"Amy" genre: Rock
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	"AMY" is a catchy, crunchy, pop/rock tune with a great guitar hook and a killer chorus. It's also unique love story, with an awesome (true) story, plot twists, not to mention lots and lots of harmonies.
	CD: Love's Oblivion, A Novel In Twelve Pop Songs, NOW AVAILABLE at www.morty.org   Label: Morty Shallman Credits: Words & Music by Morty Shallman.
	Story Behind the Song I fell in love with this girl. (Maybe "love" is too strong a word. Call it misguided infatuation). Only she turned out to be gay. This happens to me alot (probably need a shrink to figure out why.) Anyway, I could handle the fact that we couldn't be together as long as I knew it was because she was only into girls. But then she became infatuated with another guy! One of my best friends, no less. That really hurt, and as we all know, love/pain is the root of a great many pop songs. This song is basically my confession of my unrequited love to her, and my rather desperate offer to become absolutely anything for her - boy, girl, god, fool - anything to get her to love me. Well, it didn't work. But I am really happy with the song. Best of all, Amy digs the song, and even requested that I sing it for her at a party recently. The recording process on this track was challenging and fun. I started it at home on my iMac, cutting a simple voice and guitar to a click. Then Ben came over to my house and did his guitar magic. I took the resulting trax over to Muddy's Ranch, and cut bass, drums and more guitars. I also cut the lead vocal at Muddy's on his Neumann U-87 Mic. Then I took all those trax back to my house and put down an insane number of background vocal trax. The final step was to take all the trax over to Eddie Miller's house, where he, frankly, mixed the heck out of it. Please Note: This is NOT the final version of the song, which is only available on my CD, Love's Oblivion. Lyrics AMY Words & Music © 1999-2003 Morty Shallman (Flying Bed Music/ASCAP) Theres a girl in my heart Lives in the broken part And her names like a rush to me First time I heard her sing Swore Id give her everything If shed just be into me They said it couldnt be She just likes girls you see So I hid my love away Then she fell for my best friend I felt a pall descend Love can be so cruel this way Ill be your boy Ill be your girl Ill be the center of your world Ill be your god Ill be your tool Ill be your scene-making fool Amy I can be your boy if you want me Amy I can be your girl if youd rather Now Im just a lonely guy Trying not to act like I Need a girl to feel complete When I dream of Amys eyes Cant help but fantasize How it would be to kiss her feet Ill be your boy Ill be your girl Ill be the center of your world Ill be your god Ill be your tool Ill be your scene making fool Amy I can be your boy if you want me Amy I can be your girl if youd rather The gods of love are cruel The twists of fate unkind To lose my gay madonna When she stepped across the line They say that all is fair But nothings fair to me All she ever needed Was my love to set her free Amy I can be your boy if you want me Amy I can be your girl if youd rather Ill be your boy Ill be your girl Ill be the center of your world Ill be your god Ill be your tool Ill be your scene making fool Ill be your wrong Ill be your right Ill be your stranger in the night Ill be your soul Ill be your dream Ill be your billion dollar scheme Amy I can be whatever you want me to be...

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