Dig down, deep inside your heart ... and go where your wishes are.
Alan puts it all together into his own form of music, self-labeled Acoustic Rock ... for real -- featuring a stylistic and powerful vocal style, charged by aggr
ACOUSTIC ROCK ... for real. Alan plays acoustic 6-string guitar, using "open" tunings, and sings with raw sincerity. His songs are well crafted and have been praised by some of the best. If you like acoustic stuff with lyrics, here you are.
Story behind the song
I co-wrote this song with Kevin Monroe, in Nashville, Tennessee. I met Kevin at a Christmas party, out at Craig Krampfs ranch ... if you read deeper into my bio stuff, then you know that I worked with Craig on a very significant project way back in 1972-73 - he also wound up moving to Nashville about 2-3 years after I did and we, naturally, hooked up again ... some 15+ years later! - what a trip, eh? Anyway, Craig encouraged Kevin and I to get together and do some co-writing. He thought it would be a great combination, and I'll be damned if he wasn't right. Note that I rarely find co-writing to be a very enjoyable experience, but I'm always into trying it, and with Kevin, I was really glad that I did! Kevin came over to my place ... we hung out for a while, and wound up writing most of the verses in our first session together. Kevin's very cool ... has some truly great material ... and at this time, was packing clubs in Nashville like "nobody's business." We connected immediately, and "Wishes" was not only easy to write, but it brought a very deep and meaningful experience to both of us, in the process. The title and basic idea for the song was Kevin's, as was the chord progression through the verses. He had a situation with one particular girlfriend that was robbing him of any peace, and we started by just rapping about that situation. Lyrically there's a strange 50/50 split: Kevin went, "If you don't see a reason to hope, you won't see a reason to dream ..." and I went, "That's right. And you don't hear the angels cry, everytime you don't believe ..." - and that's pretty much the way it went. We got together a couple of days later and finished up the verses, and then a couple of weeks passed before we finally added the bridge: "It's all up to you, I can't do anything ..." ... and finished the song. Kevin's version of the song, speaking in terms of performance, is a far cry from mine ... he does the song in a much faster tempo, with a rock & roll band ... and it's wonderful to hear such a different version ... by the "other" writer, too! I'm back home in Jersey and Kevin's still in Nashville ... but we keep in touch.
Lyrics
I could say a prayer
But it wouldn't make any difference
Yeah, 'cause I could tell the truth
And you wouldn't believe
I'm standin' here shinin' this light
When you close your eyes
You gotta make your second chance
The music plays but you refuse to dance
You gotta go where your wishes are
If you don't see a reason to hope
You won't find a reason to dream
That's right
You won't hear the angels cry
Everytime you don't believe
Sometimes you gotta walk alone
Sometimes you gotta run through the flames
Take it when it comes
Leave it when it goes
Don't stop chasin' rainbows
Forget the broken promises
Forget the tears you wore
You know the way to go ...
What are you waiting for?
Go where your wishes are
You gotta go where your wishes are
Dig down, deep inside your heart
And go where your wishes are
Hey -- it's all up to you
I can't do anything ... ooh, no
You gotta choose the hope from the lie
Crawl through the dark ...
Or walk in the light ...
Forget the broken promises
Forget the tears you wore
You know the way to go ...
What are you waiting for?
Go where your wishes are
You gotta go where your wishes are
Dig down, deep inside your heart
And go where your wishes are
Yeah, go where your wishes are
© 1992 by Alan Horvath and Kevin Monroe
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