I wrote this song in between last March of this year to last night, September 26, 2016.
It is about a situation I was watching unfold in a very upsetting moment in two people's lives. I wrote it the night I witnessed it, and under the circumstances, felt it was too real to finish or even work on.
I recently stumbled upon it while perusing my music files and just fell in love with the melody and arrangement all over again, and decided to go ahead and finish the lyrics and see what happens.
This is what happened.
It remains a true country song, both loving and miserable.
One of those 'grab a beer and cry in it' type of songs.
I'm glad to say that the people that inspired the song are doing much better than the song indicates - in fact, the song's ending is fictitious.
Still, a sad country song is a sad country song - and you're gonna need a beer to cry into if you're planning on listening to this one.
Oh, side note: The poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost is one of my favorite poems by him. I first heard of it when we, as 7th graders, were forced to read the book called 'The Outsiders' by SE Hinton. In it, she has the main character, Ponyboy, recite it to his fellow Greaser, Johnnyboy, as they are on the lamb for the murder of a popular, but evil Soc. Yeah ... great stuff.
But, the poem ... he expresses how just as there is the first morning dew, when the sun comes up, it is golden ... but as the day goes on, it leaves just as all the firsts of the day eventually do, reminding us that nothing that pure, or golden can stay ... it's beautiful.
In my song - the gold represents the wedding band. I think you get the picture from there ...
Thank you,
Tomás
LYRICS -----------
NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY
by Tomás G Robinson
Now that things are clear
Now that we're a mess
I can hardly sleep
No such thing as rest
What am I supposed to do
What's left for me to say
When all my world is dark
When all my world is grey
I loved you most of all
I loved you most, it seems
There's nothing to recall
That you felt that way for me
What else can we do
What's left for me to say
It's like that famous poem
'Nothing Gold Can Stay'
If you want me to be the boy who married you
I'd like for you to be at least the girl who cared for me
And if we're gonna stay, all I'll know is what you'll say
So far it's not enough
To make this kind of love
I loved you most of all
I loved you most, it seems
And I'm not one to fall
For the lies you're feeding me
Everything is wrong
I don't know what's real
And you refuse to speak
When there's so much to reveal
Everybody knows
Every reason why
We should break away
Or we should really try
All I have to do is look into your eyes
To see if you still love me now
Or we should say goodbye
Once upon a time
There was a young man
And he was fifteen years
The world was in his hands
Never could he have known
Never could he have planned
This girl of fourteen years
Would one day wear his wedding band
If you want me to be the boy who married you
I'd like for you to be at least the girl who cared for me
And if we're gonna stay, all I'll know is what you'll say
So far it's not enough
To make this kind of love
Nothing gold can stay
When life gets in the way
Nothing gold can stay
Nothing gold can stay
When life gets in the way
Nothing gold can stay
When life gets in the way
Nothing gold can stay
When life gets in the way
(c) 2016 tgrJams Music Productions
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
released September 26, 2016
Written, Produced, Arranged, Programmed & Performed by Tomás
