Story Behind The Song

I've written a number of Songs of Love songs. You get a fact sheet with information about the child--which often isn't much. I think Shaine was four years-old, She played barbie on screen and basketball--and all the stuff in the lyric is more or less

Song Description

This is a "Songs of Love" song. SOL is an organization that engages songwriters to create custom songs for terminally ill children.

Lyrics

Music and Lyrics by Tom Toce

SONG ABOUT SHAINE

Shaine, Shaine, Shaine, Shaine,
I went walking down the lane.
Shaine, Shaine, Shaine,
And I kept whistling this refrain.
I thought: there've been songs about stars and moons and amber waves of grain,
But I don't think there's ever been a song about Shaine.

Shaine, Shaine, Shaine, well,
I heard you like Scooby-Doo.
Shaine, Shaine, Shaine,
And you like Kingdome ball games, too.
And if you're the girl who likes anything in pink, I think it's plain
That someone must have gone and made a song about Shaine.

Shaine, Shaine, Shaine, Shaine,
I was travelling on a train.
Shaine, Shaine, Shaine,
And it kept ripping through my brain.
I know there've been songs about clouds and snow and singin' in the rain,
But I don't know there's ever been a song about Shaine.

Who likes basketball?
You like basketball.
Papa wants to play.
Get the boys and we might play all day!
Dallas and Uriah
Watch you as you try a
Shot that almost hits the rim.
Bo goes hopping--no one's stopping him.
Ryan and Latoya,
If they don't annoy ya,
They can watch as you go swish.
When the game's through, babe,
Daddy and you, babe,
Are gonna go out and fish.

Shaine, Shaine, Shaine,
Playing her Barbie on the screen.
Shaine, Shaine, Shaine,
Racing her jeep through lights of green.
I bet you know songs about the Puget Sound and old Lake Pontchartrain,
But up till now there's never been a song about Shaine.

I think we made a lovely
Song about Shaine.