New Original: How Can I Forget You

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Permalink Reply by Ken Brodie on October 29, 2012 at 5:56pm

Hi Gil - Excellent song. Love the change up in the chorus. Beautiful work.

Permalink Reply by Gil on October 30, 2012 at 6:22pm

Thank You Ken!

Permalink Reply by Michael S. Jackson on October 30, 2012 at 4:20pm

Thanks, Gil. Your voice is perfect for this song (or is it the other way around?). Strikes a chord with me (no pun intended). I had a love years ago who just couldn't leave the drugs alone. After she tried to kill herself when I was at her place, I decided her weakness was infecting me also so I left. Years later, she finally did it. I wrote a letter to the editor about it (still have a copy) where I tried to point out that drugs can become the most important thing in your life if you let them in. She overdosed and her girlfriend took so much time running around the house getting rid of the evidence and other drugs, that it was too late to save her. She left a fine young son behind. I still visit her grave from time to time. What a waste.

Thanks again.

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Permalink Reply by Gil on October 30, 2012 at 6:26pm

Michael, thanks for listening. That is a tragic story you tell. For all I know the girl I am singing about could be dead. I just don't want to know. It would not surprise me.  I do know she ended up having 2 kids.  She was damaged at a very early age. beaten by her real father, abused by a stepfather and a mother who abused drugs and alcohol and committed suicide. her sister was a stripper.  She was so loving but was just impossible to be with.  I realized no amount of anything I tried could undo this damage.