Friday, April 15, 2011

Song - "People Like You" (Ben Cooper/Georgia Middleman)

Here's a song I wrote with Georgia Middleman. We grabbed an entire five day week to write together last fall, and here's one of the songs we came up with. I included this chart on a recent post, so I figured I'd let you hear the song! Please leave any feedback if you'd like.




PEOPLE LIKE YOU                                                                             11-2-10

(COOPER/MIDDLEMAN)

MAYBE IT’S THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I CAN DO ANYTHING
MAYBE IT’S THE WAY YOU TELL ME HOW I’M THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE
MAYBE IT’S THE WAY YOU NEVER LEAVE ME HANGING WHEN I’M ON THE EDGE

YOU ALWAYS HAVE MY BACK
WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT

PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE GOOD FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME
OUT OF ALL OF THE FISHES IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA
I FOUND SOMEBODY WHO MAKES ME AS HAPPY AS CAN BE
YEAH, PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE GOOD FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME

MAYBE IT’S THE WAY YOU LET ME HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON A DOZEN TIMES
MAYBE IT’S THE WAY YOU TELL A JOKE AND YOU DON’T EVEN CRACK A SMILE
MAYBE IT’S THE WAY YOU UNDERSTAND I DON’T LIKE MY EGGS RUNNY

NONE OF MY IDIOSYNCRASIES FRIGHTEN YOU
AND THAT SAYS TO ME

WHAT DID I DO
BEFORE THERE WAS YOU
I CAN’T EVEN GO BACK THAT FAR
IF LOVE IS THE SONG
THEN YOU ARE THE DRUM
IN PERFECT SYNC WITH EVERY SINGLE BEAT OF MY HEART


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2 comments:

  1. Cool song, Ben. Hey, the upside down triangle. It appears to mean "stop." In your experience, what is it called?

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  2. Well, I consulted my friend Jonathan Riggs, who wrote a helpful book called "Diamond on the 1" (diamondonthe1.com), and he said it's called a "dorito," believe it or not. But yes, it does represent just hitting the chord without sustaining it at all. Great question!

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