Blindsided — A brilliant illustrated Merced intersection where a startled guitarist is swept into a visionary storm of pages, butterflies and flowering vines

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Blindsided

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

An unexpected romance overturns the narrator's life, then separation blindsides him again on a journey south. Memories of his storyteller father deepen his awareness of how quickly people become memories. Amid broken plans and uncertain roads, he tries to turn that knowledge into attention, gratitude and a promise not to take love for granted.

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3 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

Blindsided

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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BLINDSIDED

I was Blindsided when you walked into my life
Misguided, like the sharp edge of a knife
All my Life, I have waited for someone like you
I had to leave my Wife before I could look at you
Excited, but I didn't know what I should do
I'm a Fighter, but you took me with the old one two
Night riding out on Southbound 62
Outsider, seems I always got somewhere to go

Starfighter, there's a lot of Goodbye in Hello
I'm dying, baby can you hear the wind blow?
Hearts afire, maybe ride on down to Mexico
A la Playa, las Señoritas cantando y bailando
Rosarito, nosotros estamos caminando
Down at Rancho Rio Bravo
You decided we should go our separate ways
Blindsided, it must be the End of Days

This might be the only moment that we've got
I was hoping you'd remember we forgot
That Love is still the answer  and we are just the way
That Heart and Soul come forward almost every single day
There Comes A Time To kneel right down and pray
That the evil in this world will blow away
There is not a whole lot more than I can say
I guess it's time for me to go away

We’re living in the Land that Time forgot
You don't know what something is until it's not
Don't take anything for granted that you've got
Stay in motion, give your life a lot of thought
You can't take with you anything you bought
When all your dreams and wishes come to naught
You have to be unstoppable, as solid as a rock
Cuz you've been blindsided, Whether you know it or not

There's a Tale, I heard it from my Dad
He was a storyteller, gave it everything he had
After he was gone , I just got really, really sad
A Memory is all I have left of my Dad
I won't let it be the same with you
My Heart sings out it’s Promise to be True
It happened when I fell in Love with you
When the Rainbow came up right out of the Blue

Blindsided, we got a million ways to go
High-sided, cuz we were drowning down below
So tired, we just don't know where to go
Inspired, can you hear the whistle blow?
Like a deer out in the headlights
I saw you shining through so bright
I was Blindsided, Blindsided
Till it's time to say Goodnight
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