Story Behind The Song
I had the title in my head for a long time, Lover Her Like a Child, and wrote a story song around based on a composite of real and made up people
Song Description
A song about a pretty young lady who likes the attention, strives for affection, but can not heal the scars from her past
| Song Length |
4:57 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock, Rock - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Moving, Poignant |
Subject |
Loneliness, Dysfunctional Family |
| Similar Artists |
Leon Russell, Sting |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
LIKE A CHILD
(c) 5/03 JC Tubbs
Verse 1
She's eating pizza with the paparazzi
Picking off olives as they all click away
Her silky blouse is 3 buttons open
She always knows how to make their day
She smiles and flirts into their cameras
The boys can be crude and crass
But they don't know her little secret
That they are the only friends she has
Chorus
She's beautiful, she's sexy
She's lonely
If only she could smile inside
Her life is full of pretty boys
But she feels empty
She wishes someone would love her like a child
Like a child
Verse 2
Tinseltown is a long way from Topeka
And a long way from daddy's dirty eyes
And now her camera-ready smiles
Hide all the scars inside
Tonight she needs more than a lover
Someone to softly hold her hand
And not just another player
In another one-night band
Chorus
repeat chorus
repeat last two lines twice