FAWM: "You Gotta Come This Way"

You Gotta Come This Way

Liner Notes

Great lyrics by @crisp1 I got the melody straight away and had to put music to this. I needed to get my blues chops up to scratch with this song #blues #bluesrock

Doug: This is amazingly close to how I heard it in my head. Love the bluesy rock, the spot-on vocals, and the guitar solo. Smashing job! Thanks, @songwritingzen!

Lyrics

You Gotta Come This Way Words: @crisp1 Music: @songwritingzen

V1 You gotta come this way, baby Darling, can’t you see? You gotta come this way, baby Darling, can’t you see? You gotta come this way, baby Must be missing my love lately You gotta come this way, baby Come on back to me

V2 You had to go that way, baby So you could be free You had to go that way, baby So you could be free You had to go that way, baby Must be missing my love lately You gotta come this way, baby Come on back to me

Middle 8 Well, it’s been too long a time Since I kept you warm in bed When my heart belongs to yours Like the butter to the bread

V3 I know I’m not perfect, baby Ain’t got no degree I now I’m not perfect, baby I’ll shave my goatee I know I’m not perfect, baby I been missing your love lately You gotta come this way, baby Come on back to me

Outro You gotta come this way, baby Come on back to me You gotta come this way, baby Come on back to me

Comments

@oswlek 1d

This rocks! You just killed it, musically and vocally. Had me grooving and singing alone before it even got to the solo. Such an enjoyable listen.

Wonderfully minimalistic write, Doug. It's a near-perfect lyric for handing off to another artist. Interesting, sings easy, malleable and open to loads of musical interpretation.

Great job all around.

@fabkebab 1d

really nice take on the lyrics - delivery and music sounds "just right" and really works. Nice job with both the writing and the craft of creating a compelling recording

@mikeb 3d

Fantastic blues band sound, and totally works with Doug's lyrics! Bluesy guitar lead and great vocal!

@ayeahmur 3d

There's always a moment in a @crisp1 lyric that makes me smile. For me it was the rather desperate "I'll shave off my goatee" which tells you everything you need to know about the person whose point of view is being presented here. Bless them. Cracking upbeat blues rock arrangement too @songwritingzen! A great collaboration.

@billwhite51 3d

no meandering intro here. there's no time for that. the first note and we are already in the thick of it. blues rock with a pop sensibility. reminds me of the old fleetwood mac, when peter green was in the band.

@coolparadisoMod 3d

You two - you always turn out something good - The Corey and Doug show! Bit different musically Corey, I like it! nice n punchy. Real good pop lyric Doug - nice mix between repetition and interesting words! Solid solo man! Kudos top collab

@earlyboon 3d

I love the bluesy rock! Reminds me of classic rock & pop.

@paul_pedersen 3d

Doug armed you well with blue-oriented lyrics, Corey, and you dug deep into the genre in arrangement and vocal. Love the bass when it arrives in verse two.