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Grumpy Mod
Some months ago Upfiddler issued a challenge, to which I responded with a song called 'somewhere', which was about my first car (a morris minor).
At the time I was writing the lyrics for the challenge, I came up with a line for the first verse, which was: "leather, rubber oil and dust". I noted at the time that I had borrowed that particular idea from a song written some years earlier.
During a computer clean up and back up, I rediscovered that earlier song, which I wrote in 2004. The song is called 'leather', and its chorus was:
"Leather and cashmere, silk and lace
Chambray and gossamer
Leather and cashmere, silk and lace
Jasmine and lavender"
Sometimes it's interesting to look at earlier stuff, and it brought back strong memories of that time.
For the curious, here are the full lyrics of Leather and a link to the MP3 of the track:http://www.box.net/shared/9pixby3pf4
I wrote this song in an interesting way, but I won't say how yet. I'd be interested in your thoughts first. I'll post how I wrote it in a few days time.
Leather (Mike Raine 2004)
Sharp as a knife-edged teardrop falling
Fine as a blade of grass
Clear as the echo's whispered warning
Still as a pond of glass
Dark are the evening's smokey shadows
Stretched on the curving path
Cool is the misty light that's fading
Unveil the needle stars
Leather and cashmere, silk and lace
Chambray and gossamer
Leather and cashmere, silk and lace
Jasmine and lavender
v1
Inside the shade of the umbrella tree
We forsook the laws of gravity
There is a spider crawling on your back
There is a spark of undercover contact
Fingers writhe like restless worms
Closed-eye submersion of intensity
The pleasure is unleashing just like a whip
Surging with electricity
Dark are the evening's smokey shadows
Stretched on the curving path
Cool is the misty light that's fading
Unveil the needle stars
Leather and cashmere, silk and lace
Chambray and gossamer
Leather and cashmere, silk and lace
Jasmine and lavender
v2
Following the velvet lunar dance
Measured out in pulsing veins
Where these liquid moonbeams fell
Gleaming drops of pearly rain
A zephyr's breath against a throat
Immersed within a silver stream
The Cabernet runs down the side of my mouth
You lick away the blood red stain
Sharp as a knife-edged teardrop falling
Fine as a blade of grass
Clear as the echoes' whispered warning
Still as a pond of glass
Leather and cashmere, silk and lace
Chambray and gossamer
Leather and cashmere, silk and lace
Jasmine and lavender
At the time I was writing the lyrics for the challenge, I came up with a line for the first verse, which was: "leather, rubber oil and dust". I noted at the time that I had borrowed that particular idea from a song written some years earlier.
During a computer clean up and back up, I rediscovered that earlier song, which I wrote in 2004. The song is called 'leather', and its chorus was:
"Leather and cashmere, silk and lace
Chambray and gossamer
Leather and cashmere, silk and lace
Jasmine and lavender"
Sometimes it's interesting to look at earlier stuff, and it brought back strong memories of that time.
For the curious, here are the full lyrics of Leather and a link to the MP3 of the track:http://www.box.net/shared/9pixby3pf4
I wrote this song in an interesting way, but I won't say how yet. I'd be interested in your thoughts first. I'll post how I wrote it in a few days time.
Leather (Mike Raine 2004)
Sharp as a knife-edged teardrop falling
Fine as a blade of grass
Clear as the echo's whispered warning
Still as a pond of glass
Dark are the evening's smokey shadows
Stretched on the curving path
Cool is the misty light that's fading
Unveil the needle stars
Leather and cashmere, silk and lace
Chambray and gossamer
Leather and cashmere, silk and lace
Jasmine and lavender
v1
Inside the shade of the umbrella tree
We forsook the laws of gravity
There is a spider crawling on your back
There is a spark of undercover contact
Fingers writhe like restless worms
Closed-eye submersion of intensity
The pleasure is unleashing just like a whip
Surging with electricity
Dark are the evening's smokey shadows
Stretched on the curving path
Cool is the misty light that's fading
Unveil the needle stars
Leather and cashmere, silk and lace
Chambray and gossamer
Leather and cashmere, silk and lace
Jasmine and lavender
v2
Following the velvet lunar dance
Measured out in pulsing veins
Where these liquid moonbeams fell
Gleaming drops of pearly rain
A zephyr's breath against a throat
Immersed within a silver stream
The Cabernet runs down the side of my mouth
You lick away the blood red stain
Sharp as a knife-edged teardrop falling
Fine as a blade of grass
Clear as the echoes' whispered warning
Still as a pond of glass
Leather and cashmere, silk and lace
Chambray and gossamer
Leather and cashmere, silk and lace
Jasmine and lavender