One of the best things I like about SongRamp is how kind people are. I never, in the past, let anyone hear my unpublished works because I am a writer not a performer and I strive to give my studio musicians the best interpretations that I can and they know what I was trying to play. There are some songs that I have never published and this is one of them that I want to share with my friends here.
When I first married my wife her mother did not like me because she thought that everything came too easy for me and that was a bad sign. I went skiing at a resort and became their assistant marketing director. I volunteered for a campaign and became a successful national political consultant. She just did not think that I had enough dirt under my nails to be with her daughter.
I later won her over and we are best of friends. As a matter of fact she worked for one of my companies as my personal secretary. She knew EVERYTHING I did.
Back then I wrote a song that I hoped would inspire my young wife to talk to her mom, and I gave her, through the below lyrics, some samples of what she might say – based on what my woman had said to me.
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Written by Agust Gudmundsson
Poorly played guitars and bass: Agust Gudmundsson
Touching vocals: BJ Gudmundsson
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Different Point of View
If you could only see him
The way that I do
Then you’d understand
My point of view
He’s not like the lovers
I’ve had in my past
He’s the first love in my life
That I’d call my last
He speaks to me softly
When we are alone
He gives me more love
Than I’ve ever known
And when he’s not with me
I know that he’s true
I see him from a different point of view
Different point of view
You look at him from far away
And don’t see what I do
Different point of view
He’s giving me the life I need
And I’m not blaming you
For not seeing my
Different point of view.
In his eyes I see my
Tomorrows begin
My yesterdays are over
And they won’t come again
He loves me
He needs me
Just like you do
You see it’s just
A different point of view
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Correction. Before recording this I played it for a friend in his office. He and BJ made contributions to and changed the lyrics. The credits should be:
Music: Agust. Lyics: Agust, BJ and Owen Bias.
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