Topic: Cries for You

Again I have to say thanks for the inspiration to get back to songwriting.
This song I started ages ago...forgot about it...remembered it today...today finished it.
In my life I have known a number of good friends that have committed suicide so I wrote this song hoping that if it ever got published it would make somebody think twice ,because "suicide is a long term solution to a short term problem"

   Verse                                                Cries For You
   C
  I hear your momma crying,cause she looks around the room and she finds your gone.
   F                  G
  She cries for you
   C
  She knows you loved to laugh and now she knows that time is past and so.
   F                  G
  She cries for you
  F                             C           Dm                                        G
  In the middle of the daytime and in the nighttime cause you gone
   C                                                                                             G7         C
  Now she awakes and sees your face and deep inside her soul she cries for you

  Chorus
F                                             C                              G                                 C
Sometimes your feelings reach out but the ceilings to high for your fingers to reach all alone
        F                                  C
And then comes illusion and lonely confusion .
Dm                   Dm                 Dm                    G7         
No time to walk, no time to talk,no time to say goodbye
Verse
C
Now I hear your daddy lying cause he looks around the room and finds your gone
F                G
He lies for you
C
The emptiness he feels inside just cant accept your suicide.
F                     G
So he lies for you
F                                C       Dm                                          G
In the middle of the daytime and in the nighttime cause your gone.
C                                                                                          G7       C
Now he awakes and sees your face and deep inside his soul he lies for you

Chorus
F                                             C                              G                                 C
Sometimes your feelings reach out but the ceilings to high for your fingers to reach all alone
F                                          C
And then comes illusion and lonely confusion
Dm                   Dm                 Dm                    G7
No time to walk,no time to talk,no time to say goodbye

Verse
C
Now I see your lady trying but she looks around the room and she finds you gone
F                        G
But she tries for you
C
She struggles hard to find the way to make it through another day
F                        G
But she tries for you
F                                C         Dm                                        G
In the middle of the daytime,and in the nighttime cause your gone.
C                                                                                               G7       C
Now she awakes and sees your face and deep inside her soul she tries for you.

Verse  (Vocal with baby crying in the background)
C
Now I see your baby crying cause he looks around the room and he finds your gone.
F                  G
He cries for you.
C
He knows you loved to laugh and now he knows that time is passed and so
F                  G
He cries for you
F                                C        Dm                                         G
In the middle of the daytime and in the nighttime cause your gone
C                                                                                           G7        C
Now he awakes and sees your face and deep inside his soul he cries for you.

Chorus
F                                             C                              G                                C
Sometimes your feelings reach out but the ceilings to high for your fingers to reach all alone
F                                           C
And then comes illusion and lonely confusion
Dm                   Dm                  Dm                   G7
No time to walk,no time to talk, no time to say goodbye

Fade out

C                                                             C
Now I see your momma crying..................Now I see your momma crying

Just Keepin on Keepin on
Martin DC15E
Cort MR710F
Squire Strat (Chinese)

Re: Cries for You

My Oh My,
What a great insight into the feelings of those left behind from this act.
I also know some people who have been through this madness.
They are left always looking for the reason  as to why ?.
Very well written Sir.

Slán

Old Doll.

Why Blend in with the Crowd ? When you were made to stand out !

3 (edited by KAP54 2009-05-28 21:18:46)

Re: Cries for You

Thank You Again Old Doll

With my experiences I have come to the conclusion that all this crap happens because of a chemical imbalance due to genetics and a bad deal that life has dealt.It doesn't matter why, because what hurts the most is watching those left behind.
As I say...suicide is a long term solution to a short term problem.
Its most times hard to read someones thoughts when they are hurting....I wish I could
KAP54

Just Keepin on Keepin on
Martin DC15E
Cort MR710F
Squire Strat (Chinese)

4 (edited by seriousfun 2008-06-07 21:49:17)

Re: Cries for You

Wonderful lyrics, I especial love the way you linked the verses with the words cries, lies and trys - very clever.  A very strong emotive topic, one which I am sure most of us have unfortunately been party to one way or another in life.

Suicide is such a real waste, it may be a solution for one person but imposes so many more difficult problems on all of those left behind.

As always I hope you enjoy my musical journey as much as I do.

Re: Cries for You

Thank You seriousfun
For me the words were extremely difficult to come up with and it probably took me the better part of a year to write them down as I "needed them" to convey what people don't seem to talk about when suicides take place. Thats the people left behind.I do plan to record it some how so possibly it can help change the mind of at least one person.
As strong as the lyrics are I believe the melody is stronger and I "need it" to be recorded properly.
In my mind I visualize this as a Neil Diamond song.His voice is perfect for it.
Any ways ...Thank You Again
KAP54

Just Keepin on Keepin on
Martin DC15E
Cort MR710F
Squire Strat (Chinese)