Gregory Richard Barden Poet Lyric

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** This is a song I wrote and recorded over 30 years ago on a four-track cassette deck in my bedroom, while attending college in Boston, but it has stood up well over the years and will be re-worked for my upcoming album on a major label, (under my music moniker "Bahku"). I hope you like it! (I did all the writing and production on this recording, and played all the instruments - a VERY long time ago). **

 

B What U Can B

(Verse 1)

Deep in the night
Caught between a promise
And a stranger's desire
All alone ...
He struggles with his thoughts
A bitter truth within

When will he start
To face the fears he knows
Lay hidden in the dark?
What is real ...
And how much of this is dream?
He needs to know
It scares him so

(B)

There has got to be a way to find
Freedom for this searching, troubled mind
And You know where ...
There.

(Verse 2)

Life takes its toll
Left alone again 
To search his soul
The strength of youth
And vanity's embrace
Is wearing thin

I know his pain
Cuz every day I fight it
And still it remains
Why do we dare the night
To strike its blow and knock us
To our knees ...
Before we see?

(B)

Empty lives don't have to end that way
We can save a lifetime in a single day
If we believe ...

(Chorus A)

Don't try to change
Be who you are
He made you special
He gave you a star
There's more of you
Than what others see
He loves your soul
So be ...
What you can be
Oh

(Guitar Solo)

(B)

Oh -
Precious time we waste to judge and hate
Go and take His hand - it's never too late
I you believe ...

(Chorus B)

Don't you despair
Hold onto love
You're gonna find
A strength from above
Don't ever think
That you're gonna lose
Know deep inside
You can be ...
What you choose

Don't ever change
Be who you are
He made you special
He gave you a star
There's more of you
Than what others see
He loves your soul
So be ...
What you can be
Oh - 

B what u can b

(Guitar Solo Fade Out)

Copyright 1986 Ganymede Music - BMI

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John Hamilton May 10, 2017 at 11:36 AM Great message Greg! I like the positive vibe of constant improvement, to be the best you can be, similar to my Love will come to you lyric (I think you commented on it). Nice work, I can just imagine what quality you are capable of if this was thirty years ago! wow! Gregory Richard Barden May 15, 2017 at 6:40 PM I personally don't use my computer much for recording - just tweaking and uploading/transfer, but use a 32-track hard disc recorder and racks full of outboard equipment ... I'm "old school" and I like twisting knobs and pushing faders, ha! I guess I'm very tactile, but there is a bit of technophobia there as well, to be honest! ;-) Gregory Richard Barden May 15, 2017 at 6:38 PM Thanks, John, so appreciated ... and thanks for saying that! I try to remind people that these were done over 30 years ago, and that my songwriting, musicianship, and production skills have improved a great deal since then, and you can hear the difference in sound quality with "Filipina Girl" which was recorded recently.

Darren White May 6, 2017 at 3:11 PM Don't ever change Greg :) and keep making music, I like the you that is you. Gregory Richard Barden May 15, 2017 at 6:35 PM Thanks, my friend ... feeling is mutual! :-)