I am a San Francisco bay area songwriter. "Live" features Karen Clayton on harmony vocals, "Desperate" was co-written by Drew Calvert and features Drew and Karen Clayton on vocals. I co-wrote "Alive" with Chris Scoville. More songs and links to these artists at http://www.myspace.com/zerosareeverywhere
Story behind the song
Story about my guitar teacher
Lyrics
Mr. S
Lyrics and Composition by Donovan Plant
Verse 1:
Well I was just a kid, back in 76
When I met my best friend’s dad
And his seeing eye dog
An old setter he called Shaunessey
When he played guitar and he sang those songs
It was amazing, he could do no wrong
In a young boys eyes, he was superman in the flesh
Pre-Chorus:
If only we could have seen
What was comin up straight ahead
Good Lord, how much can one man take?
Chorus:
Hey Mr. S, where are you now?
I hope you’re doin great, anyhow
Do you remember, what you told me way back then?
You said son when you finally feel that cold slap of life
its gonna wake you up, and then you’ll pull that knife
Right outta your back, gonna scare you half to death
Chorus (cont)
And from that moment on
You’ll be a different man
You’re gonna see this world like no child can
You’ll be stronger, than you ever thought you could be
Hey Mr. S, that’s what you said to me
Verse 2:
And when his little girl, she got taken away
By a sickness, with a brand new name
He was cryin on his knees, and so was I
And then he had to watch his wife slowly, go insane
She used a bottle, but couldn’t kill the pain
Well he was blind but he wasn’t deaf
Yeah he heard the whole damned thing
Pre-chorus:
I still remember the words he said to me
When its all said and done, we all want to go with a little bit of dignity
Chorus:
Hey Mr. S, where are you now?
I hope you’re doin great, anyhow
Do you remember, what you told me way back then?
You said son when you finally feel that cold slap of life
Chorus (cont)
its gonna wake you up, and then you’ll pull that knife
Right outta your back, gonna scare you half to death
And from that moment on
You’ll be a different man
You’re gonna see this world like no child can
You’ll be stronger, than you ever thought you could be
Hey Mr. S, that’s what you said…
Bridge:
He never stopped tryin, kept fightin that good fight
Like a good man does
Guess we’re all just dyin, a little bit more every wakin day
A little more every wakin day
Outro:
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