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American Idol, Brooke White Sings My Song, Fun In A Bottle

A few years ago I tried my hand at lyric writing and I created several songs. One was about my dad who was killed by a drunk driver on New Year's Eve. I took it to a gal from my church named Brooke White. Brooke is a professional singer and she agreed to give me feedback and some pointers. At the end of our first meeting she said that she thought the song was really good and that it could "go somewhere."

My dream with this song is to have it recorded and used by M.A.D.D for the presentations that they do in schools. I would love to see my song used to help stop drunk driving. I don't care if I never made a dime off the song, I would love to see it utilized somehow. That's one of my major dreams in life.

I recently decided to act on that dream and create this site and I am enlisting the help of friends to make an amateur recording of my song that I will use along with family photos to create a video montage.

I was shocked when I happened to see Brooke performing on American Idol, 2008. I hope she wins as she is very talented and very genuinely nice and generous. She spent about 4 hours with me developing my song for free. She played my song and I recorded it on my hand held recorder, but she said that I could not distribute it as she had contracts pending. (I wish that now that she is famous, Brooke could help me professionally record this song.God willing, it will get recorded somehow.) Below are the lyrics. Check back and hopefully I will soon have the montagemade. Watch Brooke's awesome performance of John Lennon's "Let It Be."

Unfortunately, Brooke White's grandfather was also killed by a drunk driver.

Fun In A Bottle
By Susana Fierro-Baig
Copyright 2005

It was 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day in ’75,
My young love died,
My Jimmy died.

When a drunk man went out for a ride,
That’s the night that I cried,
When my Jimmy died,
I lost my love in ’75.

Some people think they need a drink
To have a good time.
So they test their luck and spend a buck,
On an innocent life.

But fun is no fun,
It’s just a lot of misery.

When their foot hits the throttle,
Fun in a bottle aint no fun at all.
‘Cuz it’s the end of a life, for a beloved husband and wife,
And that’s, that’s no fun.

My love, let’s go back just 10 minutes before,
I won’t let you through the door.
No, Jimmy, don’t go out that door.
‘Cuz if you do, you’re not coming back my love.
So stay with me,
Just stay with me.

God, why do people think they need a drink
To have a good time?
They test their luck and spend a buck,
On an innocent life.

Fun is no fun.
Just a lot of misery

When their foot hits the throttle
Fun in a bottle aint no fun at all.
‘Cuz it’s a son and a daughter, left alone without a father,
And that’s, that’s no fun.

Jimmy when you lost your life,
I lost my life too.
Our hearts were shattered,
Our dreams didn’t matter,
When death tolled for you.

Fun is no fun,
Just a lot of misery.

When his foot hits the throttle
Fun in a bottle aint no fun at all.
Now he’s gone, for a time
But there’s still eternal life,
And that’s, that’s my prayer.

In ’75 my young love died,
That’s the night that I cried
When my Jimmy died.
I can’t wait to see him on the other side,
On life’s other side,
I’ll be by his side,
By his side.