“I Won’t Lose You”
Tune: “I Won’t Lose You” by Brian Chartrand, copyright 2011, Flying Lessons Music ASCAP
Type: Home studio DEMO
Band/Instrumentation: Guitars, vocals, hand claps by Brian
This is one of the fastest songs I’ve ever written (5 hours). And considering it weighs in under 3 minutes and has three chords, that doesn’t really surprise me. But every once in a while, you write a rock tune….Hey, it worked for the Beatles back in the day. This started as an old fashioned, singing-to-yourself-in-the-shower song. First came the beat (oddly enough) and then everything happened around it. By the time I was dry, the chorus and verse melody were done. I can hear this tune with bigger instrumentation i.e. bass and drums and electric guitar, but for now, its gonna live like this. Enjoy.
The lyrics reflect the difficulties of maintaining a long distance relationship. Maybe you’ve been there before. New cities offer new distractions, especially a city like, say, New York City.
The line “California crumbles to the sea” is a tribute to my favorite band Steely Dan.
Lyrics:
New York City reaches to the sky
I kind of wanna reach up that high
You can have anything you need
Any time of day, free delivery
I won’t lose, I won’t lose, I won’t lose, I won’t lose you
Tell your friends it feels good to be free
But you can’t deny this chemistry
You say you gotta leave, you got places to be
Here’s my counter offer, spend the night, spend the night, spend the night with me
I won’t lose, I won’t lose, I won’t lose, I won’t lose you
California crumbles to the sea
We still got you and me
I won’t lose, I won’t lose, I won’t lose, I won’t lose you
