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For Dana

from Joy in the New by Andersen Silva

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Sitting on the couch with a guitar, I came up with the main elements of this song, lyrically my "Layla," on a Monday in 1999. In my head, at the time, it was going to be more of a Def Leppard-style power ballad, but I couldn't find a one-armed drummer... When I started working on the original recording, I realized I'd written it just out of reach of my voice, so I brought it down half a step. The newer version that's on the album, recorded and mixed in six days in June 2001, rocks a bit more than that first one.

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Woke up alone on Monday,
Feelin' your absence,
Oh, babe, supposed to be here with me...

My whole world is moody grey,
Missin' your presence,
Oh, Dana, Dana, why is it that you can't see?

We're meant to be,
You and me,
I cried away,
All yesterday...

CHORUS:
And I'll never stop thinking of my perfect girl,
Nothin' to ease my mind, I still see your curls!
Time stood still when we found ourselves kissing,
I know you're the one, and you're the one I'll be missin'...
Forever.

I know he was good to you once,
But, baby, that's all gone,
Husband or not, he's not worthy of you...

I'm not the kind of man who hunts
For women, and I'm not trying to con you,
But, Dana, I'd be good to you and I know that you'd be good to me too!

You've got to believe
That you've got to leave,
His love isn't true,
He doesn't care about you...

CHORUS

I can't change your mind
If you want to stay
With the man who used to love you.

But please know that for you I've pined,
And I still hope that, maybe, someday
You'll understand that our love will be so true.

I'll wait until forever.
No one else; no, never!
You must return to me,
So happy we would be...

CHORUS

I'm missin' you, Dana... forever.
I'll wait for you, Bubbles... forever.
I'll see your eyes, Scully... forever.
(whispered) I love you, kiddo... forever.

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from Joy in the New, released August 3, 2004
written and recorded by Andersen Silva

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Let Talking Heads, David Bowie, Trent Reznor, the Cars, Roger Waters, and half a Ramone take turns writing and playing songs together, with Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, and Ringo Starr splitting vocal duties, and you might get something like Andersen Silva's music. Or you might not. ... more

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