterday
But you didn’t notice
And you just walked away
Cause everything you wanted me to hide
Is everything that makes me feel alive

The cities grow
The rivers flow
Where you are, I’ll never know
But I’m still here
If you were right and I was wrong
Why are you the one who’s gone
And I’m still here
The lights go out, the bridges burn
Once you’re gone, you can’t return
But I’m still here
Remember how you used to say I’d be the one to run away
But I’m still here

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The “ME!” Section…..

Not Just The Same Ol'.... But also, sorta…whatever…I still like it…

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Me: “Sure. Keep on truckin’…”

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Cheers and keep playing!!

Michael Acoustic

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