"Biggest Octopus Ever" (#481, 210710)

Well it's something I thought was pure fiction
Just a ploy to sell tabloids and such
Turns out they got it all perfectly right to the letter

It's been known by several descriptions
Like a monster or creature of dread
It's the biggest ... octopus ... ever

What the books couldn't teach I'm observing
That it's real and lives in the sea
But I don't have to live my life frozen in terror

See it's friendly and that much is certain
After all it's been kind to me
It's the biggest ... octopus ... ever

Well it's wide as the great state of kansas
It's tall as the sky and it's wet
And it lives longer than any human can measure

Yes we can't really quite understand it
All we know is we'll never forget
The biggest ... octopus ... ever

It has eyes the size of the ocean
And a heart that's salty and warm
It's every bit as mysterious as it is clever

I will say it once more in slow motion
So take heed as you have been warned
It's the biggest ... octopus ... ever

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When the sunlight hits the water
And all the ripples sparkle gold
You meet with mother nature's daughter 
She's a wonder to behold
You can feel the life arising
As the crickets buzz and jump
And all the earth's awake and thriving
And you can tell the time has come 

Chorus:
And when you know you know you know
You just feel what's there to feel
You're gonna go where you got to go
to dream the dream and make it real
You gotta be what you got to be
When you see her there you see
When you know you know you know

And the spirit's there to guide you
And you've woken up to love
You can feel it there inside you
You just have to open up
And the heat is like a furnace
But the water's cold and sweet
Just to see her makes you nervous
Til your eyes will softly meet

Chorus

M8
That love has finally found its way to you after oh so long
Love has finally come and made you it's own

When you roll down to the river
And you hear those crickets play
When you see the gold light shimmer
Off the crest of every wave
Well if you meet her there you'll feel it
The ancient spell re-cast anew
You say the words and know you mean it
No, no-one teaches it to you  

Chorus

You Know You Know

26-(still catching up on SAW 2021 list)
Saturday night late
1.Last night we watched the tennis 
We cheered Ash Barty home
She held my every childhood dream and never let it go
Our eyes were sore with weeping
All joy came pouring down
This prize was for her keeping
Our hearts adorned her crown

2.We stayed up til the finish
Past 3am at least
We jumped and sang like children
It brought our hearts release
Weve just returned to lockdown
For weeks we must stay in
But none can steal our love for Ash
Nor quench the pride within

3.Twas 40 years of waiting
and watching for the day
Since Evonne in all elegance
Performed a great display
And perfect that another 
Would come and take her place
A shining star of courage
A girl so filled with grace

4.So heres to Ash and Evonne
Heres to childhood dreams
For us back home in Sydney
We toast our london queens
a rare and treasured moment
All glorious and bright
Beneath the milky way we sing 
And celebrate tonight

saturday night up late SAW 26

"Greed (What More Do You Want)" (#489, 210807)

 * co-written with Texas Dave * 

I’m sick of my Ford
Lord gimme’ a Cadillac
I always want more
Ain’t that a fact

Look in the mirror and ask myself
What I’d say to someone else

What more do you want
What more do you need
When we already have it all
Anything more is greed

My bathtub’s too little
Give me a pool
A fountain in the middle
That would be cool

Look in the mirror and ask myself
What I’d say to someone else

What more do you want
What more do you need
When we already have it all
Anything more is greed

Could use more money
How about my own bank
And a good lookin’ honey
Please and thanks

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Songaweek Week 34
songaweek.org theme: Shape of your shadow
r/songaweek theme: Reverb

Aren't we peculiar 
Aren't we estranged
Aren't we indifferent
Aren't we unchanged


The look on your face 
The shape of your shadow
A twisted projection of your soul
The gestures you make
The sound of your echo
A twisted projection of your soul


2x
Please tell me 
what you think  and
Please show me
what you got
I'm on the
brink of losing hope

For gooo_ooood


Aren't we audacious
Aren't we afraid
Aren't we imprudent
Aren't we astray

Shape of your shadow

see again
free again
Welcoming the promise of the light
Walk again 
Talk again
Soon the darkness will be far behind

You held my hand and led me through the shadows
I saw the shape of all that is to come
I held my breath to dived into the water ever flowing
To swim into your depths of love 
Nothing   here will be enough

Dream again
Need again
Call among the planets and the stars
Fall again
War again
Shake the cosmic ruins of my heart

You held my hand and led me through the shadows
I saw the shape of all that is to come
I held my breath to dived into the river ever flowing
To swim into your arms of love 
Nothing here will be enough

Steal again
Feel Again
Open up my eyes that blind my shame
Break again
Make amends
Change the way my shadow hides in rain

Oh your arms of love
Welcome all of me
Shatter all the pain
let the rusty chains fall free

shadow shape

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Nashville songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Godin Guitars Official Artist and Founder of www.songaweek.org.

His catalog of 500+ titles includes collaborations with hit writers Mark Narmore, Elliott Park, Steve Dean, and Pete & Pat Luboff, among others internationally from England to Australia.

Redding's music has landed cuts by numerous recording artists including Dan Whitehouse, Emma Gale, and David Easterling.

Week 28b - Biggest Octopus Ever (210710)

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