Give It Away
Recording Artist: Glass Tiger
Writers: Jim Vallance
Alan Frew
Sam Reid
Date Written: May 2002 / Vancouver
Albums: No Turning Back (Capitol Records, released Aug. 24, 2004)
Audio:
 

Alan Frew: vocals
Sam Reid: keyboards
Al Connelly: guitars
Jim Vallance: guitar, bass, drums

 
Produced by Jim Vallance and Sam Reid. Recorded by Jim Vallance and Sam Reid at Cabana Studios, Vancouver.  Mixed by Ed Thacker at Cabana Studios.
Comments:
Alan Frew >
In early 2002 I got a call from my old friend Sam Reid. Glass Tiger were planning the release of a "20th Anniversary" DVD, and they were hoping to include two new "bonus" tracks ... and might I be interested in co-writing the new tracks with him and Alan Frew?

Of course I was interested!  Since first hooking up with Glass Tiger in 1985 I've remained close friends with Sam and Alan, and I thought it would be a blast, almost 20 years later, to try and create new music that could stand beside the old Tiger stalwarts, like "Someday", "Don't Forget Me" and "Thin Red Line".

Schedules were coordinated, and it was decided Sam and Alan would come to Vancouver for five or six days in May 2002, returning in September for a second session. 

In between reminiscing about old times and eating ourselves silly, we managed to get two new tracks written and recorded:  "Give It Away" and "No Looking Back".

Originally the Vancouver recordings were intended as "demos", with "real" recordings to be completed at a later date.  But upon further listening we decided that the temporary tracks were worthy of official release. 

With that in mind, Sam contacted Ed Thacker, the audio engineer who'd mixed the first two Glass Tiger albums back in 1985 and 1987.  Ed flew up from Los Angeles and mixed the two new tracks at my home studio, with Paul Silveira assisting and Sam and I overseeing the production.
Lyrics: It's 2:00 a.m. and I'm incapable again
Another face that I don't know
I need to breath, I need to feel, but in the end
I can never let it show

I believe you've heard it all before
But I'm pretty sure of one thing
You can't take it anymore
You don't realize what you've got
Until you give it away

A little bit higher
A little bit closer
We'll stronger
We'll cross over

A little bit higher
A little bit longer
Love forever

And so if you'll just have to ask me again
If I love you ... I don't know
But I know this life will pass me in the end
Fuel is dangerously low

Let's believe that towers never fall
No- one ever buys a gun
No-one ever builds a wall
You don't realize what you've got
Until you give it away

A little bit higher
A little bit closer
We'll stronger
We'll cross over

A little bit higher
A little bit longer
Love forever
Love grows stronger

All you ever needed was a little protection
Bouncin' off the walls in the wrong direction
Pick it up and turn it 'round
Moving at the speed of sound
Over, under, up is down
All I ever do is love you

Please be there when I am coming down
But don't try to catch me
I'd prefer to hit the ground
I didn't realize what I've got
Until I gave it away

A little bit higher
A little bit closer
We'll stronger
We'll cross over

A little bit higher
A little bit longer
Love forever
Love grows stronger

A little bit higher
A little bit closer
We'll stronger
We'll cross over

A little bit higher
A little bit longer
Love forever
Love grows stronger