Here's one more older YouTube video before the week is over. Here I am in 2011 performing my original song "What Makes You Think About Me" at Caz Coffee, another song from my CD "Stumbling Towards Happiness".
I went back to the town that we lived in
And I walked past the place that we met
I carved both our names in a tree with my knife
How could I ever forget?
You told me you'd love me forever
When I kissed you under that tree
I know all the things that remind me of you
What makes you think about me?
I remember the first song we danced to
Just like it was last Friday night
You held out your hand as you rose from your chair
I held you in my arms so tight
But now when that old song is playing
It makes me as sad as can be
When I hear our song it reminds me of you
What makes you think about me?
'Cause it seems that no matter what happens
I keep thinking of your memory
My friends say that things will get better
They say that I'll get over you
But when I close my eyes I can still see your face
And I know what they say isn't true
I wanted for you to be happy
I just thought it would include me
But all that remains are the mem'ries of you
What makes you think about me?
'Cause it seems that no matter what happens
I feel like I'll never be free
Of thinking of things that remind me of you
What makes you think about me?
Oh, what makes you think about me?
The Story Behind The Song
"What Makes You Think About Me" is the oldest song of mine that I still play out regularly. I wrote it in 1992, which makes it over 27 years old at this point, but hey, if Neil Young can still play Cinnamon Girl, then why not?
I thought of the idea for this song as I was Christmas shopping at the Walden Galleria mall a couple of days before Christmas 1991. I was feeling especially sorry for myself as my fiancee Susan and I had broken up earlier that year, and everyone around me was happy and having fun and I was neither. I don't remember what store I was outside but I could show you the exact spot I was standing when I heard a song come from inside the store and I thought to myself "that song makes me think about Susan, I wonder what makes her think about me".
It was at that moment I realized I had the single best song idea of my life thus far, really the first legitimately professional-sounding song idea I had ever had. I turned to a piece of paper in the pad I was holding and wrote "what makes you think about me" and then returned to the task at hand.
I spent a great deal of time over the next few months working this song, I worked harder on it than I had ever worked on a song, because I wanted the finished product to be as good as it's name was.
When it came time to pick the songs for "Stumbling Towards Happiness" this song was not originally on the list. But once Alison heard it she insisted it needed to be there. She was right and despite how depressing it is I have to agree that it fits in well with the other songs I have written.
I went back to the town that we lived in
And I walked past the place that we met
I carved both our names in a tree with my knife
How could I ever forget?
You told me you'd love me forever
When I kissed you under that tree
I know all the things that remind me of you
What makes you think about me?
I remember the first song we danced to
Just like it was last Friday night
You held out your hand as you rose from your chair
I held you in my arms so tight
But now when that old song is playing
It makes me as sad as can be
When I hear our song it reminds me of you
What makes you think about me?
'Cause it seems that no matter what happens
I keep thinking of your memory
My friends say that things will get better
They say that I'll get over you
But when I close my eyes I can still see your face
And I know what they say isn't true
I wanted for you to be happy
I just thought it would include me
But all that remains are the mem'ries of you
What makes you think about me?
'Cause it seems that no matter what happens
I feel like I'll never be free
Of thinking of things that remind me of you
What makes you think about me?
Oh, what makes you think about me?
The Story Behind The Song
"What Makes You Think About Me" is the oldest song of mine that I still play out regularly. I wrote it in 1992, which makes it over 27 years old at this point, but hey, if Neil Young can still play Cinnamon Girl, then why not?
I thought of the idea for this song as I was Christmas shopping at the Walden Galleria mall a couple of days before Christmas 1991. I was feeling especially sorry for myself as my fiancee Susan and I had broken up earlier that year, and everyone around me was happy and having fun and I was neither. I don't remember what store I was outside but I could show you the exact spot I was standing when I heard a song come from inside the store and I thought to myself "that song makes me think about Susan, I wonder what makes her think about me".
It was at that moment I realized I had the single best song idea of my life thus far, really the first legitimately professional-sounding song idea I had ever had. I turned to a piece of paper in the pad I was holding and wrote "what makes you think about me" and then returned to the task at hand.
I spent a great deal of time over the next few months working this song, I worked harder on it than I had ever worked on a song, because I wanted the finished product to be as good as it's name was.
When it came time to pick the songs for "Stumbling Towards Happiness" this song was not originally on the list. But once Alison heard it she insisted it needed to be there. She was right and despite how depressing it is I have to agree that it fits in well with the other songs I have written.
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