Ever wonder about your life?
Things you could change…
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This song was written last month after another late night episode of reflection on the past and the future.
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As a few of you know, I perform all the instruments myself, playing guitar, bass, and programmed the drums after tapping the rhythm on my keyboard and editing the midi script. I also physically sang every note in this piece. However I gave imaginary names for the players because I don’t want my bass player to sound like a frustrated lead guitarist, and of course, vice versa.
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Guitars - Scotty Baby
Bass - Raphael
Drums - So Cal Kyle
Vocals - Scotty
Backing Vocals - Jarah, Jessie
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Software Credits:
GarageBand Mac for Recording
Plugin Alliance for Mastering
VTS for Vocal Harmonies
Kits.Ai for Vocal Models
Night Cafe for Ai Album Art
Canva Studio for Graphic Design
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Lyrics:
If I Only Knew
Scott A. Gradert 2025
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One day when you see I am gone
Will my songs be sung
By those who were young
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And had nothing to lose
Maybe broken and blue
What would they do
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If you can’t see the years
Just passing by
If you don’t see the tears
A broken life can cry
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Regret is slowly
losing your mind
If I only knew
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Now that I am old and I wonder
If I had been sold
By The things I was told
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By those who knew better
Lived life by the letter
Those real go getters
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You can’t change the past
So just let it go
Life ain’t gonna last
In case you didn’t know
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So please forgive yourself
Instead of me
If I only knew
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(Backing Vocals throughout Chorus and Outro)
Doesn’t matter anyway
No one remembers the things you say
Nothing matters anyway
No one remembers the games you play
Nothing matters anyway)
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If I only knew yesterday
All the things I know now
Could I change them somehow
And What would I do
What would I choose
No more singing the blues
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Cuz You can’t change the past
So just let it go
And Life ain’t gonna last
In case you didn’t know
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Happiness is
something you choose
If I only knew
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One day when you see I am gone
Will my songs be sung
By those who were young
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And had nothing to lose
What would they do
What would they choose
No more singing the blues
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If I only knew
If I only knew
If I only knew
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