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VERSES 1 & 2
I found you on the deck last night
A flicker left, a faint, small light
A shiver ran along your wing
Clutching so hard to life's thin string
I watched you while the dark did grow
And left you 'neath the moon's cold glow
I thought, tomorrow, I'll lay you down,
If morning comes and you're still around
PRE-CHORUS
But when the sun rose up to see
You'd slipped away, a mystery
No trace, no feather, no goodbye
Just empty deck and open sky
CHORUS
Did you rise up, chase death away
And live to fly another day
Or did a bobcat come on by
For a midnight snack beneath uncaring sky
Oh little bird, you're a riddle to me
Are you out there now, or just a carcass to eat
VERSE 3
I searched the yard, under the deck
But could not find a single speck
To show that once you had been here
Every trace has disappeared
PRE-CHORUS
Because when the sun rose up to see
You'd slipped away, a mystery
No trace, no feather, no goodbye
Just empty deck and open sky
CHORUS
Did you rise up, chase death away
And live to fly another day
Or did a bobcat come on by
For a midnight snack beneath uncaring sky
Oh little bird, you're a riddle to me
Are you out there now, or just a carcass to eat
BRIDGE
Not every end will leave a sign
No echo, mark, or clear design
Some vanish like a whispered thought
Here for a moment, and then... they're not.
CHORUS
Did you rise up, chase death away
And live to fly another day
Or did a bobcat come on by
For a midnight snack beneath uncaring sky
I don't know his fate, but this much is true
I'll remember the bird that I barely knew
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Cover Songs / Re: 1975 country blue eyes Col...
Last post by the physics teacher - Today at 01:09:02 AMNice collab guys.
#2
Cover Songs / Re: 1975 country blue eyes Col...
Last post by Jean Pierre - Yesterday at 11:34:11 PMThank you TIM for this collaboration, it's always a pleasure to play with you!
...about Willie Nelson and his legendary "Trigger" guitar
Willie Nelson is an iconic figure in country music (more precisely, outlaw country).
I've always been intrigued by this amazing guitar, which he's been playing almost exclusively since the '70s.
This guitar, an acoustic nylon, has a scratched soundboard (in fact signed by a hundred of his friends) and is pierced near the rosette by repeated mediator strokes.
In fact, this "rotten" guitar is a Martin N 20 accoustic, nylon but with a Prismatone pickup.
Martin produced a Willie Nelson signature model in 1998...there's a second-hand model for sale on the Internet at 27909 Euros...
Read the full story of this legendary guiatre here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(guitar)
...about Willie Nelson and his legendary "Trigger" guitar
Willie Nelson is an iconic figure in country music (more precisely, outlaw country).
I've always been intrigued by this amazing guitar, which he's been playing almost exclusively since the '70s.
This guitar, an acoustic nylon, has a scratched soundboard (in fact signed by a hundred of his friends) and is pierced near the rosette by repeated mediator strokes.
In fact, this "rotten" guitar is a Martin N 20 accoustic, nylon but with a Prismatone pickup.
Martin produced a Willie Nelson signature model in 1998...there's a second-hand model for sale on the Internet at 27909 Euros...
Read the full story of this legendary guiatre here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigger_(guitar)
#3
Original Songs / Song for a Smallish Colorful B...
Last post by OdilonGreen - Yesterday at 09:12:03 PMThis is a completely true story. A bird that appeared to be on the verge of death appeared on my deck on Friday evening. While not a common occurrence, it has happened a handful of times over the 20 or so years that I've been in my current house, and the usual result is that when the bird finally expires, I have to take a shovel and unceremoniously fling it into the woods.
This time, though, the bird was gone the next morning.
Did it recover? Did a scavenger get it? Who knows, but that lingering question was the inspiration for this song.
This was originally a completely light and comic piece, but grew organically into something a bit more philosophical as I worked on it, perhaps stemming from my ongoing accumulation of personal infirmities as I grow ever older, and my resultant reflections on mortality.
As a result, although there are some parts that I very much like, especially musically and melodically, this song is a bit of a Frankenstein assemblage, with more snide and more thoughtful sentiments co-existing a bit uncomfortably. Oh well.
The main instrument is my newly re-set-up baritone ukulele, which I'm happy to say is playing much better now.
This time, though, the bird was gone the next morning.
Did it recover? Did a scavenger get it? Who knows, but that lingering question was the inspiration for this song.
This was originally a completely light and comic piece, but grew organically into something a bit more philosophical as I worked on it, perhaps stemming from my ongoing accumulation of personal infirmities as I grow ever older, and my resultant reflections on mortality.
As a result, although there are some parts that I very much like, especially musically and melodically, this song is a bit of a Frankenstein assemblage, with more snide and more thoughtful sentiments co-existing a bit uncomfortably. Oh well.
The main instrument is my newly re-set-up baritone ukulele, which I'm happy to say is playing much better now.
#4
Original Songs / Re: Painted Man (Let The Devil...
Last post by StephenM - Yesterday at 09:10:52 PMI dun wan know what its about...but i will bathe in this lovely track...
I do admit when I first heard it I thought it was about the pope.
I do admit when I first heard it I thought it was about the pope.
#5
Cover Songs / Re: I’m Not In Love - 10cc - 1...
Last post by StephenM - Yesterday at 09:08:31 PMThis song is no way boring...
But then again i will watch grass grow...
ODH...
For WEF president
But then again i will watch grass grow...
ODH...
For WEF president
#6
Cover Songs / Re: 1975 country blue eyes Col...
Last post by StephenM - Yesterday at 09:05:51 PMAmazing..
I will take this one...
That accordion is blowing my mind.
What a great colab..
I am twirling...spinning...
In love
I will take this one...
That accordion is blowing my mind.
What a great colab..
I am twirling...spinning...
In love
#7
Cover Songs / 1975 country blue eyes Collab
Last post by TPB - Yesterday at 11:15:56 AM
This Willie Nelson song released in 1975
JP is on the slide, accordion and backing vocals and mixing
Thanks for the collab always a pleasure to play with others
Tim
#8
Original Songs / Re: Painted Man (Let The Devil...
Last post by TPB - Yesterday at 06:10:43 AMLet me tell you brother your vocal is smoking on this song, plus the lyrics are outstanding bravo to you
Tim
Tim
#9
Cover Songs / Re: Across the borderline, Ry ...
Last post by Jean Pierre - Yesterday at 05:53:01 AMQuoteAh, to be greeted by a thousand mariachi players in front of a firing squad!
yes, that's kind of the feeling I get... I see myself at the heart of the Mexican revolution, in 1913... (Once upon a time, the revolution, film by Sergio Leone, music by Ennio Morricone).
Note that I've done a cover of the music from "Once upon a time, the Revolution", one of my cult films
HERE, for those who haven't heard it yet
https://songcrafters.org/forum/index.php?topic=27760.0
#10
Original Songs / Re: Love is all we've got
Last post by DarrenG / The Devil's Toupee - Yesterday at 04:07:56 AMDefinitely a great song with an 80's synth pop feel. The synth Arps sound great. Nice drums and guitars. Great vocals and catchy lyrics as always.