Save Your Love For Me

The following includes lyrics to Save Your Love for Me originally performed by Nancy Wilson

Wish I knew
Why I'm so in love with you
No one else in this world will do
Darling please save your love for me

You could say the first lyric is applicable to my relationship with this song. When I was first writing The Low Notes I knew I needed a song for my heroine Nina to sing so I went in search of a jazzy standard and this was what I found. I fell in love with this song. Every word seemed to be written for me and for Kevin and Nina. Back before I even considered having this novel published, when it was just my baby, I chocked it full of song lyrics including this one. Little did I know the road I would be going down.

Run away
If I were wise I'd run away
But like a fool I stay
And pray you'll save your love for me

I can feel it
Even when you're not here
Can't conceal it
I really love you my dear
And though I know no good
Can come from loving you
I can't do a thing I'm so in love with you

I kept the lyrics in even when I sent it in to my publisher. They told me if we could secure the rights I could keep them in! I was so happy...until I started searching. First the trouble was finding out who actually owned the copyright to the song. It was days of internet searches and sending out inquiry emails. Then I found the source!!

So darling
Help me please
Have mercy on a fool like me
I'm so unwise but still I plead
Darling please save you love for me

I can feel it
Even when you're not here
Can't conceal it
I really love you my dear
And though I know no good
Can come from loving you
I can't do a thing I'm so in love with you

I emailed the company that owns the song and filled out the proper request to use the lyrics in a print/ebook format. I was told to wait fifteen to twenty days for a response and though I checked my email every day like a crazy person, I did get a response in a timely manner. Mind you, all of this was keeping me from having a release date set in stone. We were toying with either a May or June release and because I was waiting on the lyrics I was thinking more like June, maybe even July if need be. 

So darling help me please
Have mercy on a fool like me
I know I'm lost but still I plead
Darling please save your love for me

Ultimately, when I heard from the music company they wanted payment for the rights to the song and the terms just weren't right for me. I thought it over and realized that losing the song didn't take away from my story it simply took away the lyrics. I was sad at first and maybe there will be a time when it makes me sad again or just nostalgic for that first baby draft. Either way anyone who reads the book will know that Nina is singing this song as it is still referenced in title only. So I took this opportunity to share with you the lyrics. Hopefully once you've read the book you'll see why I hold this song in such high regard in terms of my romance.



You can have fun with the crowd
But for crying out loud
Darling please save your love for me

I'm glad the Internet has no rules and that I could share these lyrics with you in some form. In just two days you'll be able to get a copy of The Low Notes! Come back tomorrow for an exclusive excerpt from the book.