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I wrote this song in an establishment called The Moose Lodge in Tacoma, WA. We were gigging there on a regular basis before they closed it down. During one of the breaks, the bass player for the group at the time brought his girlfriend to the gig. Her name was Jaydena. I never heard of such a name and liked the way it sounded. The bass player, Sean Crain, told Jaydena that I could write a song out of thin air just based on her name. On this challenge, I wrote it within the next 15 minute break, and then we performed it live that same night and got a great reaction. It's always been a crowd pleaser since. Though this is the 430th song I wrote, this particular version makes this now the 497th tune I've written/recorded. Technically, this song has been recorded 4 times, each using a slightly different flavor. This was the first pass through of this song, which is more blues oriented than any other version. (Jaydena 2000 being the hardest rock version I did of this song.) This was recorded circa 1992. The CD version by CRIME SCENE officially released it in 2005, and they did yet another version in 2003 for their CD single release.

Recorded at Audio Recording, Inc. in Seattle, WA.

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I MET YOU BEFORE, I'M NOT SURE WHERE,
BUT IN MY EYES YOU'RE EVERYWHERE.
I WANT TO TELL YOU, MY BROWN-EYED GIRL,
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I WANT IN THIS WHOLE WORLD.
JAYDENA. MY JAYDENA.
YOU KNOW THAT I WANT YA, AND GIRL I'M GONNA FLAUNT YA,
JAYDENA.

IT WAS ON A SUNDAY, A CHURCH IN SPRING,
I ASKED YOU TO WEAR MY WEDDIN' RING.
YOUR LONG BROWN HAIR, YOUR LOVIN' SOUL,
ALL I WANT FROM YOU IS MORE, MORE, MORE....
JAYDENA. OHWHOA, JAYDENA.
ALL THAT I CAN SEE IS FOR YOU TO BE WITH ME.
JAYDENA! WOW!

FIVE FOOT FIVE AND SO ALIVE;
YOU'RE THE START OF WHAT'S IN MY HEART.
LET ME SAY FOR EVERYDAY,
THAT I WILL KNEEL ON BENDED KNEE AND PRAY, PRAY, PRAY
TO JAYDENA. YOU KNOW THAT I MEAN IT. WO, JAYDENA!
BEFORE I HAVE TO GO, TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME SO, JAYDENA!

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from ALTERNATIVE DEMOS [Digitally Remastered], released June 18, 2014
Wayde K. Brown

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I am a musician, singer, and songwriter doing this part-time but have been doing it all my life. I started singing before I could talk at the age of one, and wrote my first real song at 15 years of age. (If you count avant-garde as a song, then the age would be 7.) I currently own my own recording studio; and I write, perform, and record my own music (and other's from time to time.) I am Santairs. ... more

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