Here is the link to our song, “Anything Else.”

Here is the other song that Sam and I collaborated on. I came up with the hook for the song and Sam and I worked together on the lyrics. He then took the lyrics and created music for the song.

From a writer’s point of view, it was fascinating to watch the evolution of this song from start to finish. Initial images gave way to more refined ones and Sam and I discussed every change we made to make sure we both felt as if it was the right decision.

I hope you enjoy our effort. You will see that Sam brings sizable musical talent to this effort. He is, after all, a professional musician. He did the singing and also did all the music production.

Here are the lyrics:

Anything Else

Remember the time when we first met
Those were the words I can’t forget
Every pretty thing that you said
Playing like a melody in my head
Still in my head

But what you said and what you meant
Two crossroads into one dead end
You began swerving all over the lines
I still remember that look in your eyes
All that time
What was on your mind

You wanted…

Anything else
But the love that I could give
Anything else
But the life that we might live
I thought I might be enough
But you didn’t know how to love
Think I’ve had about enough of this
Anything else

Like a wildfire in a summer drought
We didn’t know but, honey, we found out
A little less like a summer rain
Whole lot more like a heartless flame
Like ashes falling down
You kept floating round town

You wanted…

Anything else
But the love I had to give
Anything else
But the life we could live
And I thought it might be enough
But you didn’t know how to love
Don’t you think we’ve both had enough of this
Anything else

Now it took a long time for me to see
I ain’t in love but I wanna be
Was that the sound of an outbound train
Somebody else maybe calling my name
And I wave goodbye

More than anything else
There’s a lotta love that I can give
Anything else
There’s a life I’m gonna live
Never gonna be enough
Maybe we didn’t know how to love
Ain’t we both had enough
I gotta a little too much love for
Anything else…

Written by Len Leatherwood and Sam Leatherwood