06.27.07 She Don’t Know It Yet Is Finished
Here’s the final version of my first ever country song ”She Don’t Know It Yet” written by Brian White, Don Poythress and me. Don’s the one singing on the work tape. And the work tape is nicer than usual because I used my new Zoom H4
I’m not very good at collaboration, but this time it was worth making myself do the uncomfortable. We write again in a couple weeks.
She Don’t Know it Yet
White / Poythress / GrovesMiracle in flip flops
In the frontyard spinin like atop
Two years old and not a care
With golden hairWonder in her big brown eyes
Purple snowcone smile
She stands on daddies feet to dance
Around her room
She’ll grow up so soonAnd she don’t know it yet
Ponytails don’t last
And the days of hide and seek
And Barbie dolls will pass
She don’t know it yet
That tiny heart in her
Is gonna learn to love
Gonna learn to hurt
Daisy chains and swings ain’t all you get
She don’t know it yetFeels thin and too tall
Braces don’t help at all
Seventeen and insecure
It’s a scary worldHomecoming and no one asked
How’s she gonna live down that
She’s caught somewhere in between
The girl she was
And all she’ll beShe don’t know it yet
Prom night pictures fade
Like yearbook memories
She’ll quickly turn the page
She don’t know it yet
That fragile heart in her
Is gonna learn to love
Is gonna learn to hurt
Lonely nights and tears ain’t all you get
she don’t know it yetBut there’s a boy with a ring
And he’s nervous as can be
He’s gonna take her hand
Get down on one kneeShe don’t know it yet
But the loneliness will leave
Love will take it’s place
Her heart will take wings
She don’t know it yet
But all her yesterdays
Dances, tears and dreams
Have led her to this place
She’ll look back without regret
But she don’t know it yet
Andrea said:
precious!
keith said:
I like it. We use those recorders at church to record in class rooms. Very nice.
said:
I think I cried more than I did for “Butterfly Kisses”. Maybe it is because my baby girl is almost 18 and was much younger when BK first came out. Anyway, that is a great tune in the simple songwriter version played here. Much kudos. -G
Loren said:
When those tears hit the floor...Cha-Ching....
So what happens to the song now? it goes off to the publishing Co and they shop it to artists? I didn’t cry but very nice guitar work
Shaun Groves said:
Loren, what happens now is our publishers give it a listen and decide if the song’s chances of being recorded are great enough to spend money getting it demo-ed. If they think it has a chance then they’ll book a session in a studio, hire the players and a singer, and we’ll have a record-quality demo by the end of July. Then it gets “pitched” to artists who are looking for this kind of song right now.
It’s waiting game. One hook in the ocean waiting for a fish. In a couple weeks we’ll get together again and start writing another hook. In time I’ll have so many hooks out there that someone’s bound to might sometime.
That’s the writing business.
Loren said:
so no compensation till you get a bite?
Shelly said:
Whew! Tugged this 24 year old girl’s heart! Love the song. Precious (sorry - that’s a girl word...)
And as for the prior post, I hope I’m not too presumptuous to say that yes - I think we could handle the metaphors!!
PS - Sorry for the lack of introduction. I think I hopped over here off of Travis’ blog.
Jenny said:
I still like the original version you posted in the Shlog section better. =)
(But this one’s good too!!)
Shaun Groves said:
That’s what’s called demo-itis, Jenny. The first version of anything we hear is usually the one we like. That’s why I’ve posted songs in progress on my log before and am afraid of doing it for my next CD. Folks tend not to like any changes to what they first loved...even if, in fact, those changes make the song better.
Weird deal, huh?
Jenny said:
Yeah, I definitely know what you mean . . . kind of a “mere exposure effect” thing in that the more familiar we are with something (in this case, the more time we’ve had to think about it/read it/ponder it), the more likely we are to like it.
But, really, what I meant was that I liked the original version that you wrote to your daughter more than the somewhat more generic version that will, undoubtedly, do better in a mass-market-type scenario. The original was so heart-felt and personal, which really MADE it for me, ya know? =)
Danelle said:
I REALLY like this song. And it’s one I personally needed to hear
said:
You just have to stick a knife in every Dad’s heart and twist it don’t you?
(It’s a beautiful, hope-filled song for every “coming-of-age” girl.)
Adam Haynes said:
yeah, that’s a great song...and a great recorder. but i hope you didn’t pay the 380.00 that amazon had it listed for. we got ours with a SD card for 240.
protection shoes said:
The first version of anything we hear is usually the one we like.
said:
Awesome. You got a gem in this one.
Kacie said:
I LOVE this song. Love it. Good one.