“Will You Be True?”

Lyrics

I know myself but I don’t know what I’m gonna do
Don’t know what I might say when I talk to you
Maybe I’ll just cry, or maybe I’ll go crazy on you
All I wanna know is will you be true?

Will you listen? Will you turn away and run?
Will you give up on what we’ve begun?
Will you take my hand and take my burden upon you?
All I wanna know is will you be true?

I know myself but I don’t know what I’m gonna do
Don’t know what I might say when I talk to you
Will you take my hand and take my burden upon you?
All I wanna know is will you be true?

Copyright © 2008 Karl Ward

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I wrote this song on a borrowed nylon string guitar, while I was crashing at a friend’s place on the Upper East Side. It was probably one of the first songs I played with Quinn at the Ludlow practice space. A friend of mine had told me of something terrible that happened to her, and how she went to her boyfriend in this desperate and damaged state. This song is about the challenges that young lovers make to each other, the promises they want to make and keep. It isn’t always easy, is it?

This song was originally released on the Ninth Street Mission record. A much louder version was later released on Ghost Ghost’s Of Innocence and Experience.