Thanks for the comments, guys! This song is going over better than I thought. And Graham-- yeah, the "tenderly" isn't to be taken too seriously, but I'm not crazy about that word. I could always substitute "gratefully" or any number of adverbs.
By the way, I revised the end of verse 2 to read:
So I checked out where you said you were, then
Met a new girlfriend there instead of you
"Were then" and "girlfriend" is a stronger rhyme. "Instead" crams one extra syllable in that line, but I hope a good vocalist could smooth that over. If anyone wants to take a crack at recording it, of course, that would be great. (Doesn't hurt to ask.....)
Posted on Apr 27, 2000, 4:21 PM from IP address 136.2.1.101