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I Had To Stop
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Lyrics: Dawn Sinclair. Music and performance and sheer brilliance: Mark Ellis This is a powerful song which has a movie theme feel to it in my view.
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English lyricist working with dozens of composers and artists
I am a lyricist working with many composers and artists around the world and most frequently with 2 guys, Juri Rosenfeld and Mark Ellis who, although their styles are entirely different, are both extremely talented as musicians and composers, as well as producers. Along with these two, with whom I have written more than 50 songs....I have been most fortunate to collaborate with so many others that the list is almost endless but two very talented ladies spring to mind: Dawn Diamond and Amy Caldwell, who have not only both composed for my words but have also both are possessed of beautiful voices and have sung many, many times on songs I have written. There is no ONE genre I write for, since a lyricist has to be able to write for ANY category and I do, but one thing I try to be always, is honest in my work because when there is integrity, there is a way to relate to the song and if occasionally I meander into the poetic, it is because I am and always have been, since the age of 13 years, a poet...but that doesn't mean everything I write is flowery or full of metaphors...as I say, I strive always to be real and of course, most importantly, to be as unique as possible.
Song Info
Genre
Pop Pop Rock
Charts
Peak #482
Peak in subgenre #54
Author
Mark Ellis/DawnSinclair
Rights
Mark Ellis/DawnSinclair
Uploaded
April 17, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.1 MB 128 kbps 4:27
Story behind the song
I envisaged this guy standing on a bridge watching a girl being stood up and as he was trying to decide whether to approach her, it began to pour with rain and she ran off....and took it to the logical conclusion I hope. Fortunately for me, Mark seems to read my mind and his music reflects it exactly.
Lyrics
I Had To Stop lyric dawn Sinclair V1 Saw her standing on the tower bridge it was a quarter past eight and she was all alone I couldn't drag my eyes away from her though I'd just finished work and I was heading home but I had to stop..... let her steal my heart that’s where I stopped and lost possession of my heart V2 There was resignation in her eyes as if she had known he'd be a no-show date but though I tried to form the words to say there was a sudden shower and she couldn’t wait and I had to stop... as she stole my heart that’s where I stopped as she stole away with my heart Bridge and it was raining, teardrops from the sky and it was raining, the moment passing by as I took shelter cursing my bad luck right then I wondered..... if I'd ever see that girl again solo V3 Every time I cross the tower bridge a big bass drum is thumping in my chest I still expect to find her standing there it hasnt happened yet but I'm not depressed cos one day she’ll stop....let me steal her heart the girl will stop and I will smile again as I steal my angel’s heart
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ALEXIS PATRICK
Jan 30, 2008
Where there is Dawn and Mark....There's a masterpiece.