Growing up in a family that valued blood relatives more than anything, it was kinda difficult being a stepchild. I felt like a second-class citizen a lot of the times due to rude uncles and aunts.

I guess being the second youngest, it affected me on a deeper level.... especially when my stepfather's and my mother's new son was added “…and it was the end of us.”

But, that’s only the first half of the song. It also chronicles my failed marriage on Summer Creek Court, in Bakersfield. When we were good, we were really good. (Sigh).

Then, “on a street named for arbors”, when my son was suddenly killed in a freak accident, “There’s a man who is broken”, that was me. I am still, it’s a hard road …

Yeah, this song covers a lot.

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I try and speak the truth through my music, it is not my aim or goal to hurt anybody, it’s just what I write usually comes from my life experiences… and this just happens to be one of them.

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SCENARIO '23

In Old Santa Barbara

On a street labeled 'Nowhere'

In a car that was driven

By a man who fell for her

Headed in a new direction

With her and her four children

From an all-too-wrong first marriage

To an all-too-wrong place to go

Soon they'll know ...

Watch the turns

Keep your eyes on the road ...

For this Scenario

In Old Paso Robles

In a house across from Grandma's

In a name that was borrowed

From a family who didn't want us

She had another baby

And it was the end of us

Cause his family would remind us

That he was the one they wanted

Yes I know

Here we go

Watch the turns

Keep your eyes on the road ...

For this Scenario

Cause it seems that life is full of turns

Unknown roads where

Forests burn

People blind to all they don't wanna know

But another day is another chance

To make things right and to dance that dance

And everything will fall in line, you know ...

The Scenario

In Southern California

On a street named for Summer

In a house full of happiness

And three little wonders

I made sure all my children knew what was laid out before us

Two parents who loved them

In a world that couldn't touch us

This I know

Well, here we go

Watch the turns

And keep your eyes on the road ...

For this Scenario

Cause you know that life is full of turns

Glance away and soon you learn

It doesn't matter all the safety you bestow

Cause another day is another chance

To take a risk and skip the dance

And one by one don't they fade away or go ...

For this Scenario

In Old California

On a street named for arbors

Is a place that is rented

In a city made for starters

There's a man who is broken

In a life that is harder

Than he ever wanted

And that he really wishes from he could go

But, we know

Watch the turns

Keep your eyes on the road

For his Scenario

For his Scenario

What's your Scenario

What's your Scenario

What's your Scenario

Here we go

What's your Scenario

Here we go

What's your Scenario

Music & Lyrics by Tomás G Robinson

Written, Produced, Arranged & Performed by Tomás

Photo by Tomás

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All4Alex Studios, Glendale, CA

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Scenario '23 - by Tomás

Copyright ©️ September 09, 2023

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