Story Behind The Song

Was setting up and testing new mic and just started playing and making up as I went along and this came out.

Song Description

Person who seems to have everything still doesn't feel fulfilled. Fortune changes and he is overwhelmed and just when feeling at his lowest meets and falls in love with someone who helps him to deal with everything and saves him.

Lyrics

It Was You

Lyrics and Music by E. John Withers

I had it good, a life that had been comfortable,
But there was a hole, that money couldn't fill.
But I didn't feel it, I guess I just wasn't able to,
Recognize that this important part was missing too.

Success at work, victory at sports,
Lady Luck in Vegas, A girl in every port.
Alone when I wanted, parties any night....
But when I look in the morning in the mirror,
What I saw just didn't feel right. (What I saw I just didn't like)

Yes there was a time I thought I didn't need anyone,
I thought that I was in control,
But when life fell down on my shoulder, like a ton,
I found I just couldn't bear it on my own.

I turned to alcohol, I turned to drugs,
But the weight it only grew and grew.
And when I thought that I was at my end,
An Angel arranged for me to meet you.

And on that day, my life was turned around,
And on that day, a smile finally replaced my frown,
And on that day I knew I had begun to start,
That this would be the one who could fill the hole down in my heart.

Now I think I finally understand, I can finally see,
The things I thought were in my hands. the credit I thought went to me,
Finally , I couldn't carry all that weight alone,
So heavy it was gradually crushing all my bones.

And it was you, who helped me up after I had fallen,
It was you wiped away my tears when i was bawling,
It was you who kept me going through it all,
Only you could have helped me get this far.

And it was you, who helped me up when I had fallen,
It was you wiped away my tears when I'd been bawling,
It was you who kept me going through it all,
Only you could have helped me get this far.