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Della Rae Hutchins

I'M NEVER GOING TO TELL HIM

Keeps a notebook of things people said to her and dates them like evidence

style

  • country pop
  • narrative songwriting
  • acoustic guitar
  • subtle banjo
  • warm female vocal
  • clear and storytelling
  • big polished chorus
  • bridge key change
  • radio production
  • southern american drawl

the numbers

bpm
162
key
A# major
energy
0.69
dance
0.94
valence
0.49
vocal at
4.4s
length
2:44
language
En

lyrics

(never going to tell him)

He worked two weekends solid in the rain in April
Bought the felt himself and would not take the money
Stood back at the end of it and looked so pleased
That I could not say a single word about the Sundays

Never going to tell him (tell him)
Not ever, tell him
He did a kind thing, tell him
Tell him

I'm never going to tell him, tell him, never going to tell him
Some truths cost more than they are worth to say
I'm never going to tell him, tell him, never going to tell him
He built our father a shed and he was being good

(key change up)
He asked me if I thought Dad would have liked it.
And I said yes. And that is the only lie I've told him.
Dad would have hated it. Dad wanted the wanting. Yes was kinder.

I'm never going to tell him, tell him, never going to tell him
Some truths cost more than they are worth to say
I'm never going to tell him, tell him, never going to tell him
He built our father a shed and he was being good

(he was being good...)