Could Have Been Me
I could have been a gardener digging up the weeds
I could have been a farmer sowing seeds
I could have been a painter with a whole new point of view
I could have been standing next to someone like you
It could have been me
I could have been a sailor testing the breeze
I could have been a failure hiding in the trees
I could have been a vagabond with nothing left to lose
I could have been making love to someone like you
It could have been me
I could have been reaching out with an olive leaf in my hand
I could have been screaming out like the leader of the band
I could have been anything if I could only choose
I'd want to be waking up with someone like you
It could have been me
| RG thoughts: | Another studio thought from the early 90s. I even had a finished lyric for it but really didn't like it much. Then, going through tapes one day I found a version without lyrics and a whole new song appeared. The best things happen when you're not trying. During the first day of recording 'Snapshot', with Randall, Joe Bonadio and Eran Tabib, we put down five songs; this was the fifth and has a subdued, almost morose quality to it which I find works so well with the lyric; a poignant song about an under-achiever. Nick Moroch plays the superb guitar solo, in one take, after never having heard the song before. He did that quite a bit on several songs on the album. |