Expert: Bong Santos - 10/27/2006

Question
..SIr Bong...i need your help again in solving these musical puzzles in my mind:
1. Who sings "NO MORE THROW AWAY MEMORIES"? a hallmark cards theme...
2. i cant find the singer and the title of the song, this is a slow song, sung by a male, with lyrics "everyday i wake every move i make i always find myself always thinking of you so what am i suppose to do without you"...not quite exactly sure about the lyrics but somewhat that's more like it...
3. this is another soft song, a ballad most likely, sung by a male...all i can remember is the first line in the chorus "so many words have been broken"...this might be in the 90s but im not quite sure...
4. ...another soft song, sung by a male, at the end of the song...it says "picking up the pieces, picking up the pieces..."...i've researched that STEVE PERRY have a song called PICKING UP THE PIECES...but im not quite sure...


Answer
Dear Vincent,

Here are your answers:

1. NO ONE THROWS AWAY MEMORIES, used as Hallmark Cards theme song back in 1979 was sung by the late RICHARD TAN (later TANN).

2. Medyo di ko ma pick up from the lyrics.

3. This one naman is too short. Sana you can send me an audio clip kahit humming lang para mas madali ma pick up kahit di malinaw na tama ang lyrics.

4. PICKING UP THE PIECES AGAIN by a group called OPEN SKYZ. Made up of HUGO, NEIL CHRISTOPHER, ADAM HOLLAND, CRAIG PULMANN and GERARD ZAPPA, their lead vocalist (HUGO) sounds very much like JOURNEY's STEVE PERRY. PICKING UP THE PIECES AGAIN is from their 1993 album OPEN SKYZ. Here's its lyrics:

PICKING UP THE PIECES AGAIN / OPEN SKYZ

I know you were leaving
When you say goodbye
Along with the feeling
Somehow we survived

You don’t need a reason
In everything’s change
I’m lost in a shadow
In a dream we once made

Refrain:
But how do I know
It’s not too late to try
& How do you feel
How will I know?
But now that’s left in the end
But picking up the pieces again

I’m leaving without you
I miss you dearly
Cause places remind me
Oh I’m still in love with you
Now I’ve been thinking baby
Maybe you can comeback away
But I know tomorrow
Without nothing left to say

But how do I know
It’s too late to try
& how do you feel
How will I know?
But now that’s left in the end
But picking up the pieces again

Bridge:
Lonely…bloody and shot
Can’t you see I’m hiding my pain?
Tell me baby how I can get out here
Tell we can try again…

Maraming salamat ulit!

BONG M. SANTOS
Manila, Philippines