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{And Now for The "Bookend", WITH Eternal Tnanks to the Special Someone who makes all these Inspirations come true!}

The Odds That I Found You
Are Like 100-Million-to-Two
(& Maybe Even-HIGHER...)

And The Chances You'd Love Me
Stretch Beyond Infinity
(No..Math-REQUIRED...)

(PRE-)
How We Got This Strong
How We Feel This Need
How This Thing Called US
Still Picks Up Speed is

(CHORUS)
MIRACULOUS
Who'd Have Ever Thought...
MIRACULOUS
How We'd Beat the Odds...
Our Lows are Few, Our Highs get Higher
This Love Must Be DIVINELY-INSPIRED
'Cause It Still Brings Out The Best in US
...MIRACULOUS!!!

I Found Peace..I Found Joy
When You Found this Lucky Boy
Who Needed Completion...

He Found You..Lost His Heart
Now Every Day's a Brand-New Start {ALT: Found Your Sweet Love was The Missin'-Part}
& You're Still Reachin' Him...

(PRE-)
How'd We DO This Thing
How'd We Keep It Alive
How'd We Learn Forgiveness
So Glad WE Survive...

(REPEAT CHORUS)

(BRIDGE)
I Have Never..Found Another
Who Could Be a More Perfect Lover

(CHORUS OUT)

(C) 2012 by Stan Good, BMI
All Rights Reserved.

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We each are granted a few miracles in our lives, sometimes in the form of love and companionship, a long term blessing until two take wing to the miracles waiting above. lovely write Stan.~~~MFB III

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This IS really lovely, Stan! And, since I'm following MFB here, and he waxed eloquent, I will just say, "ditto what MFB said!" -- Lisa

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HiYa Matt...Sorry things got busy-enough I never got back here to ThankYa.... I've always favored One-Word-Hooks, & This One I was real fond-of.

I remain a True Romantic...with a conviction that The Deity IS kinda behind much that Occurs in our Day-to-Day. &..when Something Really Goes-Right...it's always Best to Give Credit where Some's Due..heh....

Many Thanks for Your Kind Words & Visit, Amigo....

Best Wishes & a Big Guy-Hug,
Stan

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HiDee Mz Maryland/Thanks for The Bump....

FINALLY Delivered the Big GF Clock to Orlando Area yesterday & La Femme's lots-happier with the Fifteen-Hundred Check now deposited in da Bank today. This Recession's not been too-easy on The Romance around here...but..Time'll Tell..heh....

Many Thanks for Your Very Kind Words & Visite....

Best Wishes & Big Hugs,
Stan

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Stan, This one is "Miraculous" I especially enjoyed the US and WE. MY favorite so far of all the good ones you do.

Pam


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Stan,

You have done it again! This is another sweet write. I especially like these lines-

He Found You..Lost His Heart
Now Every Day's a Brand-New Start
& You're Still Reachin' Him...


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Stan,
You are a lucky man to find this kind of love.
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STAN THE MAN--

I LIKE THIS ONE BRO'

This is from one of my songs way back:

GIRL MIRACLES DO COME TRUE
THE PROOF IS HERE
I'M HOLDING YOU
YES, MIRACLES DO COME TRUE


WRITE ON--

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Good one-word hook, sums up the lyric nicely!

Tweaks/comments below, keep or sweep smile

(CHORUS)

Our Lows are Few, Our Highs get Higher
This Love Must Be DIVINELY-INSPIRED
'Cause It Still Brings Out The Best in US
...MIRACULOUS!!!


He Found You..Lost His Heart
Now Every Day's a Brand-New Start ("heart" and "brand new start" got my cliche' rhyme meter pegging!)

(PRE-)
How'd We Keep It ALive
How'd We Learn Forgiveness
So Glad WE Survived...




“I usually start with a title or maybe a little rhyme or phrase.” - Harlan Howard

Co-writing = Compromise!


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HiDee Mz Pam & Thanks...I enjoy penning the Sweet Ones, every now-&-then..in-between the Wackier-Stuff...heh!

Glad Ya Liked It!!

Best Wishes & a Happy Valentine's Day to Ya,
Stan

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I think maintaining "Connections" is SO Important...& it's Wayyy Too Easy to Lose that "Linkage"... But some Gals are VERY Good at keeping US Alive-&-Kicking...&, Yep, somewhat of a Miracle..Daily!!!

Which made me happy-enough..to pen this song about it... ;-)>

Many Thanks for Your Kind Visite, M'LadyChum!

Happy Valentine's Day & Big Hugs Backatcha,
Stan

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Big Thanks, Mr Jim!!!

I enjoyed Your Music & Hefty Bio, Amigo...I'm a Similar '60's Army Guy...(Ft Knox, Leonard Wood, Pleiku-'Nam, then Heidelberg GY) Art-Major/Cartoonist..who started restoring Clock Dials there..ended up a Clockmaker Day-Job-Wise..Tampa FL after 3 yrs in Belgium at SHAPE Illustrator-Drafting. Penned 1st Song in Tampa at Age 35...31 Years-Ago..Loved It ever since...tho DID take a Decade-Off..to collect Early Electric Fans...when L.A.& Nashville didn't seem ready-for-me/& Vice-Versa..from 1989-1999.

That was right-after a Clock I'd invented..that connected me with Mel Blanc..ALMOST got Something-Going with WarnerBros../Weird Al beat me, with "Eat It"/Mine was "Pig Out"...(& I'm now Chapter 7 in Janet Fisher's "Music Horror Stories"..heh!)

Since I memorize Miserably..& play Zero Instruments, after Self-Producing 7 CDs..at CDBaby.com/TampaStan..(which DO bring in the Beer Money)..I mainly write The Next Lyric, post it HERE at JPF, and pray to find More Music Co-Writers to work-with.

PM me here if You'd Be Interested, Amigo...I'm ALMOST retired from the Clock Business/plan on going to Nashcity LOTS more-often after that's happened...

I have been very lucky at love...got 2 sons to show for it/41 yr marriage...AND some really Good Inspiration every Now & Then for the Next Great Song.

Thanks for Your Kind Visit/Good Luck in The Ville!

Best Wishes & a Big Guy-Hug,
Stan





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HiDee T-Bro!!!

Yep, the Older I Get, the More Miraculous it gets..Daily!!!

(How Us Grayhaired Ol' Farts are still considered Hugs-worthy, I'll never know...heh!)

But, of course, I Love It!!!!

Fine Verse Ya Got There, Amigo!

Thanks for Your Kind Visit & Words..Best V-Day Wishes, & a Big Guy-Hug,
Stan

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HiDee MeisterBuddy!!!!

OK.."Alive" is In-There, but I still like "Cause" since it Does give The Deity Full-Credit.

Thought the BIG Bad "Heart Cliche" was "Heart/Apart"...which I've never to my memory ever-penned. This'n' WAS penned on a Brand-New-Start Kinda Day...so it was Historically Apropos...heh!

Many Thanks for Your Kind Sugs & Visit, Amigo...definitely worth some Bloomin' Onions when we hit a local Outback Steakhouse...for a few of the Dinners I.O.U. already!

Best Wishes & a Big Guy-Hug,
Stan

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Thought the BIG Bad "Heart Cliche" was "Heart/Apart"...

Actually Stan, most cliche rhymes result from trying to rhyme words that have few perfect rhymes...such as "heart" and "love"...at one time it was unheard of to "near-rhyme"...thought of as "lazy writing"...now it's usually the reverse. Hitmakers want near-rhymes to broaden the scope.


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Stan Shayne Is spot on the whole thing is ruined for me

when you slip into cliche rhyme. Heart Brand New Start

Et cetera One look at that line it would be slung out of the

the top floor of The BRILL BUILDING.

Re write the whole thing Stan because it's worth doing it

Probably on the way to become the best lyric you have ever written.

Just be aware of who is buying records today. not five years ago

not fifty years ago Write for todays public where ever they are

As far as music is concerned get someone with a proven record of

writing Great Popular Music.



One of the most important principles of songwriting is to remember that a good song is a partnership of many different components, all working together to produce a satisfying musical experience.

In that respect, song components are either enhancing or compromising their combined effects.
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Hi Again Shaynemeister & HiDee Mz Cheyenne...

I think, Overall, I used some fairly new, interesting rhymes throughout the lyric...Didjaever hear "Higher/Required" before... I rest my case.

I liked Exactly what that line Meant...it was Very Real to me when I penned it...(& the "Artsy" Neo-Ryming DOES take-place in the Last Line of each Verse..No?)

I'm not totally Sold ON this artsy-neo-rhyming's Fabulousness, but, yeah, maybe that's 'cuz I DO hark back to when Carol King worked in the Brill Building.

I'm, of course, always Open to a Better Suggested-Line for there..(& got some in a PM..but not-quite-there yet!)

Sorry if I've spoiled it...but...I'm not yet convinced that I have.

But I DO Love Yas for Looking Out for me...It's Very-Appreciated!

Best Wishes & Big Hugs,
Stan


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P.S.: OK, I've posted an ALT. Line there...See Whatcha Think.

While it's..I hope.."less-cliche"..IS it an Improvement?

Still Head-Scratchin'-Away...
Thanks Again,
Stan


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