Tommy (R&B Vocal)

Song Description

Reviews Hi! Love your song and your voice. Your voice is perfect for the genre with excellent pitch and dynamics. The lyric is quite good, also. - Double Trouble I really like the instrumentation and the vocal quality of this song. The lyrics are difficult to hear sometimes. Had to listen a couple of times to try and understand the theme. But I think it's about someone passing away and the feeling that someone close to them felt. I think the words could be arranged to tell the story clearer or in a more popular theme pattern. But I love the arrangement and the vocal production. - Nabii

Song Length 4:01 Genre R & B - Classic, R & B - Soul
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Female Vocal
Mood Heartbreaking, Tranquil Subject Heartbreak, Loneliness
Similar Artists Alicia Keys, Aretha Franklin Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

TOMMY
(STEVE DAFOE 2006)
(COPYRIGHTED)



VERSE 1:

BEFORE THE DAYS OF NOW AS
POWERFUL IMAGES STILL REMAIN
HE WAS BARELY A YOUNG MAN WHEN
HIS HEART STOPPED IN THE DARK RAIN
A BEACON OF HOPE IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD


CHORUS 1 :

I STILL HAVE TO CLOSE MY EYES AND PINCH MYSELF TO
REALIZE THAT YOU'RE NOT HERE AND THAT YOU'RE REALLY GONE......

A LIFE SO BRIGHT, JUST A SHINING LIGHT, JUST A FRIEND TO ALL...
YOU COULDN'T OVERCOME...YOU JUST COULDN'T WIN THIS FIGHT

OH SO TOMMY....WHY DID YOU HAVE TO GO?
OH TOMMY...THAT WAS THE DARKEST OF NIGHTS........


VERSE 2:
AS THE THUNDER ROLLED AROUND AND
ON ANOTHER DAY OF FOG AND DARK RAIN
GOD MAKES A CHOICE FOR HEAVEN AND OR HELL
THE SILENCE OF THE PAIN AND SORROW ONLY
BROKEN BY THE RINGING OF CHURCH BELLS



CHORUS 2:

OH OUR TOMMY TOMMY...WHY DO THE GOOD PEOPLE ALWAYS
.... ALWAYS HAVE TO GO?

YOU WERE MY BEST FRIEND AND YOU BELIEVED MORE IN ME THAN
I DID IN MYSELF.......

OH SO TOMMY........WHERE ARE YOU KNOW?
OH TOMMY........WHY THE FINAL BOW?



VERSE 3:

BACK THEN I COULD BARELY COMPREHEND LIFE
LET ALONE THE MAGNITUDE OF DEATH...
FOR HIM...NO FUTURE...NO DREAMS.....NO WIFE
THE MEMORY OF THE HORROR MEANT
TOMMORROW IS PROMISED TO NO ONE.....

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Reviews

Hi! Love your song and your voice. Your voice is perfect for the genre with excellent pitch and dynamics. The lyric is quite good, also.

- Double Trouble

I really like the instrumentation and the vocal quality of this song. The lyrics are difficult to hear sometimes. Had to listen a couple of times to try and understand the theme. But I think it's about someone passing away and the feeling that someone close to them felt. I think the words could be arranged to tell the story clearer or in a more popular theme pattern. But I love the arrangement and the vocal production.

- Nabii

Very touching and well arranged piece with very appropriate instrumentation and really good vocals.

oh i like the start of this song----------it is a true story i am sure, great singer, did you have to go, what a beauty of a name.
nice recording, the producer on this one gets an A, and they are very hard for a music teacher to give.

Keep Making Great Music!!

Lovely vocal performance on the track.

Great production and a beautiful voice to top it off ! Good work

First impression was a song called "It ain't over Til It's Over" I think Lenny Kravitz sings it (Don't Hold me to that though. It has a 60's-70's feel to it. It would be a good song for a movie or sit com.

Hi! Love your song and your voice. Your voice is perfect for the genre with excellent pitch and dynamics. The lyric is quite good, also.

I really like the instrumentation and the vocal quality of this song. The lyrics are difficult to hear sometimes. Had to listen a couple of times to try and understand the theme. But I think it's about someone passing away and the feeling that someone close to them felt. I think the words could be arranged to tell the story clearer or in a more popular theme pattern. But I love the arrangement and the vocal production.

Lyrics Steve Dafoe Music Steve Dafoe
Producer Tom Roller Publisher Steve Dafoe
Performance C Johnson
This track is on 1 Member Playlists
Playlist Creator Playlist Name Date Added
Michael Garrison My Top Songs 3/11/2008

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