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What if the Girl?

from At Water's Edge by Durand Robinson

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Have you ever wondered why we tend to look for someone “above our pay-grade”? I mean no one goes out looking for a loser to spend his life with. And yet we’re uncomfortable when people size us up to decide whether or not we’re “good enough” for them. This song’s simply about facing the fear of rejection by focusing on becoming the person we were meant to be.

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Chorus
What if the girl I’m looking for’s not looking for someone like me.
I could pretend to be the kind of person she’d want me to be.
Wouldn’t take long ‘til she’d discover I don’t deserve to be her lover.
Here’s hoping love is blind and somehow she won’t see.
What if the girl’s not looking for someone like me?

I’ve been doing some thinking ‘bout where my life is bound.
Wondering what kind of woman could ever make me settle down.
Would she have a face like an angel that could make my heart sing?
I wanna believe she’s out there somewhere, but there’s just one thing.
(chorus)

Always wanted a woman who’d be patient and kind.
And I wanna be the only man that’s on her mind.
Looking for a girl that any man could want,
But that’s where my troubles start.
What makes me think that I could ever win her heart?

‘Cause when I look into the mirror I’m not proud of what I see.
There’s a man who only thinks about himself staring at me.
I want her to believe the best about me, but I know I’ll let her down.
She doesn’t need to have someone like me around...

Last Chorus
So I’m gonna be the kind of guy a girl like her’s been looking for.
May take some time but I know who I am
Was meant for something more.
One day perhaps we’ll both discover
How we were meant for one another.
‘Til then I’ll try to be the man that I should be
And hope that the man that she’s been looking for is me.

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from At Water's Edge, released September 20, 2013

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Durand Robinson Birmingham, Alabama

Telling stories is as natural as breathing. Life is full of them. I go by Durand instead of Noel because of a story. I've moved more than twenty times. There are lots of stories behind that. I've lived around the world, learning stories.
Songwriting isn’t a skill that’s separated from life. Music comes from living and observing life around me. That’s why I keep a blog… breadcrumbs for my memory.
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