Matthew Moran

Ill always remember a full-time songwriter catching me as I walked off stage at a songwriter showcase, pointing his finger in my chest, and saying, "You could make a living with songs like that!!"

Or the time at the gym in Anthem last year when a guy walked up and said, "Are you Matt Moran, the songwriter? My wife and I have seen you up in Cave Creek. We love that Mexico song. Its my wifes favorite!"

Listen to South to Mexico here

Today I was honored with this email.

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Matthew,
I met you in Ruidoso at Dreamcatchers. You played a song and it wasnt available yet on CD. I want to purchase the CD that its on before September. I want to give the song to my wife on our ONE Year wedding anniversary. Can you PLEASE help me with this?
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He then listed the song  or lyrics from it.  It is my song, Everything I Thought Id Never Wanted&

My song as a gift for a 1st anniversary!!!  Thank you.. thank you' and again, thank you!!!

There is, as with all songs, a bit of a story behind it.

After our home was destroyed in a a freak monsoon created flood in 2007, Doug Brunkhe, a marketing professional in Phoenix who after seeing me interviewed post flood all day the next day and had seen me make the newspaper and TV before said, "All the press you ever wanted!"

I replied, "All the press I never wanted!"

A week or so later, running some errands and equipped with my digital recorder, I rolled the phrase and idea over in my mind. Rather than a press I never wanted, what about love I never wanted..

The lyrics:

Everything I Thought Id Never Wanted
Copyright © Matthew Moran  2009

CHORUS
Everything I thought I never wanted
Everything I never thought that I could have
Walked into my life when you came walkin through the door
And you became, everything I wanted and more

VERSE
Love at first sight
Some say it dont exist
But Ive had a taste of it
And I can testify

That when it gets hold of you
It can capture your soul
Feels like your losin control
And thats just the start of it

Baby thats what happened when I saw you
Everything I never wished for just came true
(chorus)

VERSE
Sometimes at night
I watch you lying next to me
Never knew that I could be
Such a lucky man

And it takes me back to when
You first caught my eye
I'm glad I didnt pass by
What might have never been?

Weve put some years behind us girl but I still see
Youre everything I never thought true love could be

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I like the song too ' simple, yet emotionally pure.

Ive done a basic acoustic recording of it but not for release.

However, here is a video recorded earlier this year at Next Coffee Company in Phoenix (Glendale, AZ really).  FYI: Ill be there on July 24th, 2009 ' 8-10pm.

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