I'm Just Using You(To Get to Her)

[good4somethingbum]

I’m Just Using You (To Get to Her)Guess you know I just need you for comp’nyWhen the night is cold n darkThen like spirits in an empty mansionHer sad mem’ries haunt my heartYou must suspect I won’t get past the past that wasThat holdin’ you I pretend I’m holdin’ my true loveChorus I’m just using you to get to herYou’re my way to the way things wereO when shadows fall and echoes roam the hallAnd old ghosts begin to stirThen you’re not the one I preferI’m just using you to get to herYou don’t seem to care about my reasonsLike it’s lonely men you wantAnd now that I’ve tasted of your sweet charmsO I’ll never break our bondIt’s true she caught me with you before she left townBut she’d come back if she heard how low I’ve fallen nowChorusBridgeWhen tearsdrops fall and I’m by myselfYeah, I reach for you upon the shelfTime will tell if I can give up wineBut for now I tell you ev’ry time…Chorus©2007 Robert George

[bigdrisk]

Wow, some nice images here. Some well done rhyming schemes as well. I think the message you've communicated is probably very real and relatable to some folks. If you're thinking song potential here, the only question would be, "what singer would be willing to say this about themselves?" Since the song is about using someone and the singer ends up being the user.I once wrote a song like this. It was called "I Meant it For Someone Else". Same kind of vibe. But that was the question a Nashville publisher asked me. They published some other songs of mine, but they confessed they didn't know how to place a song with a message like that.I know that I'm painting with a broad brush here and it probably doesn't leave you feeling too encouraged. Maybe you don't have commercial hopes for the lyric. It's certainly well done. So at least be encourage about your communication and lyric writing skills.

[good4somethingbum]

thanks BigD and your point's well taken. the lyric's not about using someone, it's about drinking to deal with a lost love. even so, in today's market a trad theme like that might be a hard sell. I still enjoy writing stuff with some grit so I'll always pen this kind of lyric. My experience with publishers tells me they all say something different. Thanks for dropping by BigD.