My Love's Enough
Story Behind the Song
My Love’s Enough began with the idea, “Well, I hope my love’s enough, because what I do have materially is definitely not enough to keep anyone around. “
The idea evolved from there into some classic blues braggadocio, channeling songs like Muddy Waters’ Electric Man:
”The men call me Muddy, but the women call me the electric man… when I plug into your socket Girl, I can charge you like no one else can…”
Then there are the lyrical blues traditions that incorporate both the sacred and the profane, like Sonny Boy Williamson’s Eyesight to the Blind, Van Morrison’s A Town Called Paradise. Both agony and ecstasy can occur in church or the boudoir.
Add to that an article I read at the time called Abundance Without Attachment (well worth the read) and there’s plenty of content to jam into one song.
Musically, the chord structure probably comes from listening to Bruce Hornsby A LOT, and the horns are derived from all my favorites from Ray Charles to Robert Cray.
Credits
George Stephen Kelly: Vocal, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, solo
Michael Jenkins: Electric Guitar
Kevin Tubbs: Hammond Organ
Ryland Kelly: Bass
Antonio Johnson: Drums
De'Sean Jones: Tenor Sax
Marcus Eliot: Tenor Sax
John Douglas: Trumpet
My Love's Enough
I work all day with my hands
May not be rich, but I’m a steady rollin’ man
Got no investment portfolio
But what I got is so much more
Love is blind, I hope you read Braille
It says my love will never fail
To make you whole and keep you sane
When you get closer to its flame
I’ll show you my love’s enough
When in me you trust
The case is open and shut
My love’s enough
I won’t live and you won’t die
By the possessions that money buys
No distractions from those things
Just the ecstasy my love brings
If you got your heart set, sticky desires
You'll miss out on my sacred fire
Every day’s a holy day
With my love to light your way
I’ll show you my love’s enough
When in me you trust
The case is open and shut
My love’s enough
Fortunes come and fortunes go
My love is steady, it's never slow
Girl I ain’t got no ADHD
I pay full attention to what you need
It'll be a religious experience
I'm gonna make you delirious
Come on Baby, walk with me
You'll see my love will set you free
I’ll show you my love’s enough
When in me you trust
The case is open and shut
My love’s enough
©George S. Kelly, 2015, Ace Sleeve Music BMI