If you enjoy this material be sure to Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=JimmyLloydSongwriter<br /><br />Join us on Facebook! <br />http://www.facebook.com/jimmylloydsongwritershowcase<br /><br />Follow us on Twitter! <br />http://twitter.com/JimmyLloydTV<br /><br />Follow us on Instagram!<br />http://instagram.com/Jimmylloydsongwriter<br /><br />Find us at Flickr!<br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/39464890@N04/<br /><br />Visit our Official Website Too!<br />http://jimmylloyd.com/<br /><br />The "story" of The Jimmy Lloyd Songwriter Showcase is the ultimate example of necessity being the mother of invention. This is as grassroots as it gets. This is the ever-evolving, real-life drama of a small group of songwriters and media outsiders who created an opportunity to address one of the simplest, yet most challenging problems facing songwriters and musicians today... How do you make the world know who you are so that your music can be heard?<br /><br />Jimmy Lloyd performs his original song entitled " Something's Got To Give:" on the NBC TV show The Jimmy Lloyd Songwriter Showcase.<br /><br />See more at jimmylloyd.com<br /><br />SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE - By Jimmy Lloyd<br /><br /><br />From the corporate office parks<br />To convenience store parking lots<br />From the gutters of the ghetto streets<br />To the sidewalks of this town where you and I meet<br /><br />Something's got to give<br />Something's got to give<br /><br />All those years I tried to escape<br />That sad split-level landscape<br />The way out was hard to find on the best of days<br />I got sidetracked in the deadends and alleyways<br />I could not see the light for the forest trees<br />Til I found myself down on my knees<br /><br />Something had to give<br />Something had to give<br /><br />Through the hours that I tried<br />To console and rectify<br />A past so broken, so wrong, so torn<br />Made me feel like I was never born<br />Made me feel like I didn't belong<br />That the road ahead was way too long<br />And I wouldn't make it through to sing my song<br /><br />Something had to give<br />Something had to give<br />Someone had to give<br />I just had to give
