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Tags : | Acoustic | 4.24 MB

Description : Acoustic electric guitar mic and direct, vocal recorded with neauman mic. Performed and tracked as it happened.
Ghosts.
Ballad Based on a True Story.
There you have it.
Voltage

Broken Man

A Northwest winter wind swept through night
and it chilled John Lee to his very bones
He walks alone in the frozen moonlight
His shadow chasing him home
Down a lonely path through an unlocked door
He wanders in
A faded picture on a dusty shelf looks back at him

Thirteen years a go he took a wife
An angel by the name of Cheryl Ann
Just three years later a drunk driver took her life
It left John Lee a Broken Man

Sometimes at night he hears her voice call his name
He holds her in his heart but it's not the same

Haunted by the memory of Cheryl Ann
John Lee he cries the tears of a Broken Man

Tonight John Lee's decided he's had enough
The heartache hurts too much "I can't go on"
He puts on a record of Cheryl Ann's favorite song
And he loads a shell in his twelve gauge shotgun

in a darkened room he sits alone as the music plays
He turns the gun on himself and he starts to pray
Dear God in heaven forgive me
I Love You Cheryl Ann
John Lee he cries a Prayer of a Broken Man

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  1. d2d
    d2d on Fri 27th Nov 2009 - 14 years ago

    Very nice treatment. I like the acoustic work. Nice vocal delivery on a sad subject.

  2. Jeff05C
    Jeff05C on Thu 5th Feb 2009 - 15 years ago

    Really great, you have an amazing versatility.

    Love the flamenco styles around 2:07/4:00 ish, great touch

    RonGallagher
    Reply by RonGallagher

    Thanks Wookie.
    Been at this a long long time.
    When I decided to develop this song, I could not rest till it was complete. The guitar track was worked out note for note by tedious repeated trial and error to the point that I can forever play this one verbatim anytime anyplace without thinking about it. I appreciate your kind comments. I strive to be as versatile as the giants of music that influence my own expressions.
    Voltage

  3. EVRiM
    EVRiM on Tue 28th Oct 2008 - 15 years ago

    Ur a very talented man. Music playing, composing, songwriting, singing. It's all good. I dig your style too. Definitely ur a gem waiting to be found.

    PS. The guitar is beautiful btw.

    RonGallagher
    Reply by RonGallagher

    Thank you so much EVRiM. Coming from someone I have such respect for gives me hope and inspiration to persevere.
    Ron Gallagher A.K.A. Voltage

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