This song consists in 3 verses then bridge repeat and so on.
As for the lyrics it has an increasing number of verses and two bridges. My idea is for this song to end up with 300 verses and 100 bridges and to be performed as a performance art piece with multiple singers doing alternating verses

CRAZY 'BOUT

This song is like a dream about a love that once was where the lover has died or has long gone and the singer is forlornly wishing for her return

THE BEAUTY OF HER WAY

This song is my musical interpretation of the Lord Byron poem She Walks In Beauty. It truly is a marvelous poem by a great poet. By writing this into a song, I only hope it can draw one into an even deeper understanding and rapport with this magical expression in poetic form.

SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY

This song was inspired and written about  the mystery of a big full moon in New York City in the of winter 2014 

I THOUGHT I HEARD THE MOON

Verse 1
If I could conjure up those dreams
That keep on escaping from my mind
If I could lock them into schemes and
Put them into words that dance and rhyme
Refrain
If I could sing my blues away
And have you always here to stay
'Cause baby I need you by my side
Verse 2
If I could put the pieces back
Falling from the track
I try to ride
If I could tighten up the slack
Untangle all the flak
I feel inside
Refrain
If ever I could find a way
To separate the night and day
Of feelings that are hidden deep inside
Part B
Go shiver me timbers
Don't giver me no lies
Don't care if I remembers
If I lives or if I dies
Refrain
If I could sing my blues away
And have you always here to stay
'Cause baby I need you by my side
Verse 3
The winds they are a howling 
Like a gripe it's rainin' cats and dogs
The rats they are a scratching 
Along the pipes and iron rods
Refrain
If I could sing my blues away
And have you always here to stay
'Cause baby I need you by my side
Verse 4
The lady brought the house down
With her story and a song
That no one ever heard before
About dominion that's long gone
Refrain
If ever I could find a way
To separate the night and day
Of feelings that are hidden deep inside
Part B
When memory lingers
Like the devil in disguise
From me toes up to my fingers
It makes me come alive
Refrain
If I could sing my blues away 
And have you always here to stay
'Cause baby I need you by my side
Rfrain
If I could sing my blues away
And have you always here to stay
'Cause baby I need you by my side


BABY I NEED YOU BY MY SIDE

Verse 1
Three shots rang out into the night
And took the lives of two young men
They stumbled in the dark and fell to the ground
They  never were to breathe again
Verse 2
The killers sped away in a car
That’s never been seen or found
With no handle on the evidence
Nothing ever got off the ground
Refrain
The candles on the sidewalk
Are flickering and burning their flame
Put there by friends and family
Who'll never see their loved ones again
They all hang round reminisce and talk
United in a world gone insane
It's devastating and it won't away
You can't help but feel their pain
Verse 3
Flowers condolences and photographs
May their souls rest in peace
Not one arrest has been made in this case
No suspects been found by police
Verse 4
Money hungry dealers or a gangsters fight
The facts are all muddled  but the rumors run rife
To lose your life it don't seem right
How could it all end in such strife
Refrain
The candles on the sidewalk
Are burning for a mystery unsolved
In memory for the friends and family
Of two who'll never get to grow old
Friends hang around grieve and mourn
United in a deep desire
To find some closure they don't understand
How this tragedy could transpire
Verse 5
Why is life so brutal
So easily taken away
It hurts, it's  sad and seems so cruel
When fate has such  dark hand to play
Verse 6
Three shots rang out into the night
And took the lives of two young men
They stumbled in the dark and fell to the ground
They never were to breathe again
Refrain
The candles on the sidewalk
Are flickering and burning their flame
Put there by friends and family
Who'll never see their loved ones again
They all hang around reminisce and talk
United in a world gone insane
It's devastating and it won't go away
You can't help but feel their pain

Copyright words and music Kelvin Robertson 2015




CANDLES ON THE SIDEWALK

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110410_037 shakespeare sonnet 128

110320_013 Universal Rhyme

110327_005 Lovers Serenade

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130428_001 A MESSAGE TO THE BEATING OF YOUR HEART

Edgar Allen Poe wrote some beautiful poems that suit putting to music. This is one of my favorites

120410_008 A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM (Edgar Allen Poe)

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251215_1711 Precious Lord Above

This is the finale Sonnet by William Shakespeare my long term plan is to put the whole 154 Sonnets to music. 

110424_003 Shakespeare Sonnet 154

This song is about love and loss and contemplating  on the sadness it brings

110327_022 TAKEN AWAY

This is another step the way to putting  all 154 Shakespeare Sonnets to music 

110425_009 SHAKESPERE SONNET 146

This is a song of inspiration about being positive about joy and being creative 

110315_002 WHEN YOU GET CURIOUS

Shakespeare Sonnets are a whole category ideal for putting to music. 

110411_031 SHAKESPEARE SONNET 81

This song  is a story about communicating through pictures and words. It is about  Inspiration and doubt,   about having   faith  and learning to trust. 

251217_1238 A BOOK WITH NO WORDS

110320_001 NOW

110327_014 AS BEST AS I CAN

This song is a contemplation on love and loss and memory and how to come to terms with life. 

120812_007 I REMEMBER LOVING YOU

verse 1
For the landed and the tenants and for those who have no home
The vagabond the gypsy and those who love to roam
For the innocent the guilty  forsaken and the loved
For all the devil's children and the angels up above
For the mountains and the seas the forests and the trees
The plentiful the empty the hunted and diseased
Refrain
Invited are the peasants the beggars and the poor
Murderers and criminals invited are them all
Under starlight heavens and the magnificent sun
This is a song for everyone
verse 2
Let go of your daydreams let go of your throng
Turn the tables upside down what was right is wrong
Unchain all the wicked unchain all the just
Mysterious and righteous unchain all your lust
For the passengers  the drivers the workers and the boss
The unrequited lover for those who've suffered loss
Refrain
Invited are the critics the guru and the sage
An audience of actors on their bloodied stage
Under starlight heavens and the magnificent sun
This is a song for everyone
verse 3
Celebrate the danger the singer and the song
The poet and the candor of every love gone wrong
Get past your illusions take off your blindfold
Let go of your foolish pride and the anger that you hold
For humanities prescriptions for the wages of all war
For every broken brothel for every lovesick whore
Refrain
Celebrate the living from close up and afar
With all it's contradictions be proud of who you are
Under starlight heavens and the magnificent sun
This is a song for everyone

copyright words and music Kelvin Robertson 2015






KELVIN ROBERTSON

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