Story Behind The Song

This song was initially rehearsed and played mostly in an open-jam environment. It naturally evolved and has developed rather quickly into it's present sound. The chemistry was fantastic that afternoon we recorded the final...it was my birthday!

Song Description

Performance credits are: Scott: vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, organ @ intro. Stacey: vocals. Bill: fiddle. Michael, piano and Hammond B3 organ. Trevor, electric bass guitar, and background vocal. Darrell: drums and percussion. It's like transposing music from the key of C or to the key of F or transposing the score for my guitar to B-flat cornet. It's the same thing, I have to transpose her to the key, to another year and ink in the notes, to hold her hand, to compose again, this dissonant coda.

Lyrics

No reply to my letter that I sent last summer, must have been quite a shock for that girl to hear from me...Lord have mercy on a soul a livin' in a memory...Lord have mercy when the heartstrings take control,(la, la, la), takin' everything an everyman been working for (la, la, la), leavin' nothin' but the pain in the heart and the soul..(piano solo)...Let me write to you each brand new season...every card I send will be with rhyme and reason...and our hearts will soar with a new found freedom, we'll forget what we were fighting for, and little darling we can talk about Michael and Randy and 'ole Frau Lawson, and two card Andy, let me write to you each brand new season, I will love you forever more...(guitar solo)...Got a reply to my letter that I sent last summer, (you) should have seen me hit the floor when that girl she smiled at me! Lord have mercy on two souls a playin' out a destiny...Lord have mercy when the heartstrings take control (la, la la), givin' everything an everyman been prayin' for (la, la, la), leavin' nothin' but the love in the heart and the soul...