This is my 200th showcase song post.

I first recorded this in 2013 shortly after I first got BIAB.
I think it might have been the first time I ask Janice Merritt to sing BGVs with me.
(we've worked on about 70 songs together since - including Bud)
Then it just sat.
I recorded a different version in 2018 (a different tempo - can't remember if it was faster or slower)
Fortunately, Janice agreed to sing on the new version, too...
And then it sat some more.
I thought it would make an appropriate 200th song.
I re-mixed it a few weeks ago.

The BAND:
RealTracks in song: 1190:Bass, Electric, ModernRnBRock Ev 065
RealTracks in song: 1758:Banjo, Rhythm, Pop16ths Ev 085
RealTracks in song: 664:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm SouthernRock Ev 085 (A:fpick)
RealTracks in song: 1038:Guitar, High-Strung Acoustic, Rhythm NorthernRockBallad Ev 065
RealTracks in song: 1947:Mandolin, Rhythm PopModernGrooveAndy Ev16 075
RealTracks in song: 2172:Mandolin, Soloist CountryAndy Ev 165
RealTracks in song: 1875:Mandolin, Soloist CountryAndy Ev 085
RealDrums in Song: TrainBeatBrushes: a: Brushes, Kickb: BusyBrushes, Kick
claps: me
Background vocals: the janettes (a little me, a bunch of Janice)



GO OUT OF YOUR WAY

she told me that i didn't need
to go out of my way
she knew that i had tickets
for the playoff game today
she said that she'd been missing me
and just wanted to say hi
but i could tell she needed to be held
by the way she said goodbye

i don't have to catch her
every time she falls
i don't need to come running
every time she calls
but i gave away that ticket
and showed up at her door
some things are worth going
out of your way for

   you've got to go out of your way
   to keep love strong
   through the ups and downs each day
   a narrow path ain't always straight
   sometimes down the road of love
   you've got to go out of your way

like a young child needs attention
and a flower needs the rain
a heart needs reassuring
that love remains
sometimes it's the little things
that say you will be there
sometimes it's to the moon and back
just to show how much you care

   you've got to go out of your way...



J&B - thanks for all of your help through the years!

And...a huge thank you to PGMusic for giving us a miracle tool.
Nothing else like it in the world (as we know it).
And, thanks for giving us a place to have our music heard!!

Comments of any kind.
Have at it.

fj

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