Name: Only What You Wanted To Do
Duration: P00H03M50S
Description: From the upcoming collection Suburban Canyon. This song was inspired by Randy Meisner.

Only What You Wanted To Do

from Suburban Canyon: Searching for Randy Meisner by John Eagleson

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From the upcoming collection Suburban Canyon. This song was inspired by Randy Meisner.

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Only What You Wanted to Do
Words/Music by John Eagleson & Carl Hadigian

You couldn’t bear to sing that line
57th take third time tonight

Only what you wanted to do and who you wanted to be
Or so you thought those dreams were yours for free

Nebraska nights cold picture town
Western skies bring young dreamers down

Only what you want to do and who you wanted to be
All the world’s for you, midsummer green
Only what you wanted to do and who you wanted to be
Or so you thought those years were yours for free

The music like the Siren’s ghost
The haunted hills told lies and boasts

But that line is old and getting older
The glares are cold and getting colder
Let’s hear it one more time, they say,
Hit that high note then be on your way

Motel or mansion, I don’t fit in
Just an easy chair to drift off in

Only what you wanted to do and who you wanted to be
Fleeting memory, your dreams somehow free

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from Suburban Canyon: Searching for Randy Meisner, released March 8, 2022
Words/music by John Eagleson & Carl Hadigian
Performed by John Eagleson
(c) John Eagleson

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John Eagleson Lancaster, Pennsylvania

From the generation of 70's suburban basement garage folk pop rock kids who wanted to grab a guitar and write a song and become their own Bob, Neil, Bruce, Steve (Forbert) etc. This is my musical universe. My suburban life!

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