2025 Competition Entry:

Don’t Understand by Scott Morgan

Genre

Pop

Artist

Website

Co-writer(s)

no

Performer(s)

Scott Morgan – Vocals, keys/synths, other instruments (using Logic Pro and Komplete), and the overall production.

Description

This response of “Don’t Understand” to being dumped sums it up.

Bio

Scott Morgan has lived and worked in NYC for more than 20 years. Having spent almost 20 years in the technology world, he is now a senior leader in the non-profit sector as an advocate for HIV/AIDS and other diseases. With a BFA in music and a lifetime of involvement with music, Scott has approached his interest in singing with great passion. He has focused on jazz vocals and has studied with such jazz luminaries as Kate McGarry. Scott has played at clubs like Jazz at Kitano, , Birdland and The Blue Note as well as a Broadway tribute at Urban Stages. His repertoire includes great songs from the American Popular Songbook, jazz classics, interpretations of tunes by The Beatles, James Taylor and Paul Simon. His first-rate musicianship is evident in everything he sings and his appealing personality comes through in his natural performing style. In 2017, he released a CD with Miranda Records with a trio featuring jazz icon Fred Hersch that shows the wide range of skills and song choices. “Scott Morgan’s singing is warm and loose. He has taste, heart, and musical intelligence. He’s a joy to hear, and I’d love to hear a lot more from him.” ~David Hajdu, music critic for The New Republic “Like a breath of fresh male vocalist air, Scott Morgan’s voice wafts gently through your ears, and heads straight to your heart.” ~ Janis Siegel – Grammy Winner and Founding Member of Manhattan Transfer “Morgan submerges himself totally in surrender to each particular song, making these Songs of Life profoundly moving”

Lyrics

Don’t Understand

Verse:
I don’t understand why you’d treat me so
You had me in the palm of your hand
Don’t know why its so hard letting go
I find it hard to understand

I can’t recall when the tables turned
Maybe I didn’t want to see
This isn’t the first time I’ve been burned
I thought you’d be different for me

Chorus:
So let me tell you one last time that I love you
Let me see your smile again, let it be for me
And if I can’t escape this undertow I’m drowning in
Let the river pull me under
I never wanted to be free –this is killin’ me

Verse:
Ninety spring-time days but I wanted more
The time flew by like a light
Summer days burn and I lock the door
‘Cause I’m afraid of the night

No more phone calls at 2AM
I am awake anyway
I wait for your call, which’ll never come
You’ve got nothing more to say

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