MORE THAN A SAD SONG

(Written by Jeff Ridler)

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THE MIRROR SAYS I NEED A LITTLE REST AND RELAXATION

BUT THAT’S NOT THE KIND OF “R ‘n R” HELPING ME WITH THIS COMPOSITION

YOU KNOW THAT MORE THAN JUST MY HAND BROKE

POUNDING ON YOUR DOOR LAST NIGHT

WHEN I DROVE OFF “OLD NEWS” IN MY NEW CAR

ON MY LIFETIME’S DARKEST NIGHT…. CUZ

CHORUS

WE WENT FARTHER INTO THE HEAVENS

THAN THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE

I WENT WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE

I GOT THERE IN YOUR EYES

NO, I CAN’T WATCH THE SPARKS FLY

YOU CAN’T BE A MEMORY

YOU’RE MORE THAN JUST A SAD SONG TO ME

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WELL I MET THIS OLD MAN PLAYING MY GUITAR

SINGING ‘BOUT YOU IN THE PARK

HE SAID

“I’D MAKE IT WITHOUT YOU THAT I COULD GO ON”

BUT HE COULDN’T SEE INSIDE MY HEART

YEAH, WE USED TO JOKE ABOUT IT

STARTING OUT AGAINST ALL ODDS

YOU’D BE A SAD SONG THAT I’D HAVE TO WRITE

AND IT PROBABLY WOULDN’T BE TO LONG…. THEN

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WHEN THE BAND WAS DONE SITTIN’ ON MY CAR

SINGING ‘BOUT YOU IN THE PARKING LOT

PLAYING A HALF WRITTEN SONG

THAT I HAD TO SING

I NEVER SANG MORE FROM THE HEART

TO THREE CRYING GIRLS AS THE SUN CAME UP

I GUESS THEY SAW INSIDE MY HEART

WHEN I WAS SINGING TO ONE WHO WASN’T THERE

BUT WOULD ALWAYS BE A PART …. OF GOING

Jeff Ridler (BMI)