From the recording "Sorry On You" - (Single)
"Sorry On You" by Don McAvoy & The Great Whatever ®
Song: © 2004, Don McAvoy (ASCAP), (P) 2025, McAvoy Music Productions, Inc.
Video © 2025 – McAvoy Music Productions, Inc. (ASCAP)
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(DISCLAIMER – Title credits on actual video shows © 2023 and (P) 2003 which is an error that we are unable to correct on the actual video - © and (P) should both read 2025)
Story of the Song…
Here’s one that I wrote in 2004, then we started recording it in 2011 and for Whatever reason – see what I did there??? - finished it in 2025! …We frequently feature it in our live sets and really like playing it…I’m not exactly sure why I wrote it - but today I’m glad that I did as it is a tune that attempts to dispel toxicity…We hope you that you enjoy the song and wish you sincere good luck in ridding yourself of any toxicness in your life…dmc…
Credits:
Joe Mattis: Original Percussion & Recording Engineer
Marc Arot: Bass Guitar, Backing & Harmony Vocals, Spoken Word, Snaps Percussion & Recording Engineer
Jim Walsh: Electric 6 string Lead, Rhythm and Wah-wah guitars
Joe Stout: Drums, Piano, Organ, And Recording, Mixing and Mastering Engineer
Don McAvoy: Lead, Baritone, Harmony, Backing and Effected Vocals, Fender Bass VI, Snaps Percussion, Acoustic Electric 6 String Rhythm Guitar, Electric 6 string Lead Guitar on the outro, Electric 11 and 12 String Guitars, and Producer
Original tracks recorded at On The Way To Emmaus Studios in Collegeville, PA
Overdubbed portions recorded at Joe Stout’s studio in East Norriton, PA (Thank you, Nikki! – And Joe!)
Lyrics
Lyrics:
Copyright 2004, Don McAvoy
Published by McAvoy Music Productions, Inc. (ASCAP)
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Lyrics reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
CAPO 2 – Guitar – traditional tuning
VERSE:
So summertime is fine
But I’m going out of my mind
Oh, what I am I going to do
Without you, without you
You either love me or you don’t
You’ll either prove it or you won’t
I can’t waste my time trying
To figure you out anymore (To CHR.)
CHORUS:
Oh, I got the hint, I’m gone, I’m so out of here
There’s nothing to interpret, no, no,
No, it’s perfectly clear
Oh, I got the hint, I’m gone, I’m so out of here
Sorry on you, sorry on you,
They’ll be your tears.
VERSE:
Strip me of emotions
I’d be the strongest son of a *****
Oh, rid me of sentimentalness
And I could be rich, so rich
Heart, you work for me
So get on back to work
Just pump the blood underneath my skin
No vacancy, no vacancy
CHORUS
Oh, I got the hint, I’m gone, I’m so out of here (Forget me – forget you)
There’s nothing to interpret, no, no,
No, it’s perfectly clear (We’re done – we’re through)
Oh, I got the hint, I’m gone, I’m so out of here (Forget you – forgive you)
Sorry on you, sorry on you,
They’ll be your tears.
SOLO (SPOKEN WORD INTRO):
I got the hint, I’m gone
I’m so out of here, Sorry On You!
CHORUS
OUTRO:
Sorry on you, sorry on you …
Sorry -on – you (Forget me – forget you)
Sorry on you, sorry on you …
Sorry -on – you (We’re done – we’re through)
Sorry on you, sorry on you …
Sorry -on – you
Sorry on you, sorry on you …
Sorry -on - you