Name: A Song Never Meant to Be (for Maddie) Original
Duration: 4 min 38 s
Channel: Ken (TexScratch) Smith
Description: Written 12/04/2011. Played on a 2010 Santa Cruz OM/PW tuned to 'A' and 'C' harp accompanied.

A Song Never Meant to Be (for Maddie) Original

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Written 12/04/2011. Played on a 2010 Santa Cruz OM/PW tuned to 'A' and 'C' harp accompanied.

indie acoustic folk country americana

TexScratch

Retired military solo artist; Tex/Americana/Folk singer/songwriter. 'Scratch' is my military handle and TexScratch a stage name just for the purpose of having a stage name, I suppose... Let's Talk Guild (LTG) guitar forum friends inspired many tunes and the inclination to purchase far too many Guild Guitars over the years...

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Folk

Charts

Peak #66

Peak in subgenre #8

Author

Ken (TexScratch) Smith

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Uploaded

December 06, 2011

Track Files

MP3

MP3 5.3 MB • 160 kbps • 4:38

Story behind the song

Grandchildren are precious.  You can spend years raising and loving one, only to lose custody overnight.  There's a reason I write melancholy songs; this one strikes close to home.

Lyrics

A Song Never Meant to Be ©
Ken Smith (12/05/2011)
      Capo to 'A'

        
 I do believe there's a song in this guitar, and it's been waiting just for me

I've taken quite some time to recognize your call, to play a song never meant to be

I'm not the first to hold your  wooden frame; sitka spruce & rare mahogany

Other hands touched your strings but couldn't find the strain, now its my turn to solve the missing key

Tell me what you've longed to say to others; whisper from your bridge of ebony
    
Look upon my searching eyes confide your secret tune; lets play the song that's waited patiently



I'm just a guy who picks some tunes in Texas; I understand you were once in Tennessee

These country winding roads and hills cry out to hear your secret 'bout a song that was never meant to be

Guitar/harp interlude


Thought at first it might be a love song; waiting deep within to be set free

Or a catchy country tune meant for play in Nashville; written as a simple melody

Turns out it describes a sadly broken heart; and a lttle girl who sat upon my knee

Taken now away to live a life with others; who claim that they love her more than we

Thru the years it waited to be played; by someone else but I'm the one you see

Who's written out the words that composed this sad refrain; this song that was never meant to be


I do believe there's a song in this guitar, and it's been waiting just for me

I've taken quite some time to recognize the call, to play a song never meant to be

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