I Keep Trying To Find My Way

Jim Adams, aka Newepicauthor, the creator of A Unique Title For Me, is hosting SONG-LYRIC-SUNDAY and this week he has chosen the theme: LOST/FOUND/HIDE/SEEK

Music stirs memories…I think I meant to say that last week in my post about the song that is special to Jack and I. Well…this week I am going to share other memories…those that I dwelt on all summer after my wonderful trip to Australia.

As soon as I saw today’s theme, I thought of a hundred songs!!! Don’t worry, I am not going to post one hundred songs, although I do have a second song in mind that I might publish later, depending on whether anyone else features it.

But to start my Sunday on a wonderful note, I have chosen, not the first song I thought of, not my favourite song, but a song that has a memory that I want to share with you today. One of my favourite memories in fact from my trip to Australia this past summer (Australia’s winter).

I think I mentioned that when I was in Australia, I would look through the CDs that Goldfinch has – he has a lot of music! – and when he asked me what I liked the look of I would reply “oh I am still looking for your Kylie Minogue CDs”. And he would give me that cute look…you know the “am I going to have to put you over my knee?” look!!! I’ll stop there!

Anyway, one day, he came home with a new CD, which he said he picked out thinking of me. He loaded the disc into his stereo and took my hands to dance with me – aaaaah sigh! We did dance quite a lot together while I was out there. Such wonderful happy memories.

As soon as he started to play the music, the voice seemed familiar, although I did not know the first track. It was “Innocent Eyes”, an album from Delta Goodrem. I confess I did not know anything about her. But Goldfinch duly informed me that she is Australian. I looked at the songs on the back and immediately saw that Track Number 5 “Lost Without You” was a song I had listened to over and over after Goldfinch left England to return to Australia. The lyrics so perfectly expressed just how I felt trying to live life without Goldfinch. Aaaaaah sigh!

Well…we danced together for a few of her songs…but I was particularly enlivened by Track 5, and swung around him singing the words of the chorus straight to him, hoping he understood that the song was obviously written about me and the way I feel for him!

When looking for a video…I found a full-length American version which sounds quite different from the one that was in the charts here in the UK. The top video is a short section of the song the way I am used to hearing it. But the American version is almost as good.

 

I know I can be a little stubborn sometimes
You might say a little righteous and too proud
I just want to find a way to compromise
Cos I believe that we can work things out

I thought I had all the answers never giving in
But baby since you’ve gone I admit that I was wrong

All I know is I’m lost without you I’m not gonna lie
How am I going to be strong without you I need you by my side
If we ever say we’ll never be together and we ended with goodbye don’t know what I’d do …I’m
lost without you
I keep trying to find my way but all I know is I’m lost without you
I keep trying to face the day I’m lost without you

How am I ever gonna get rid of these blues
Baby I’m so lonely all the time
Everywhere I go I get so confused
You’re the only thing that’s on my mind

Oh my beds so cold at night and I miss you more each day
Only you can make it right no I’m not too proud to say

All I know is I’m lost without you I’m not gonna lie
How am I going to be strong without you I need you by my side
If we ever say we’ll never be together and we ended with goodbye don’t know what I’d do …I’m
lost without you
I keep trying to find my way but all I know is I’m lost without you
I keep trying to face the day I’m lost without you

If I could only hold you now and make the pain just go away
Can’t stop the tears from running down my face
Oh

All I know is I’m lost without you I’m not gonna lie
How am I going to be strong without you I need you by my side
If we ever say we’ll never be together and we ended with goodbye don’t know what I’d do …I’m
lost without you
I keep trying to find my way but all I know is I’m lost without you
I keep trying to face the day I’m lost without you

Written By: Bridget Benenate and Matthew Gerrard