"5:30 News" genre: AAA/Adult Alternative
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	A 6/8 time song that you can see in your mind as you hear the music. The opening track to their new CD, the song paints vivid images of old memories and broken hopes.
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	Story Behind the Song Jonathan wrote this song while he was sitting on the steps of his girlfriend's apartment, waiting for her to come out the door at 4:30 in the morning. She played in the Uiversity of Texas Longhorn band, and the band was being featured on the morning news. She wasn't expecting Jonathan to be there, but he surprised her. He wrote the rest of the song after they got home that day. Feeling high on the relationship, and on life in general, he was oblivious to the fact that in a few days, she would tell him that it was over, and his entire life would change forever. After the breakup, he added the last verse. 5:30 News and several other songs emerged from the whole experience. Almost two years later, Jonathan and Plow Monday recorded them all into their new hit album: Blank. They chose "5:30 News" to start the album, because according to Jonathan, that was the night that changed his entire world. Lyrics 5:30 News words and music by Jonathan English Special thanks to Catherine Comp for her background vocals It was 4:30 am Still dark but the stars weren't out They hid from the sun and you came down You said, what are you doing here You should be at home by now But I couldn't sleep, so I came down And we rode to the station, all dreary and dry You never said no, and I never asked why The coffee and donuts, the TV news The fringe on your shoulders No dirt on your shoes And something was good to us It brought us this far Don't know what tomorrow is But here we are today Asleep on the table More coffee and sugar please They call for the warm-ups and I'm alone But I see you on TV And I smile at you on the box You say, next time come with me It'll be okay The cameras are spinning, the drowsiness falls The whole world is asleep when they give you the call You march with your head up, they give me a chair I open my eyes And you're on the air Then something has happened, you tell me to go You say you don't need me, I say you don't know Your emptiness saves you, my patience recedes And I beg you to keep me, I'm down on my knees And I don't know what I did To bring this to me You say that I have to go What did I do? But I left a piece of me Beneath your stars there And I'll never get it back You meant so much to me But you were gorgeous that morning On the 5:30 News

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