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Backstory:

ONE STOP. Publisher: Once in a Lifetime Music (BMI). Contact: Pete Papageorge, 1 (301) 758-5225. Email: pgpapageorge@verizon.net. Website: www.petepapageorge.com Love, Individuality, Good times, Desire, New beginning, Energetic, Confident, Catchy, Bright, Retro, Playful, Happy, Fun, Up tempo, Male vocal, harmonies, BPM 129.

I got the idea from reading an autobiography of Bob Dylan, "Don't Look Back." He left Minnesota at age 17 and hit the road, down Highway 61. He found his true calling. I remember reading and then, at one point, saying aloud, 'that takes guts!' Later, I thought about Bob and what I'd said and decided it would make a good song title. 

There you have it!

Lyrics:

                                                  
IT TAKES GUTS
words & music: Pete Papageorge

V1:
IT TAKES GUTS some days just to get outa bed
But I know this time I’m in over my head
I’m just kiddin’ myself thinkin’ I’m in control
When I know I’m in love from my heart and my soul
Every waking moment now I think of you
IT TAKES GUTS to love you the way that I do

V2:
IT TAKES GUTS to throw away my old black book
And not give it a second look
And to have to admit to all of my friends
That my single days have all come to an end
Cause you’re not like anyone I ever knew
IT TAKES GUTS to love you the way that I do

Br:	
But there’s no way I can change the way I feel
There’s a sense of helplessness
That you get when it’s for real

V3:
IT TAKES GUTS to live with my heart on the line
When I know it could break with no warning sign
This is not some bungy jump for joy
It’s no longer a game that I played as a boy	
This is gonna take a lifetime to live through
IT TAKES GUTS to love you the way that I do

Br:	
But there’s no way I can change the way I feel
There’s a sense of helplessness
That you get when it’s for real

Repeat V1:
IT TAKES GUTS some days just to get outa bed
But I know this time I’m in over my head
I’m just kiddin’ myself thinkin’ I’m in control
When I know I’m in love from my heart and my soul
Every waking moment now I think of you
IT TAKES GUTS to love you the way that I do
IT TAKES GUTS to love you the way that I do
IT TAKES GUTS to love you the way that I do
YEAH!
YEAH!
YEAH!

©2013 Once in a Lifetime Music (BMI)