What Could I Do? - Country Rock Pop Ballad - Lyric Version - Copyright 2019 - Vocals Steve Morgan

What Could I Do is a song I wrote in just over 6 minutes. It is an atmospheric Soft Country / Rock Pop type feel A mid tempo song about a guy who is on his way home when he stops to give a lift to a girl hitch hiker. It kinda becomes a little hot, sexy and steamy as they "get to know each other " from that point on :)

The lyrics and story line kind of just poured out line after line when I started to play and sing ad lib. As I wrote this in real time, I had absolutely no idea where it was all going to go.. (I had no melody, Lyrics, Chords for example. You have to make all that stuff up as you go along.. it all happens very quickly but you have to concentrate VERY hard to keep everything together.. the rhyming, singing, playing, .. dynamics.. In this case it kinda came out ok but I could very easily have missed chord(s), sang bad melody notes, and the lyrics, which i think is the hardest part to create on any song..could have easily come to a full stop and i would have had to stop the recording. )

This kind of ad lib "one take" recording to write a song on the fly is very hit and miss. There is no room for major error if you want to end up with a reasonably workable song after you stop recording.
( Apart from the digital Bass and Drums I added a couple weeks later, there were no edits, additions, "punch ins" or post recording after the song was finished in one live take.)

Production very basic..I chose an "atmospheric" reverb on vocal and guitar.. which is a little heavy but seems to work and just winged it and went with the flow :)
Certainly at just over 6 minutes.. the longest song I have written.. but although rough around the edges , would like to see it taken up by an established Band or Artiste for them to give it full production and really make this song stand out.. Needs more layering of guitars, FX, professional production on vocal etc. I think it has a lot of potential. Hope you like and subscribe to my channel.. and listen to my other self penned songs and also my classic hit cover cover songs. Thank you for listening