“SOMETIMES I WONDER”

[Intro – playful, Stevie-style ad-libs] Yeah yeah… Ohhh… Sometimes I wonder now… [Verse 1 – rhythmic, bouncy phrasing] Woke up this mornin’ with a question on my mind Is love really real or just a trick of time? One day it lifts you, got you feelin’ ten feet tall Next day you fallin’… don’t feel nothin’ at all You say you love me, then you turn and walk away Got me chasin’ shadows I can never make stay I try to read the signs but they keep changin’ shape Tell me is it love… or just a game we play? [Pre-Hook – harmonies + groove lift] Every time I think I understand… It slips right through my hands… *(background: “through my hands…”) * [Hook – SUPER CATCHY, FUNKY 🎹🔥] Sometimes I wonder why… Love make a grown man cry… Lift you up then pass you by… Tell me why… tell me why… Sometimes I wonder how… We say forever now… Then we don’t even speak somehow… Tell me how… tell me how… [Verse 2 – playful but deeper meaning] You got a way of sayin’ everything without a word Then turn around and act like I ain’t never heard The promises you made, the way you held me close Now I’m stuck between what I felt and what I know I ain’t tryna blame you, I ain’t sayin’ I’m right But love ain’t supposed to feel like a fight If it’s real, why it hurt like this? Why every kiss feel like a risk? [Pre-Hook – fuller harmonies] Every time I think I found the truth… It changes into you… [Hook – BIGGER, STACKED FUNK ENERGY] Sometimes I wonder why… Love make a grown man cry… Lift you up then pass you by… Tell me why… tell me why… [Bridge – Stevie-style breakdown, playful + deep] (clavinet + bass groove only) Maybe love ain’t what it seems… Maybe we just chasin’ dreams… Maybe I’m just foolin’ me… Tryna make it what I need… (call & response background vocals) “Is it real?” “Or fantasy?” [Break – instrumental pocket 🎹🔥] (clavinet solo moment, horns stab lightly) [Final Hook – FULL BAND, JOYFUL BUT QUESTIONING] Sometimes I wonder why… Love make a grown man cry… Lift you up then pass you by… Tell me why… tell me why… Sometimes I wonder how… We say forever now… Then we don’t even speak somehow… Tell me how… tell me how… [Outro – playful fade, ad-libs] Yeah… I just don’t understand it… But I still want it… *(background: “wonder why… wonder how…”) *