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WHEN I LEAVE MY TROUBLES BEHIND

from I AM AM I (2024 Remaster) by The Santairs

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My old notes stated that I just wrote this song to get out of a writer's block. I was writing nearly one song every few days, and I think I went 2 weeks without anything, so to get back into the swing of things, I forced myself to write something. This was the result. My notes also stated that I didn't like this song at all. Now that I've revised it, I think it's okay. Definitely not my strongest material for sure, but it has a decent drive to it. Pretty much a basic rock tune. It sounds like bits and pieces of other classic rock songs like SLOW RIDE and SMOKE ON THE WATER, but a bit truncated.
This is song #172.

Recorded at The CELL BLOCK Studio in Auburn, WA.

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What I Have And What I Want,
What I Need Is You.
What You Get Is What You See,
What You Have Is Me.

When I Leave My Troubles Behind,
I Find Some More.
I Don't Know Why I Try.
I Don't Know What For.

When I Try To Find You Here,
I Don't Find You There.
When I Cry And Try To Say,
You Have Gone Away. Oh!
(Solo)
When I Leave My Troubles Behind,
What I Find Is Gone.
When I Do What I Should Do,
I Know I Can't Do Wrong.

When I Leave My Troubles Behind,
I Tend To Find Some More.
I Don't Know Why I Try.
I Don't Know What For.

What I Have And What I Want,
What I Need Is You.
What You Get Is What You See,
What You Have Is Me. Oh!

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from I AM AM I (2024 Remaster), released February 18, 2016
Wayde K. Brown

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The Santairs Auburn, Washington

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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