Jeff Southerland songs
Guitar, Keyboard, Percussion, Vocal: JLB
Euphonium: Derek
Guitars & Production: iisee
Well over a year ago I sat down and wrote a lyric called ?Keep It Like A Secret?, showed it to a couple people here on the ramp for some structuring suggestions, and then tucked it neatly away on the virtual shelf.
Then a few months ago, I came across it again and thought it was really strong?I dashed off a note to my friend JLB with the lyric attached and asked him if he had any interest?! Luckily for me (and you) he did!!
After a couple months intermittent work and back and forth emails, the files begin to arrive ? What an out of sight KILLER vocal and beautiful backing tracks?I can't thank JLB enough for all the time and dedication and talent he contributed to this track!! Thanks bud!!
Anyway, I assembled the various pieces and parts (with some fits and starts?lol) and then added some extras?.Some melody guitar lines to ?fill? and an unusual extra?
My son Derek Southerland came home in May from his freshman year at East Carolina University as a Music Education major?.While he wasn?t exactly on the Dean?s List (lol) he WAS first chair in the Symphonic Band both semesters (competing against all upper classman and grad students)?which makes me a very proud Dad!! So we decided to record his Euphonium (his primary concert instrument) in the solo break and the intro/extro. I think it worked out quite nicely, but you can judge for yourself?
Finally, if I could do only one song a year (and this year I?m about on that pace?LOL), then this would be it I think?Enjoy?
Keep It Like A Secret
Words & Music: Jeff Southerland & JLB
Verse One
Tell it like a story?That?s whispered in the dark?
Soothing words and images?To still your beating heart?
Sing it like a melody?That?s written in your mind?
A song that floats and dances?
And leaves the world behind
Verse Two
Paint it like a picture?That?s drawn behind your eyes?
Colors ebb and flowing?Like secret lovers? sighs?
Feel it like the sunshine?White hot against your skin?
Full of healing power?
To wash you clean again
Chorus
Keep it like a secret?Like a locket that you wear?
Around your heart like memories?That you and I have shared?
Keep it like a secret?Like a story we have told?.
Of treasures?
We?Can?Hold
Bridge
Don?t breath...A word?
Don?t give yourself away?
Keep what?You?ve heard?
Sealed tight?.Tucked?
A?way?
Verse Three
Hold it like a daydream?In that place inside your heart?
And fan the glowing embers?Whenever we?re apart?
Take it like a photograph?Develop it with care?
A moment caught by you and me?To prove that?
We?Were?There?
Chorus
Keep it like a secret?Like a locket that you wear?
Around your heart like memories?That you and I have shared?
Keep it like a secret?Like a story we have told?.
Of treasures?
We?Can?Hold
Bridge
Don?t breath...A word?
Don?t give yourself away?
Keep what?You?ve heard?
Sealed tight?.Tucked?
A?way?
Copyright ? 2007 SarahDog Tunes/Jeff Southerland
Copyright ? 2007 JohnnyLunchBreak
JLB....A SongRamp Tradition!!
Sometime sideman?.Full-time offspring!!
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