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Been tOO lOng
It’s been too long…, Since I saw your face… This song started as a backing track, something to
At Christmas Time.., we’ll once again embrace… play along with, just guitar, bass, and drums. I was
Cause what I feel for you, Despite how far I roam looking for something that featured an AM chord
It’s Christmas time babe, And I’m coming home……. and CM Chord, but not to prominently. It ended up
being 8 bars. As time went on, I added the piano and
Yes I know babe, that you’ll still be there the synth. After adding the piano melody, I began
And of course you know, Just how much I care to think of words for it, and wanted to do something
Cause you wait for me, and your there to stay..... with the theme of coming home. Much of this can be
There’s no more agony babe, I come home today…. heard in the end of the song since those are the 8 bars
from the original backing track.
Now I know the time is near…
And I know I’m almost there… But I had no chorus, and nothing seemed to work.
I’m so close to what is dear…. So I got a vision of it starting with a kind of gentle
Feel electric in the air… finger picked guitar that slowly progressed into what
I can’t wait to see you, how’d I get this far you hear in the end. So I tried a few things on my
Alone without you acoustic, and came up with what you hear today in
Walking to the door… the beginning of the song. From there, it was just a
And I see you standing there…. matter of slowly changing each instrument until it
With that smile on your face…. becomes what you are hearing at the end of the song.
I know you still care…. To be clear, this song is the same 8 bars from start to
Heart begins to race….
There’s just no more time to spare…. finish. It’s the layering of each instruments voicing
My spirit starts to soar…. that was the key.
Now I feel your warm embrace…..
Walking in the Door.... Been too long (Christmas Version) – Words
Walking in the door…. This song started out as some of the words you hear
And Maybe, I’m a little more….. towards the end of the song. The piano melody al-
So unlock the door… ways gave me a feeling of coming home. So
And I’ll be there for you…. phrases like walking in the door, sent me down that
path of a story about coming home. I had this vision
Said oh, in my head of a young man, nicely dressed, sitting in
Oh this is true babe…. the back of a car, on his way home. He nervous and
I walked in the door…. anxious about seeing his lover again after so long.
And you’re standing there, So I put this image, a kind of video in my mind if
With a smile on your face…. you will, to words. This became the first verses of the
I know you still care… song. I also had an image of him walking up to the
Feel my heart…, my heart…, begin to race….. door, filled with anxiety that slowly dissipates as he
‘Cause baby… sees his lover and they exchange smiles. So I put this
It’s been too long, it’s been too long….. image to words and it became the middle of the song.
So long….. The rest of the words at the end of the song, were
Baby, without you….. gathered from numerous improvisations.
Baby, baby, baby, it’s true
Now lift the weight…. Since this song is about coming home, and the
From your heavy heart…. holidays are all about coming home and seeing loved
this is where I left you…. ones, I thought it would make a good Christmas
Ah, oh, oh …… song. So I changed a few words around, and made it
about coming home at the holidays.
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