I'll Give You All That I Got - Lyrics

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The band was rehearsing in the Warehouse for a few hours. (To learn more about the Warehouse, read the blog entries from July, 2008.) This was the first time we played the song with keyboard accompaniment. I definitely wanted to capture it on tape. Three quarters of the way through the song, someone points out to Deniz that he made a mistake on the last verse he sang. I remember waving everyone on to continue to play the song. Deniz then repeated the verse correctly and the song was played through to the end, which made the song almost seven minutes long. After the song ended, you hear Deniz saying he messed up, in his own humorous way.

The lyrics to the song was written 21 years ago, and has since been lost. Because of the poor quality of the recording, it took me several hours to recreate the lyrics below. The mood created by the guitar made these lyrics fit perfectly to the song. Lawrence's guitar solo in the middle of the song was the Mystix signature. Everyone sang background on the chorus. You can really escape in this song if you just listen to the music and follow with the lyrics.

I'll Give You All That I Got
I woke up from a dream last night
Saw your lonely face
If only you can see my light
I long for your sweet embrace

Day after day I think of you
Standing by my side
I’m on my way what will I do
I remember all that you’ve done

I won’t forget you
Oh but I’ve tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine

I saw the way you started here
With your heart that’s on the rise
Then we sat and made more tears
All I see is your scary eyes

Call you on the telephone
I’ll always feel for you
With all the chances to be my own
And I know all that is true

I won’t forget you
Oh but I’ve tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine
Always be mine
Always be mine

Always be mine

Always

I woke up from a dream last night
And saw your lonely face
If only you can see my light
I long for your sweet embrace

Day after day I feel for you
Standing by my side
I’m on my way what will I do
I remember all that you find

I woke up from a dream last night
And saw your lonely face
If only you can see my light
I long for your sweet embrace

Time after time I think of you
Standing by my side
I’m on my way what will I do
I remember all that you’ve done

I won’t forget you
Oh but I tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine

I won’t forget you
Oh but I’ve tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine

I won’t forget you
Oh but I’ve tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine

I won’t forget you
Oh but I’ve tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine

I won’t forget you
Oh but I’ve tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine

I won’t forget you
Oh but I’ve tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine

I won’t forget you
Oh but I’ve tried
I won’t forget you
You always be mine

The Story Behind the Love Song "Oh Tammy" - Lyrics

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I remember being in an apartment near Miami Beach on a Saturday night. Some of the members of Mystix were there: Lawrence “Lead Guitar”, Leo “Drummer” and Deniz “Lead Singer”. The evening started at 6pm and ended early morning in some night club. There were people going in and out of the apartment that night; guys and girls between the ages of 18 & 24. Deniz knew most of the people; I knew some of them; and quickly made friends with some of the one's I just met for the first time. A few partaken in consuming alcohol or smoking a little weed. Meaning that some time during the evening you would see someone light up a joint. We attended a lot of parties during those years; however they were very much under control. There were no drinking binges or people excessively high on drugs. It was more of a social gathering, talking, laughing, listening to music and in many cases trying to hook up. Not in today's definition of sexual exploits; but in the dating sense, whereby a new physical encounter was rare and the highlight story of the next day. If anyone was too inebriated who was in our inner-family-circle, then I was the designated driver literally and figuratively the voice of reason.

Lawrence had a new girlfriend, “Tammy”. The one question of how Laurence and Tammy met I cannot recall. Before that evening I had briefly met Tammy once; however Lawrence never stopped talking about her. Obviously he was big time in love. Lawrence is not in the photo on this blog. I am still looking in my archives to find a picture of Lawrence to post. Laurence was thin, about 5' 7”, tanned, long curly black hair, approximately 20 years, had a very young looking face, Spanish descent and soft spoken. As you can hear on the songs available on this blog, Lawrence was a very talented guitar player and creative in writing original music. I barely recall Tammy because it has been 20 years; what I do remember was that Tammy was shorter than Laurence, thin, pretty and a brunette with medium length curly hair.

Lawrence usually wrote the music and not the lyrics. As a result of being crazy about Tammy, he wrote a love song for her. Early that evening, Laurence sang the first verse of the song and two lines of the second verse A-Cappella. I captured it on a cassette recorder. Deniz quickly thought of a chorus. Laurence picked up his guitar; and Deniz picked up the microphone as I proceeded to record the two performing the first part of the song. I believe Leo sang backup on the chorus. Unfortunately the relationship between Lawrence and Tammy was short-lived; so the song was never completed. Lawrence of course was heartbroken, but eventually moved on. In addition to the back story of the song, it's interesting to hear the process of creating the lyrics and the music by listening to these two very short recordings of “Oh Tammy”.

Incomplete Lyrics of “Oh Tammy”

You know I care

It's up to you now Tammy

There is room in the sky for one more star

I worked so hard to come to this Oh Tammy

And I 'm glad that you've come with me this far

Because I know I love you Tammy

Cause I know without you I'm alone

Because I know I love you Tammy

So take some time to think about us Baby

Take my hand and we'll make it to the top

Baby I'm Crazy - Lyrics

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Here are the lyrics to the first song, "Baby I'm Crazy". This song was recorded in a practice session in Miami, Florida. The vocals are a little distorted. You can follow by reading the lyrics below. After listening to the song a couple of times, it can grow on you.

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Mystix - Baby I'm Crazy

Baby I'm Crazy

I think of you

To call me and tell me we're through

I think of you

So why don't you tell me we're through

You lie you cheat on me

We were never meant to be girl

You lie you cheat on me

Some day you will see baby

So lay your keys on the table

We couldn't make it if you were able

To stay home once in a while

I'm sorry that I'm not your style

Baby I'm crazy

Getting you off my mind

Maybe I'm crazy

True love is hard to find

Baby I'm crazy

Getting you off my mind

Maybe I'm crazy

True love is hard to find

I looked at the big town a fool girl

Maybe you're used to me

I'm sorry things didn't work out

You're going to want to leave baby

So lay your keys on the table

We couldn't make it if you were able

To stay home once in a while

I'm sorry that I'm not your style

Baby I'm crazy

Getting you off my mind

Maybe I'm crazy

True love that we find

Baby I'm crazy

Getting you off my mind

Maybe I'm crazy

True love is hard to find

You lie you cheat on me

We were never meant to be baby

You lie you cheat on me

Some day you will see girl

So lay your keys on the table

We couldn't make it if you were able

To stay home once in a while

I'm sorry that I'm not your style

Baby I'm crazy

Getting you off my mind

Maybe I'm crazy

True love is hard to find

Baby I'm crazy

Getting you off my mind

Maybe I'm crazy

True love is hard to find