Back in the early 90’s
Two good friends of mine,
Raymund and Melvin,
wanted us to make an original song.
But we do not know what it would be about.

So I came up with this idea
about a guy.
A happy guy.
Who has everything.
Did everything.
Tried everything.

Then he met this girl,
a perfect girl.
But he couldn’t have her.

So the guy realized how meaningless his life was,
knowing that he could not have this girl
that would make him complete.

Quite tragic, if you ask me.

So anyway, a couple of days after,
I came home from school,
And Raymund and Melvin almost broke our front gate
barging into our house,
excited about being able to work out most of the words.

And before that day ended,
We had the words, melody and chords completed.

And needless to say,
I am very proud of this one.
As well as all the other stuff we did.

This is actually just my interpretation from the original one.
I can’t duplicate that without them.

Now I would like to share this here,
with permission from the other two.

To be honest with you,
I can’t tell if that idea was truly an idea or a confession.

All I got out of it was a restraining order.

Anyway,
Here’s

If I Don’t Have You

Mobile Player here:

Music by: Ty Martell, Raymund Marcelo and Melvin Sotto
All instruments and Percussion Arrangement by – Ty Martell

Click here for Lyrics.

It’s nice to do some originals here for a change huh?
Maybe.