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When I Wake Up In The Morning

A country rock song about the end of a relationship that Janice kindly agreed to sing harmony on.

Leon - Lyric and vocal
Janice - Backing vocals
I played lead guitar.

Thanks to Bud for recording Janice and mix suggestions.

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RealTracks in style: 1583:Bass, Electric, TexasBluesRockShuffle Sw 130
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When I Wake Up In The Morning

You can give me back my diamond
But that trinket is no use to me
You can say that time’s a healer
As if that means a thing to me
You can quote Pablo Neruda
You can say that I’ll move on
But when I wake up in the morning
I’ll be here and you’ll be gone

The coffee will still smell as good
And the sun still warm the bed
The painting that you bought me
Will still hang above my head
The playlist that you put together
With all my favourite songs
When I wake up in the morning
They’ll be here and you’ll be gone

They say that sleep can knit up
The raveled sleeve of care
But like the prince I fear to sleep
For the dreams that I’ll find there
Morpheus I pray to thee
Don’t send her face tonight
I know that I’m no superman
But that girl’s my kryptonite

You can tell me that your promises
Were ones you meant to keep
And though you had to break them
They were never given cheap
Our love was a contagion
I’m still sick but you got well
My condition only worsened
When you told me fare thee well

When I wake up in the morning
And consciousness returns
I hope I don’t start looking ‘round
For things that I can burn
This room’s so full of memories
I don’t suppose it will be long
Before a morning dawns
When they’ll be here and I’ll be gone

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Peter,

Great country song! Excellent support from Leon, Janice & Bud. Love the band and mix on this - excellent track.

Well done all!

Bob

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Very nice guys and gal!
Fun write and strong performance by all.
Nice job on the guitar as usual, Peter, I especially liked what you were doing during the outro.

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P,L&J, I sure do like this one. Great lyrics and vocals. Really nice guitar work. As Dave pointed out especially the outro. My favorite part is the unexpected ear catching chord progressions for the solos. What a great idea. I thoroughly enjoyed my listen, Tom

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Hi Peter,

A great swinging country groove.

Super performances from Leon and Janice and some
delightful guitar work - wonderful "twang" on the solos.

Excellent lyrics and story-line.

Cheers, ROG.

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Very well done you guys! The groove here is infectious and had my toe tapping within a few short measures. And the track has such a catchy, happy tonality to it. This is the precisely the kind of thing I'd belt along to on a road trip.

Great work, and thanks for sharing smile


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Peter & Leon (and Janice)...

Really enjoyed this. A good write (a lot of words!).

Cool tracks - very supportive of the lyric. Nice mix.

Nice guitars all over the place! Leon's usual strong vocal. Janice's usual "sugar on the top"...

A fun one.

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Peter,
There are too many nuggets in those fun lyrics to quote - this is Leon at his sardonic best. Musically its just as much fun and your outro is great!
Thanks for giving me a toe tapping smile.

Robert

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Originally Posted By: rsdean
Peter,

Great country song! Excellent support from Leon, Janice & Bud. Love the band and mix on this - excellent track.

Well done all!

Bob


Thanks for the nice review Bob.

Peter

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Hello, Peter

A great swinging country tune.
Really nice intro.
I entirely agree with floyd.
Nice guitars all over the place! Leon's usual strong vocal. Janice's usual "sugar on the top"...
Enjoyed my listen a lot.

Best regards.

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Peter,

Great country song! Excellent support from Leon, Janice & Bud. Love the band and mix on this - excellent track.

Well done all!

Bob


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Very nice guys and gal!
Fun write and strong performance by all.
Nice job on the guitar as usual, Peter, I especially liked what you were doing during the outro.



Thanks y'all!

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This sound has such a lovely feel to it! I especially loved the part

"You can tell me that your promises, were ones you meant to keep. And though you had to break them they were never given cheap."

Really lovely job! Thanks for sharing.


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Originally Posted By: BlueAttitude
Very nice guys and gal!
Fun write and strong performance by all.
Nice job on the guitar as usual, Peter, I especially liked what you were doing during the outro.



Thanks Dave.

Peter

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Awesome tune. Boy do I like the shuffle feel to this. Excellent guitar work Peter. Super vocal and lyric. Loved the harmonies. Super collaboration.


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Soooo good in so many ways. Excellent write, production, singing.

Toe tapping goodness, with clever lyrics to boot.

Plus, you made me look up Pablo Neruda. laugh


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Originally Posted By: tommyad
P,L&J, I sure do like this one. Great lyrics and vocals. Really nice guitar work. As Dave pointed out especially the outro. My favorite part is the unexpected ear catching chord progressions for the solos. What a great idea. I thoroughly enjoyed my listen, Tom


Really appreciate those comments Tom.
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Peter, Leon and Janice,

This is incredibly entertaining.

Peter: you guitar work, arrangement and mixing are excellent. The country-swing feel grabbed hold of my feet and refused to let them rest. From the beginning, I was tapping my toes along with your presentation. I always love hearing your play.

Leon: your ear-catching melody, clever lyrics and relaxed, easy singing make this an impossible song to put down once it starts. I have never come across 'contagion' in a lyric before. Also your use of 'thee' is incredibly clever. You've taken an archaic word and managed to make it sound conversational in a modern way. Then there are all those other lyric gems... the journey from coffee to knitting to Marvel comics to viruses to... you weave a very entertaining story!

Janice: it is always a delight to hear you sing. Whether it's solo, duet, background or foreground, you nail it every time! And every time I find myself just drifting along listening to you.

All the best,
Noel


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Hey Y'all.

This is a really fun song, with great performances by everyone.

Yeah, the overall production is excellent and the lyrics are very funny as everyone has noted.

Great job!

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Love the catchy hook. Nice work on the vocals and harmony. Good write really enjoyed it.Rob

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Originally Posted By: ROG
Hi Peter,

A great swinging country groove.

Super performances from Leon and Janice and some
delightful guitar work - wonderful "twang" on the solos.

Excellent lyrics and story-line.

Cheers, ROG.



Thanks Rog glad you liked it.

Peter

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