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Details:
It's Not The Way is a song which each verse is a story within it's self. The song came to me in a dream at about 4 AM in the morning in 1994. I dreamt that I was sitting alone in a dark movie theater in front of a huge screen. The movie begins...its in black and white. A young man is sitting on the window sill of a house looking up to the sky. He gives me a glance and then looks back up at the sky and starts to sing this song. I wake up and start writing the opening words of the song I heard in the dream including the chorus. I went back to bed but something wouldn't let me sleep. I had to get up again to write down another verse of the song and then I was able to get back to sleep. The rest of the words came to me later on in the day when I was fully awaken. The longer original song has 5 verses with an instrumental interlude. This shortened song version (for music industry purposes) has three of the five verses with an added bridge with additional lyrics. I kept the opening two verses from my dream and the last verse. The verses about the single mother with five kids and the abused child I left out...the saga continues...so stand by...


ITS NOT THE WAY
Music and Lyrics By Deborah Thurlow

VERSE
He wakes up every morning,
To the sound of his alarm,
He gets out of bed,
Scratches his head,
As he walks to the bathroom,
Turns on the light,
Nearly looses his sight,
But when his eyes are clear,
He sees a different face,
In the mirror,
He asks, "What is this place?"

CHORUS
Its not the way to wake up to a day,
Its not the way to wake up to a day,
Is this real,
Or a bad dream,
Its time to let out a scream.

VERSE
She works hard at the factory,
Like generations before,
Dreamt of getting out,
Of a nowhere town,
But the people kept knocking her down,
The management said,
That the factory will close in a year,
Tears roll down her face,
Its a total disgrace,
She asks, "What is this place?"

CHORUS

BRIDGE
Our destinies seem to pave the way,
Its just that way
Still, Its not the way,
To wake up to a day,
From day to day.

VERSE
A homeless family,
On the streets of New York City,
Just burnt out,
Lost everything,
Now they're heading for the shelter,
Praying for a place,
Dreaming for a place,
Waiting for a place,
Looking for a place,
And asking, "What is this place?"

CHORUS
2 XâS

Copyright 1994 by Deborah Thurlow
Renewed
Copyright 2007 by Deborah Thurlow
All Rights Reserved
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Recorded and Produced at JAMMAN PRODUCTIONS - James Manno
www.jammanproductions.com