Tuesday, October 13, 2015

"We Could Have Made It Right"

In the late 1970s, disco took over the world. I don’t mean just music, but the entire world. Disco was everywhere. In the movies, on TV, in fashion, in the velvety black light posters we put on our walls, in the shiny white suits. I think it was even in our breakfast cereal. I loved it! Especially the studio disco orchestra Meco, who had a big hit with their cover of the Star Wars theme. The kings of disco music were The Bee Gees, who ruled the airwaves like nobody since The Beatles. I didn’t realize they had been around since the early 1960s. Since then, I’ve gone back and listened to many of their older albums. I have great respect for their songwriting. I have even postulated my “Bee Gees Rule,” which states that any time you are out in public for any length of time, you will hear a Bee Gees song. Next time you’re out anywhere there’s a sound system with piped in music, try the test, and see if it isn’t true!

We Could Have Made It Right

© 1989 Brian Hutzell

I bet we could have made it right somehow
Don’t ask me; I don’t know right now
But I bet we could have made it right somehow
And if once it didn’t work for us
Doesn’t mean love didn’t burn...

Because it did, it did; I know you felt it too
Because you said, you said the heat was coming through
But now it’s dead instead--nothing we can do
It’s a shame it had to end this way
If we had a way to turn back the days...

I bet we could have made it right somehow
Don’t ask me; I don’t know right now
But I bet we could have made it right somehow
And if once it didn’t work for us
Doesn’t mean love didn’t burn...

Because we had, we had a perfect kind of love
Much stronger than we planned--a winning formula
Until the gaps, all patched, started to erupt
When the image burst it hurt the worst
But if we could have caught it first...

I think this separation might have ended from the start
Purely speculation, but I’m speaking from the heart
When I say we could have made it right
I think we could have made it right

I bet we could have made it right somehow
Don’t ask me; I don’t know right now
But I bet we could have made it right somehow
And if once it didn’t work for us
Doesn’t mean love didn’t burn



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