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>> I have a question.
>> Yeah?
>> How many unknown songs have
you written that you think are
good songs, that you've been
saving, that you know are good
songs that you just never put
out there, because you know that
they're like children and
they're bankable, important
things?
>> I would say less than ten.
>> That are, like prime...
>> Even less than eight.
I'll tell you why.
You know I write for character.
>> Right.
>> And if there isn't a lady who
thinks back about her bringing
up a boy and wondering where she
went wrong, which spurred "If He
Walked Into My Life," or if
there isn't a man who doesn't
know how to say, "I love you"...
>> Right.
>> Which...
>> Became "I Won't Send Roses".
>> Became your song.
I think of it as your song.
>> Oh, that's sweet.
>> I really do.
>> I love it.
>> I don't really know how to
write.
But once in a while in between
shows, just noodling at the
piano, I've written a song that
sort of doesn't have a home.
And of course I've kept them all
in my head.
And I have a song that I would
love to teach you.
And it's kind of a... I call it
an Astaire-Rogers kind of a
song.
And every once in a while I
remember it, and I sit and play
it.
But you are the first human
ears...
>> Wow.
>> ...to hear this.
>> Well, this is fantastic.
Now, how do I learn it?
>> If I play it...
>> Sure.
Play the melody, and let's see
if I can...
>> If I just play it...
>> ♪ You were just
someone to dance with
♪ Someone to glide me
across the floor
♪ You were just
someone to dance with
♪♪ Someone to hold...
(piano demonstrating melody)
♪ For a moment or so
♪ Who would have dreamed
I would never let go
♪ For when the music stopped
we kept on dancing
♪ Clinging together
the whole night through
♪ Watching the silent room
whirl by
♪ There in your arms
I knew that I
♪ Would spend my life
dancing with you. ♪
>> Oh, my god, it's going to be
be gorgeous in this boy.
>> Well, thank god that you're
finally letting me hear it,
letting anybody hear it.
You know, it's keeping it alive.
>> Like a D13.
Yes.
>> Let me start again.
♪ You were just
someone to dance with
♪ Someone to glide me
across the floor
♪ You were just
someone to dance with
♪ Someone to hold
for a moment or so
♪ Who would have dreamed
I would never let go
♪ For when the music stopped
we kept on dancing
♪ Clinging together
the whole night through
♪ Watching the silent room
roll by... ♪
That's supposed to be quiet,
sorry.
♪ There in your arms... ♪
>> There, there.
>> ♪ Watching the silent
room go by... ♪
>> Now A minor.
>> ♪ There...
>> Yes.
>> ♪ There in your arms I... ♪
>> D7.
Beautiful.
>> ♪♪ Would spend my life
dancing with you. ♪
It has to have a...
>> Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
>> ♪ Dancing with you. ♪
Something like that.
Has to be a...
>> Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, Michael, I'm hearing a baby
being born.