This one is actually a rather old song of mine. It originally had a completely different set of lyrics, oriented around the chorus hook, “easy for you,” and that’s what it was called, “Easy For You.” I wrote it in January of 2000 while smoking a lot of weed, on a Vox Jaguar organ stationed in my family’s TV room with a manual typewriter on top, on which I wrote its first set of lyrics and chords. It grew out of messing around with chords on the organ.
By the time 2020 rolled around, I had another idea–what if this happy-sounding tune had nice lyrics, like where the guy actually wants to end up with the girl? It happened that there was a very lovely young woman around at the time that made me want to say things very much like these lyrics to her. Sadly, because of reasons related to my own mental health challenges and post-traumatic stress disorder, I didn’t get to say these things to her, and it died an awful, uncomfortable death.
But before it did, I really did feel like saying these lyrics to her. I also feel like I owe her a crazy huge apology.
Verse 1:
You’ve waited around when you don’t really need to
So I’ll call you up ’cause I want you to speak to
Just tell me you want my time
And I’ll make you feel glad you’re mine
Chorus 1:
‘Cause tell you what I want
To be there with you
Be there with you
Verse 2:
There’s something about you my heart wants to tell me
There’s something about you that seems to compel me
To make you my only one
And make love when our day is done
Chorus 2:
‘Cause tell you want I want
To be there with you
Be there with you
Be there with you
Chorus 3:
Tell you want I want
To be there with you
Be there with you
Be there with you
I’ll be there with you
Chorus 4:
Tell you want I want
To be there with you
Be there with you
I’ll be there with you
I’ll be there with you
Here’s Daniel playing all the instruments on “Be There with You,” from YouTube.
