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Song 4, and it's something of a work-in-progress (yes, I know, aren't they ALL? ;-) ), but I'm already slightly behind "schedule" here, so this is what I have so far.

The demo is a straight-to-stereo acoustic run-through with the guitalele (recorded on an iPhone 4S with TASCAM iM2 "dock" condenser mike, into the TASCAM PCM Recorder app). I think the stripped-down rendition has a charm of its own, though I "hear" a fuller arrangement for it in my head - something like "Somedays" by Paul McCartney (extra guitars and "chamber" orchestra, sort of thing).

I'd also like to spend more time on the melody and lyrics, but I think this gives an idea where the song is "going". Any thoughts?

lyrics

In springtime years ago they met by the stream
Paddled in the shallows, talked about the wind
As days grew longer, new pastimes they would dream
Meadows bloom, daisies by the score
Before the war

Taking walks on verdant hills, skylark song above
That summer barely passed, as if it wouldn't end
It felt to them the hedgerows would celebrate their love
Like the larks, their insides seemed to soar
Before the war

[bridge]
Sometimes the words get in the way
Sometimes there's nothing right to say

September brought the gathering storm, and cast a shadow long
An argument of distant men, sweeping all before
To fight and hurt for others' hate - they felt it surely wrong
Still the letter came, dropping through their door
And then the war

[instrumental]

Sometimes the words...

They do their best to shield the flame, despite their time apart
Pen and ink are now their tongue, for now it has to do
The nights pass quiet and empty - when will they meet again?
And somewhere still, the stream will ever pour - like it did
Before the war

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from Homecooked: Songs From FAWM 2013, released March 4, 2013
TA Walker - guitalele, vocal

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Guitarist/multi-instrumentalist, composer and songwriter, often with "electronica", "lo-fi" and "prog" inclinations.

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