A rough demo of my song, "For Every Broken Heart"

Music & Lyrics by Chris Reali, ©2022

Boy meets girl. Things fall apart.
All that’s left: one broken heart.
I was in love, she moved on.
It’s no fun dancin’ when you’re all alone.

I missed the warnings, missed the signs.
Punch drunk love, you know, I was blind.
Caught in a whirlwind, I got tossed.
You don’t know you’re missing, until you’re lost. 

It’s my first chance at a second mistake.
I’m stickin’ around instead of walkin’ away.
Lay my cards on the table, trying not to get burned.
For every broken heart, there’s a lesson learned.
For every broken heart, there’s a lesson learned.

Once the dust settles down,
I’m hopein’ that she’ll come around.
I’ve had about all I can take
The bigger the heart, the deeper the ache

It’s my first chance at a second mistake.

All this me time it’s way too much.
Sittin’ around, thinkin’ ‘bout us.
I was headstrong, I should’a been shy.
But I’m feelin’ lonely since you said goodbye.
Yes, I feel a little lonely since you said goodbye.

It’s my first chance at a second mistake.

For Every Broken Heart

For Every Broken Heart - ROUGH DEMO

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©2023

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Chris is a multi-instrumentalist. Over the past thirty years Chris has performed professionally on guitar (his primary instrument), drums, electric bass, keyboards, trumpet, and sax. He is also a singer-songwriter. Chris has performed in venues across the United States as well as a four month residency in Nagasaki, Japan. 

As a songwriter, Chris has written in numerous styles: rock, pop, country, punk, and gnarlpop. He describes the music he's been writing lately as, "traditional sounds for modern times."

Some of the groups Chris has performed with include: Rotor (drums, vocal - alternative rock); The Willies (lead guitar, vocal - power pop); Hometown Prophets (lap steel - Americana); Monodrone (guitar, vocal, samples - guitar electronica); The Jen Band (guitar, pedal steel, vocal - rock); The Patio Daddy-o's (keyboards, guitar, vocal, music director - R&B/rock); Hudson River Drifters (guitar, bass, vocal, songwriter - Americana); Supercollider (guitar, vocal, songwriter - gnarlpop. 

Chris toured the United States, Canada, and Western Europe working as a guitar technician and tour manager for Chris Whitley, and as a guitar technician for David Gray.

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