Nothing Stays The Same

March 10, 2024 David Fee

How many songwriters does it take to change a lightbulb?

Just one, as it happens. But sometimes it takes seven of us to write a song.

In our songwriters get togethers, we sometimes sit down as a group and write a song together from scratch. We did it yesterday.

It is quite amazing how a disparate group of friends, with different musical tastes, and different writing styles, can come up with a song that works. Egos have to be put to one side, but everyone’s opinion matters. And it takes a while for the engine to get started, but somehow, gradually, out of the mist, a song emerges.

It’s a really catchy little number, though we say so ourselves. You’ll have to take my word for that. But here is the lyric below …a simple reflection about a parent and child’s recognition that they have both changed over the years, and an acknowledgement of the challenges that brings. And all of it grounded in the knowledge that love and friendship will always remain the anchor to their relationship.

Nothing Stays The Same (Jones, Sheridan, Harris, Glasgow, Fee, Carey and Pluchino)

I remember you
When you were younger
You used to sit on my knee
Since you’ve left
I don’t know you any longer
You’re someone else to me

You’re telling me that I’ve changed
I’m telling you that you’ve changed
Maybe
We’ll both change again
You’re telling me that I’ve changed
I’m telling you that you’ve changed
Hey, nothing stays the same
Hey, hey, nothing stays the same

And I can recall
When I was smaller
You danced in the kitchen with me
Time has passed
We don’t dance anymore
You’re someone else to me

You’re telling me that I’ve changed
I’m telling you that you’ve changed
Maybe
We’ll both change again
You’re telling me that I’ve changed
I’m telling you that you’ve changed
Hey, nothing stays the same
Hey, hey nothing stays the same

And love never ends
We’ll always be friends
No love never ends
We’ll always be friends