Song For Jade (Black Dog Island 2017)

In 2010 I revisited this song. My daughter Jade suffered most out of the marriage breakup and one day she was in with me. Her Mother and I were worried as she wasn’t eating and she was very low in herself. I made her comfortable in my place and she then lived between her mother’s home and mine. I opened my bag of songs and revisited this one from years ago. I had started it but never developed it.

I began to work on the melody first then I found myself engrossed in the lyrics and again automatically I found myself writing the song for jade. I was working on it for a few days trying different directions with the melody. At this stage I had developed it I suppose 85%. When I presented the song to Rory he quickly realised that the song needed a middle 8 and turn in melody in the middle and so the song become much stronger. I offered the guitar lead to Rory as it was his idea and so the song came to life totally. This is also a very special song for me as it connected the love of my daughter back to me by me singing the lyrics to her. She still cry’s to this day when I sing this song. When Rory and I had it finished and mixed it he played it to her one day as a surprise while Jade and I were in working on other tracks his recording studio .

Lyrics:

KEY: C

VERSE 1:
WHEN THIS LIFE HAS BURDENED YOU WITH FIRE GIRL YOU CAN LEAN ON ME.
AND WHEN YOUR HEART HAS TAKEN ALL A HEART CAN TAKE YOU CAN LEAN ON ME.
AND WHEN OUR LOVE IS BATTLING THROUGH UNCERTAINTY
YOU’VE STILL GOT ME.

IF THIS WORLD SHOULD TURN AND TUMBLE GIRL IT WON’T BREAK THIS CHAIN.
AND IF THE SUN SHOULD CEASE TO SHINE NO MORE IT WON’T BREAK THIS CHAIN
IF YOU’RE FEELING KIND OF DOWN IN LONELY TIMES
AND IF THE MEMORIES OF THE PAST GIVE YOU NO PEACE OF MIND,
I WILL STAY HERE WITH YOU UNTIL THE END OF TIME ‘
YOU’VE STILL GOT ME....

INSTRUMENTAL ……

CAN’T YOU SEE THAT LOVE IS STRONGER GIRL THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW.
CAN’T YOU SEE THAT NO MATTER WHAT OUR TRIALS MAYBE YOU WILL ALWAYS KNOW.
THAT IF YOU’RE FEELING KIND OF DOWN IN LONELY TIMES
AND IF THE MEMORIES OF THE PAST GIVE YOU NO PEACE OF MIND,
I WILL STAY HERE WITH YOU UNTIL THE END OF TIME
YOU’VE STILL GOT ME
YOU CAN LEAN ON ME

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