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Lyrics

Liner Notes

The pieces of my life seemed to all fall into place
Except inside my heart there lied a vacant empty space
I never knew I was lonely till I gazed into your eyes
And I never knew what love could do, but now I realize

I was only half alive, Now there’s no lonliness inside

‘Cause finally my life’s become complete
You came to me and I could see my destiny
You were the one heaven had in mind for me
I found someone who’s all I’ll ever need…Finally

Now here we stand together, better times I can’t recall
You touched my soul and made me whole, now I’m giving you my all

I was only passing time until you came into my life

And finally my life’s become complete
You came to me and I could see my destiny
You were the one heaven had in mind for me
I found someone who’s all I’ll ever need…Finally

CREDITS:

Music and Lyrics by
Mark Greenawalt (Future-Class X Publishing, ASCAP)
Chris St.Croix (Jersey Boy Music, ASCAP)

Lead and HarmonyVocals, Piano, Keyboards, Bass, Flute, Drum Sequencing - Mark Greenawalt
Guitars and Harmony Vocals- Amy Hailstone

BEHIND THE MUSIC:

The lyrics for 'Finally' were written as a wedding song for my brother Curt and his wife Jean in 1997. The theme of the wedding was baseball and instead of tuxedos, he wore an Atlanta Braves univorm while I wore and Arizona Diamondbacks jersey. I was living in Nashville at the time and the demo that I recorded at the time only included piano (actually a Korg M1 synth), guitar, and vocals. The guitar parts and the female harmony vocals were by my friend Amy Hailstone who did a fantastic job.

Fast forward over 20 years and I have unarchived the original tracks from a DAT tape. I decided to lay down a live piano track to replace the original keyboards, but I kept all of the original vocals and guitar from '97. I added the sequenced drum tracks, played the bass line, and for the first time, I played flute on one of my original songs. I recorded and mixed everything in Logic X. The song is now available online at several streaming sites including Amazon, Google Play, Spotify, and of course Youtube.

Maybe I should have reached out for help on the video, but I did everything on it. The motion shots were captured on a Canon 5D Mark iii using a motion dolly. I even put the puzzle together all by myself. The rainbow just happened to occur the day I was doing the video shoot so I included it and incorporated it into the theme when the black & white scenes transition to full color. I did all of the editing on Premiere and then published this on 9/11/19 (a palindrome) at 9:11pm.

One last tidbit: The original lyrics to the initial draft of this song were written on an airplane ride from Nashville to Iowa for a work trip. Those lyrics were about a little girl waiting at the airport for her daddy to return from a overseas mission in Desert Storm. I had completely forgotten about this until I found a rough demo of my co-writer Chris St.Croix singing this version on the DAT tape archive.

TECHNICAL:

UPC - 767501316343
ISRC - QZ8251932064

Original tracks recorded on Digidesign Session 8 software in Nashville using Korg M1 keyboards.
Additional tracks recorded and mixed using Logic X in Phoenix: Vocals on CAD Equitek microphone, Samick grand pianoo, Mendini flute, Jackson bass.

PLACEMENTS:

Official Music Video - Produced, directed, filmed, and edited by Mark Greenawalt using a Canon 5Dmiii and Premier.