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After giving myself a target of 6 songs in 6 days ,I wrote 6 in 4 days.this is one of them.
A Story of a divorced couple where the father only has acess every other Saturday.
as with most of my songs ,I very nearly went through this but, I was lucky enough that my two sons wanted to live with me.A Bitter sweet story of how it hurts either side

https://soundcloud.com/brad-stevens-uk/every-other-saturday



File:EVERY OTHER SATURDAY.SGU
Key=D , Tempo 65, Length (m:s)=5:39
No intro. 88 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 88. Repeat x1 chorus
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Song is saved with bar changes for Volume Changes,
Style is _SBALJON.STY (Slow Country Ballad w/ Piano 2)

RealTracks in style: 366:Bass, Electric, Country Ev 065
RealTracks in style: 1725:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm CountryBalladJohn Ev 065
RealTracks in style: ~~368:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Ev 065
RealTracks in style: ~364:Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking Ev 065
RealTracks in song: 2028:Fiddle, Soloist CountryAndy Ev 065
RealTracks in song: ~~369:Pedal Steel, Background Ev 065
RealDrums in style: NashvilleEven8^2-a:Sidestick, HiHat , b:Snare, HiHat

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EVERY OTHER SATURDAY
01/08/2017

MONDAYS ALWAYS COME AROUND TOO SOON
LEAVES THE WEEKEND LOVE BEHIND
WAITING HERE ON SATURDAY AGAIN
DAYS ARE SLOW BUT THEY PASS BY
I FEEL THE LOVE AND THE JOY THEY GIVE
THAT HAPPINESS OH THAT PRIDE
THERES NOTHING MORE I WOULDNT GIVE
TO ALWAYS HAVE THEM HERE BY MYSIDE


TORN OUT REMINDERS OF DAYS GONE BY
THERES TEAR STAINED LETTERS BY MY BED
LONELY NIGHTS WATCHING THE EMPTY SKYS
HOPING FOR SOMETHING BETTER YET
I CAN SMILE BUT I STILL FEEL PAIN
CANT SHOW THIS HURT TO THEM
THERE MY WORLD MY EVERYTHING
ITS WHERE MY LIFE STARTED AND BEGAN


SO ILL HOLD EM LOVE DO WHAT I CAN
TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE
TELL EM THAT THEY CAN SEE ME
EVERY OTHER SATURDAY
MAKE SURE THAT THEY DONT SEE ME CRY
WHEN IM WAVING MY BABYS GOODBYE


THE LOVE WE MADE IS
ALL THERE IN ONE CAR
THERES A REDHEAD THE OTHERS BLONDE
IN NO TIME THEYLL ALL BE GROWN
MY OH MY WHERES TIME GONE
NO MORE CUT THE CRUSTS OFF DADDY
COS THATS WHAT MAMA DOES
BREAKS MY HEART AND LEAVES ME BARE
THERES A SILENCE HERE
ON SATURDAY WEEK THAT I CANT TAKE
BUT THEY KNOW I THAT STILL CARE

SO ILL HOLD EM LOVE DO WHAT I CAN
TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE
TELL EM THAT THEY CAN SEE ME
EVERY OTHER SATURDAY
MAKE SURE THAT THEY DONT SEE ME CRY
WHEN IM WAVING MY BABYS GOODBYE


I CANT TELL HER THAT I STILL CARE
COS THERES ALWAYS SOMEONE LISTEING

THERE
BUT THE TIME AINT RIGHT
AND ILL GUESS ITLL NEVER EVER BE
I KNOW THAT SHE FEELS THE SAME
BUT ITS OVER NOW WEVE PLAYED
THAT GAME
THERE ALL THATS LEFT OF YOU AND ME


SO ILL HOLD EM LOVE DO WHAT I CAN
TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE
TELL EM THAT THEY CAN SEE ME
EVERY OTHER SATURDAY
MAKE SURE THAT THEY DONT SEE ME CRY
WHEN IM WAVING MY BABYS GOODBYE


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lol its just the way I write my words out 90db .So I can see them sorry


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Hi Brad,

It's difficult to come up with a new way of saying what's been said so many times before. In m,y opinion, that's one of the most demanding challenges for a songwriter. But I think you managed to do so with this one.

Sad song but there's joy in the skill of the lyric and the heartfelt deliver on your part.

We enjoyed it a lot. Nicely done!

Alan & Di


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Excellent vocal and lyric. Sad story. A lot of dads can relate to this song. Well done..


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