Song I wrote for Darci Liu after our first year together: she didn't speak much English and I didn't speak much English... it's about two people expressing their love without having the words to say what they feel.

Simple Words (featuring Bise)

Fell in love with Kaifu, Tokushima, Japan.
Something about this place seems to have drawn me here.
(special thanks to Leki Nagahara for too many introductions to list here, but most importantly, introducing me to this magical place):

Lyrics:

Caught the last train leavin Tokushima
Left the other cars in Mugi (Mugi, Mugi, Mugi, Mugi).
End of the line I don't mind leavin the past behind,
sometimes it seems it's the past that moves me.

Been a long ride, I'm the last passenger inside,
and empty traincar for Shirohama.
They're takin  my ticket and liftin my luggage down the starway
(to the) nameless streets towards my Nirvana.

---
Chorus:
Ooohoo, dip me in that Kaifu Blue
Indigo water gonna seep right through
And I  didn't leave you girl, I just had to keep movin'
down to Shikoku where the Kaifu River runs cool
---

Open my eyes to a blood-red sunrise
The rivermouth's song she fondly calls me
glidin across the wall of a twisting crystal ball
tranquil as Zazen at Jomanji

Close my eyes and I can feel my soul rise
soaring on the wings of tombi (tombi, tombi, tombi tombi)
over the mountains and country roads that wind a climb
drench me in the fall at Todoroki

--- Chorus ---

In fields of indigo I can chase away the pain
stain my soul to blue, soul to blue, soul to blue.
Supernatural cleansing basking in the rain
helps me summon the strength to rise and start anew.

--- Chorus x2 ---

Kaifu Blue - First  Take (Rough)

Rough take, no warm-up, Tomonori Takeuchi on the drums, me on the ukelele... original arrangement... 
bit of whisky added for effect...

Matt Hammond 12

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