Today's Contestant... — An adult contestant stands at a whimsical makeshift game-show podium in a sunny Merced community hall among abstract cards, bells and crooked shapes

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Today's Contestant...

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

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

A brief reunion brings back the beginning of a romance and the bewilderment of a goodbye that followed a declaration of love. Painting and portraiture become ways to remember intimacy and shared identity. Despite the separation, the narrator keeps returning to a hopeful request that his beloved come home.

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Recorded versions

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

Lyrics

Today's Contestant...

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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Today's contestant...

Good to see you yesterday
And spend an hour or two
Time never goes as quickly
As when I'm with you Reminded me of the night
I first laid eyes on you Was it love at first sight Sweetly coming through?

You told me that you love me
Then you kissed me goodbye
Didn't make me want to cry
There was something in my eye
Just the way you looked at me
Made me stop and wonder why
You told me that you love me
Then you kissed me goodbye

Baby, I remember
The minutes and the days
Your love took me over
In a million different ways
Artfully surrendered
To a lover's sweet embrace
Hypnotized and mesmerized
By the smile upon your face

High above the gallery Where mourning doves still fly
By Appointment privately My reflection in your eye If I could paint a picture From this lonely view
A canvas where I capture The Masterpiece of you

The people all go crazy That's just what they do They call it a self portrait They see me inside of you
We were kindred spirits Then something went wrong
We became the lyrics
Of a sad old country song

People say tomorrow
Is another day
Love's forever stronger Than whatever's in its way
Come on home, my darling
No more tears to cry
You told me that you love me
Then you kissed me goodbye