Travis Dow: The Songs

Almost

(Travis Dow Band (from "Travis Dow Band" - 2006))

The verses for this came in high school, the old "unreachable girl who's going out with a jerk" type of thing. I had another chorus that never quite worked, and I found myself dreading to reach it, instead playing the verses over and over. So I shelved it indefinitely.
Then in 2004, at age 33, I wanted to play it with the TDow Band that we had just formed, and really had to finish it. The energetic nature of that group and of having bass and drums very much influenced the "pop" feel of the eventual chorus. Plus I thought the last line of the chorus summed up the whole thing pretty nicely.

Lyrics:

There’s almost nothing that he wouldn’t do

There’s almost no one else but you

You’re almost everything he needs

But I’d give next to anything for you to notice me

He’s wrong for you, you told me so

But it’s tough to change the life you’ve known

And it hurts you when you’re left alone

It’s almost enough for you to let him go

Sooner or later I gotta get it through to you

Sooner or later and it’s gotta be, gotta be…

Chorus:
Soon you’re gonna open up your eyes

'Bout time you convinced your mind what your heart already knows

Soon you’re gonna look my way and realize

What this love’s for...you deserve much more than almost

But you’ll promise him that you’ll wait ‘til Saturday

When you’ll have almost all of his time

I spend each and every day

Wishing you, wishing you were almost mine

Sooner or later I’ve gotta get it through to you

Sooner or later and it’s gotta be, gotta be…

Repeat Chorus