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Find Another Way

from Orphans and Singles by John Pippus

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I've made the pilgrimage to Nashville, Tennesse. Four times. Chased the dream, made some friends, heard a lot music, played a lot of rounds at the songwriter nights that happen 7 nights-a-week.

This song comes from that particular side of my songwriting interests. Like most country songs, this song is a narrative and has a traditional structure of verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, extro.

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When I was in love the first time
She was my best friend
We did everything together
She told me it would never end
Then she found another, a man of twenty two
He was so much older, nothing I could do
I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t sleep
But somehow I still knew

To find another way
To keep on coming back again
Find another way (find another way)
To get back up and ride
Find another way
To make my life work right again
She took my love but I learned to carry on

I was gonna be a shining star
Get my face on TV
Make a lot of money
Show that woman how wrong she could be
Things got complicated, my plans got rearranged
I never made the big time, I never found my fame
With bills to pay and kids to raise
Somehow I still knew

To find another way
To keep on coming back again
Find another way (find another way)
To get back up and ride
Find another way
To realize my song again
I parked my dream but I learned to carry on

Standing in one place is sometimes dangerous
You won’t know unless you try

To find another way
To keep on coming back again
Find another way (find another way)
To get back up and ride
Find another way
To realize your song again
You might lose your way but you learn to carry on

© 2007 John Pippus / Pamela Searle

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from Orphans and Singles, released October 1, 2010
Words and music: John Pippus and Pamela Searle
Guitars, harmonica, and vocal: John Pippus
Keyboards, additional guitar, and production: Ryan "Winston" Hauschild
BG vocals: Winston
Recorded at The Bunker in Yaletown, BC. 2007.

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