
Strat1958
Late-blooming songwriter!
I have recorded the backing tracks for this song, but before I lay down the vocals, I want to bounce the lyrics off of you folks.
It was inspired by a newspaper article I read recently about helping the homeless. A lot of them choose this life and don't want to be helped.
It's a blues shuffle, along the lines of Clapton's unplugged "Layla".
Thanks in advance.
-Mike
I Want To Be Here
Copyright 2009 by Mike Pilling
[V1]
‘I want to be here’, he said to me
‘Really not looking for a break’
‘Why won’t you people just let me be
‘Not everyone wants to be saved’
I want to understand but I don’t get it
So I grab my coffee and forget it
[V2]
‘I want to be here’, she said to me
As she stood in line for her meal
‘I’m happy and free of responsibility
The friends around me are real’
I think she wants to be left alone
Wants to live a life unknown
[CHORUS]
Feel good when we try to help
Tell them what they should do
If they only had a bit more drive
They could start anew
We want to keep our conscience clear
But I can still hear her saying
I want to be here
I want to be here
[SOLO, follows structure of the Verse]
[CHORUS]
.
It was inspired by a newspaper article I read recently about helping the homeless. A lot of them choose this life and don't want to be helped.
It's a blues shuffle, along the lines of Clapton's unplugged "Layla".
Thanks in advance.
-Mike
I Want To Be Here
Copyright 2009 by Mike Pilling
[V1]
‘I want to be here’, he said to me
‘Really not looking for a break’
‘Why won’t you people just let me be
‘Not everyone wants to be saved’
I want to understand but I don’t get it
So I grab my coffee and forget it
[V2]
‘I want to be here’, she said to me
As she stood in line for her meal
‘I’m happy and free of responsibility
The friends around me are real’
I think she wants to be left alone
Wants to live a life unknown
[CHORUS]
Feel good when we try to help
Tell them what they should do
If they only had a bit more drive
They could start anew
We want to keep our conscience clear
But I can still hear her saying
I want to be here
I want to be here
[SOLO, follows structure of the Verse]
[CHORUS]
.
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