From the recording Calculating The Sum Of Your Life
Save The Radio's first radio single, 'Add It Up' went to #37 on the Billboard Activator charts in late 2013 through spring of 2014. Written about true events that Shawn Scheller experienced while working for a doctor's office. The lyrics come in the form a letter & honey-do list from a wife who passed from a tragic motorcycle accident a year earlier to a husband who found out he was also dying from cancer and must make safe arrangements for their children who are experiencing this profound loss in their lives.
Lyrics
Add It Up
Lyrics: S.Scheller
Music: S. Scheller, M.MacKewice, T.Jentgens
The time has come, it won’t be long
To find a simple place where we can carry on
And looking back, it was a blast
We sure raised some hell and had a lot of laughs
This ride is only getting off at heaven
They’ll pick you up at a quarter past seven
You need to Add it Up and write it down
Cross the river baby before you should drown
We made a bed for you to sleep
Now dream a little dream of you and me
You’re the best I ever had
When I think of kissing you it hurts so bad
All the neon lights and memories
Make me want you once again so desperately
You better soak your sins in love and affection
And hope you made a lasting impression
You need to Add it Up and write it down
Cross the river baby before you should drown
He made a bed for you to sleep
Now dream a little dream of you and me
Make believe all the company you kept
Made memories just for you to collect
You know this life was never built for regret
Throwing stones at tempered glass
And whisper quietly “for this too shall pass”
Tell the kids, We send our love
And tell the sheriff that the band is on the run
You need to Add it Up and write it down
Cross the river baby before you should drown
We made a bed for you to sleep
Now dream a little dream of you and me
Dream a little dream of you and me
Published by: Radiosongs/BMI