love songs

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Hi songcrafters friends! It's been a long time without a real daytime spent on music for me, but I don't want to let an year pass without issuing something (after lurking often here with nothing to say or show LOL). So that's my late contribution, some 2016 songs recorded without any special production on my home recording toys. Ciao geir, greeny, kari, fenderbender, alf, everyone i know here! thanks for your listen and comments are welcome ... (ps. the lyrics are by my american friend Michael LeBlanc)

https://www.reverbnation.com/1657986/album/147847

Love Songs

01. Atchafalaya Blue

Big river, can you tell me
Where's my baby gone
Big river, i'm walkin' this levee
Singin' a sad old song

Cold winter, cuttin' through me
I'm needin' my baby's charm
Cold winter, I'm feelin' so bluesy
Just her smile makes me warm

Why why why, did she have to go
I didn't give her nothin' but love
Why why why, i may never know
I guess maybe she had enough
Atchafalaya, oh, Atchafalaya Blue

Gris Gris man, can ya help me
Get your mojo workin'
Gris Gris man, mix a remedy
Can't ya see i'm hurtin'

Creole moon, lookin' for my baby
Gonna find out where she's at
Creole moon, surely gonna save me
Gonna bring my baby back

Why why why, did she have to go
I didn't give her nothin' but love
Why why why, i may never know
I guess maybe she had enough
Atchafalaya,oh, Atchafalaya Blue

Atchafalaya,oh Atchafalaya Blue
Atchafalaya,oh, Atchafalaya Blue


02-Directions

I got fed up and left this one horse town,on the horse
From the coast of California i was determined and bound
So i headed west and what a surprise to me
There wasn't nothin' out there but a big o sea
[ I guess i'd better turn this hoss around ]

So me and the horse got back on dry land,we headed east
We left sunny green Cali and hit the hot hot sand,hot as Hell to say the least
They say Arizona has a beautiful sight to see
It wasn't nothin' but a big o hole to me
[ Now how in the hell me and the horse gonna cross that ]

Then we headed down south to check out the swamps
It's too scary down there this aint what we want
There's skeeters 'n snakes 'n cajuns 'n gators
All tryin' to eat us so we said see ya later
[ We backin' out of there like a crawfish ]

Took our trip up to the east coast
Take a bite out of the apple and witness their boast
Yeah we never slept while we were in New York City
Now i aint gay but even the boys are pretty
[ Then i heard that little voice scream in my ear,GO WEST YOUNG MAN ]

So we changed our direction
Headed back home
I'm givin' that little town back their horse
Can't wait to rest my bones
They can't say i didn't try and say we told you so
But i'm satisfied i gave it a try now home is where i wanna go
[ My little dot on the map suits me just fine ]


03-Jenny Rainbow

I watch the sun dance in her long wavy hair
As she chases butterflies bouncing on the air
Then she giggles as she twirls with her shadow
She's an angel, my little Jenny Rainbow

Her puppy tags along pulling at her sun dress
She picks him up nose to nose that's how they kiss
Then to the swing she runs in the shade of the oak
She's a princess, my little Jenny Rainbow

Jenny Rainbow,my little Jenny Rainbow
My love will always grow, for Jenny Rainbow

I wish these precious days would last forever
The eyes of a child always see much better
But there'll come a day too soon in the years she'll grow
But she'll always be, my little Jenny Rainbow

The day is done we had our fun
I tell her she's daddy's number one
I whisper in her ear sweet dreams then away she goes
Sleeping beauty, my little Jenny Rainbow

Jenny Rainbow, my little Jenny Rainbow
My love will always grow,for Jenny Rainbow

Jenny Rainbow
Jenny Rainbow
Daddy's little girl


04-If This Is Love

I've read the books
I watched the movies
I played the songs

Now take a look
What it's done to me
Where did i go wrong

Was it because, i thought that love
Was something to be learned, to be learned
I thought my heart, was born for the part
Not to be broken and left to yearn, left to yearn

I've read the books
I watched the movies
I played the songs

Now take a look
What its done to me
Where did i go wrong

Love doesn't work, the way i thought
Love only hurts, i should have never sought
I should have stayed, with my innocence
To be never betrayed, by your ignorance

If this is love, i don't want it
If this is love, i don't need
If this is love, they should call it, something else


05-Midnight Blue

I wish i could buy you flowers
I wish i could buy you a beautiful stone
But i can only give you my hours
And days forever you would never be alone

I wish i could buy you the finest clothes
I wish i could buy you that mansion you lack
But i can only dress you in my loving hold
And shelter your dreams under my tin roof by the tracks

I may be a poor man but my love is rich
My hands may be dirty, my jeans may need stitched
But a rich man i'll be, with a poor girl like you
As we wish upon a star, in the midnight blue


I wish i could make all your dreams come alive
I wish i could ease your fearful heart
I would promise not one tear would fall from your eye
And none of your prayers would get lost in the dark

I may be a poor man but my love is rich
My hands may be dirty, my jeans may need stitched
But a rich man i'll be, with a poor girl like you
As we wish upon a star, in the midnight blue

As we wish upon a star, in the midnight blue


06-Mistaken Identity

I'm sorry if i bothered you
You look so familiar
Like someone that i once knew
When true love would fill ya
But i can see,you're not her anymore

So sorry if i'm starring at you
But you have that certain face
One that i've grown accustomed to
I know every line and trace
But i can see,you're not her anymore

It's just a case of mistaken identity
Of what is now and what used to be
You two could pass for twins so easily
I'm so sorry, it's just mistaken identity

Pardon me if it seems i hear
A voice that makes me smile
A longing whisper in my ear
That would last a million miles
But i can see, you're not her anymore

Pardon me if your eyes captivate
And hold me at their will
I know you're a stranger but i have to say
How much i love you still
But i can see, you're not her anymore

It's just a case of mistaken identity
Of what is now and what used to be
You two could pass for twins so easily
I'm so sorry, it's just mistaken identity

I can see, you're not her anymore


07-Love

It isn't love, if it breaks your heart
It isn't love, if it makes you cry
It's only love, if it lasts forever
It's only love, if it never dies

Love comes in many shapes and sizes
Love comes in colors and countless sounds
Love comes in arrays of strange disguises
Love comes when you think that it can't be found

Love is a garden you sow and reap
Love is something you must tend
Love is a pardon from sorrow and weep
Love is the answer of life my friend


08- No Title

I got an orphan song, nobody wants
Got an orphan song, that nobody wants
It don't say nothin' about love
Don't say nothin' about the grace above
I got an orphan song, that nobody wants

I got an orphan song, it don't got no name
I got an orphan song, it don't got no name
It drifts from city to city
Busks where things aint pretty
I got an orphan song, it don't got no name

It cries low every night
Thumbs its way in the mornin' light
Never knew where it was writ
It don't even ponder about it
Orphan song, go your wanderin' way

I got an orphan song, i sing it to myself
Got an orphan song, i sing it to myself
I'm the only one who relates
It gives more than it takes
I got an orphan song, i sing it for myself

Orphan song, go your wanderin' way

09. '71

My thoughts took a detour
On the backroads of my mind
To a sunny lake shore
Forty-four years behind

Where hand in hand we walked the beach
Scratched our names in the sand
I thought those days were out of reach
Until i heard our song again

It was Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
All that summer of '71
It was me and you learnin' what love can do
I'll never forget our season in the sun

Now i wonder where you are
And if you still remember me
Have you kept the polaroids
Of our teenage tapestry

I try to leave that dream to rest
Though i still keep my grin
But i call the DJ up and request
To play me that song again

It was Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
All that summer of '71
It was me and you learnin' what love can do
I'll never forget our season in the sun


10. Fools Gold

I thought that i've taken, everything that i should
Leave all the bad stuff and just take the good
But the one thing i left, every man dreams to hold
Like the fool that i am, i left her heart of gold

I thought i was a player, on top of my game
A genuine heartbreaker was my claim to fame
But i walked away as a joker i'm told
Threw away the queen of hearts and a lifetime of gold

Keep your eye on the prize
I've always heard
Never once realized
How true were those words
Now the treasures i've won
I can't even hold
You ain't number one
...
If you don't have the gold
...

Now time is a passing and i'm alone these days
Everyone's taken claim and rich in their ways
I'm trying to learn new tricks but this dog's too old
And my heart is filled, with only fools gold

Keep your eye on the prize
I've always heard
Never once realized
How true were those words
Now the treasures i've won
I can't even hold
You ain't number one
If you don't have the gold