I wrote this as one of my audition songs which got me into the BMI musical theater writing workshop.  Easy Breathing Child was another.

When It's You

This is a song Will Leet and I improvised together, based on a simple (yet AMAZING) progression he brought to the table with only a foggy idea of a melody and the word "Inspiration".  What a jam, what a jam, WHAT A JAM!

Hear the full ep. here: https://soundcloud.com/thestodcast/the-stodcast-feat-will-leet-episode-22

Stoddy Station feat. Will Leet (Inspiration)

Slow & playful.  This is my response to the [leading] question, "Why do you still have a picture of me"?

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"PICTURE OF YOU" | Lyrics

VERSE 1:
Yeah, I’ve still got a picture of you  /  Tell me, baby, just exactly what you’re gonna do  /  You’ll come get it off my phone?  /  If that’s the case, I’ve got a few  /  I cannot help but look at you

CHORUS/REFRAIN:
I don’t throw out pictures of pretty girls  /  Of faces that changed my whole world  /  Baby, no  /  I don’t ride down the road throwin’ out 20’s neither  /  Some things we’re made to hold onto  /  I will always have a picture of you

VERSE 2:
Your eyes still make me smile  /  Miles away  /  Hundreds of miles away  /  And when I see your smile, I hear your laugh  /  It takes me right back  /  Takes me right back 

BRIDGE:
All these lines / All these songs / Pennies, dear / If they can’t bring you near / All these thoughts / Just worthless tunes / If they can’t tell you what I told them to / Let’s try this again… 

CHORUS/REFRAIN x 2:
I said I don’t throw out pictures of pretty girls  /  Faces that changed my whole world  /  Baby, no  /  And I don’t ride down that road throwin’ out 20’s neither  /  Some things we’re made to hold onto  /  I will always have a picture of you

I don’t ride down the road throwin’ out 20’s dear  /  Some things were made to hold  /  I don’t throw out pictures of you, dear  /  The face that changed my whole world  /  Some things we’re made to hold onto  /  And I will always have a picture of you  /  I will always have a picture of you

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"PICTURE OF YOU" | IMPROV + LYRICS

These are rough recordings of songs from my song cycle, Hiccups, on Love and OCD.  These will continue to be added to and updated as the rest of this two-person, two-sided album is released.

Lovin' Cure

Stoddard Blackall is a singer, songwriter, pianist living in Manhattan, owner of children's music biz: Sunny Songsters.  stoddardblackall.com!

When It's You

Stoddard Blackall

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