Lyrical Tease
Your morning smile won’t let me sleep,
It’s on your face, but it’s mine to keep.
It’s on your face, but it’s in my eyes,
Your morning smile, for when I’m lonely,
Your morning smile, for my eyes only
Awards
6/15/09 Lyrics Published Shabdaguchha, International Journal of Poetry
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Back Story
Sometime in 2003, when I began a serious study of songwriting, I took note of my then-girlfriends’ smile when asleep in the morning.
A few days later, I had the lyric. (I almost always write a complete lyric first.)
I did what I could to incorporate some serious imagery.
I heard it as country-ish, but the descending ii-V-I chord changes in the Chorus take it to jazz.
Drives me crazy that the screeners at Taxi can’t classify it (or most of my other songs for that matter).
Lyrics
(© 2008, You’d Be Surprised; All Rights Reserved)
I smell the coffee streaming thru the door to wake our sleepy minds
I roll over to face you, your pillows in a pile
but it’s not enough to hide your morning smile
The workday is callin’ us uptown, the alarm clock is in its’ count down
Not so fast, come on lay back down, don’t bother with your nightgown
The workday world will have to wait a while, so we can greet the day in style
GIve me, give me some more of that morning smile
Your morning smile won’t let me sleep,
It’s on your face, but it’s mine to keep.
It’s on your face, but it’s in my eyes,
your morning smile, for when I’m lonely,
your morning smile, for my eyes only
Well, I guess last night got pretty wild,
Or did you dream we were stuck on a desert isle?
Or were you counting sheep through a turnstile?
Just how do you account for that morning smile?
Let’s turn the clock ahead til it’s Saturday, then we’ll have a little more time to play
Not so fast, come on lay back down, don’t bother with your nightgown
I’m reaching for my cell phone, but don’t get your pretty head all riled
I just wanna take a picture of that morning smile
Hit the snooze again, then roll on top for a while
So that I can put my lips on your morning smile
Your morning smile won’t let me sleep,
It’s on your face, but it’s mine to keep.
It’s on your face, but it’s in my eyes,
your morning smile, for when I’m lonely,
your morning smile, for my eyes only
for my eyes only
Publication In Shabdaguchha
On January 2, 2009, I was notified that these lyrics will be published in Shabdaguchha, international journal of poetry, published in eight countries; the same journal that published the lyrics to ‘Alive (My Iraqi War Diary, Pt. 1)’ in June, 2008.
Who wouldn’t want a romantic song as this sung to them?
I love it’s originality. Not your typical cliche lyrics about being in-love. Thats one reason I enjoy Shoot The Messenger a lot. I can’t wait for more singles to come out!
You know I’ll be at the head of the line waiting for my copy!
~M.P.
Thanx, Love.