Gypsy Woman  – Pierre Opperman                                                                        23/03/2021

Verse One
On lonely days….. and hot summers nights…I think of a woman.
Her green-blue eyes…and long black hair …. Around a fire.
Hook:
And as she held her guitar tight, her music floated through the night.
I fell in love  … on a windy night ..with this woman.
I’ve travelled the globe in search of my soul … it’s called survival.
On dusty roads I’ve carried my load … for a while now. 
Her green-blue eyes .. and wild-eyed stare… in my mind now

Hook:
And as she held her guitar tight, her music floated through the night.
I fell in love  … on a windy night ..with this woman.

Gypsy Woman

https://youtu.be/iLQgLdg0Sug

COVID-19: Depression in adults has more than doubled since before pandemic.
I wrote this song in order to attempt to try and capture the emotions felt.

Days Like These – Pierre Opperman                                                                         01/05/2021

Verse one: 
Some-days I wake-up with that look in my eyes.
Some days I just- feel like     drinking more wine.
I often tire      as the day passes by.                                            
But then I feel like    I’m living a lie.

Change voice pitch-Bridge (Baritone voice)
There are so many places    I’ve never been.
 I just- want to go there …. on days like these 

Bridge change
There are so many places       I’ve never seen.
 I just- want to go there …. on days like these . 
At 2minutes
Verse two:
Some days I feel like       just lying on my bed.
I HAVE SO many thoughts      running through my head
We don’t always see         the good that we have.
And often end up making   other plans.
 
Some-days I wake-up with that look in my eyes.
Some days I just feel like     drinking more wine.
I often tire          when the day passes by.                                            
But then I feel like    I’m living a lie.

Days like these

Written and produced by Pierre Opperman. in Knysna South Africa.
Lady – Pierre Opperman                                                                                                 20/02/2020 

Intro

Verse 1
Lady, lady won’t you walk this way.
My little lady are you here to stay.
You’re so cold , sometimes  so  bold.
I love the feeling of a summers day.
The gentle rain on a cloudy day..
Can I hold  … onto your heart of gold.     

Hook/Chorus
You’re just like an eagle….  in the sky.
So gentle when …… you’re flying high
You’re sailing away … across the sun.
I was hoping that we, could have some fun.

Verse two
Tell me lady why you’re running away.
Was hoping that you were here to stay.
But you’re  cold , sometimes  so  bold.
I love the feeling of a summers day.
The gentle rain on a cloudy day..
Can I hold , onto your heart of gold.

Lady -(The Remix)

I rarely do covers of songs,yet was asked by my wife,Ella  to produce this rendition of this timeless classic.

Garfunkel, introducing the song at a live performance (with Simon) in Harlem, June 1966, summed up the song's meaning as "the inability of people to communicate with each other, not particularly intentionally but especially emotionally, so what you see around you are people unable to love each other.

The Sound Of Silence - Pierre Opperman (cover)

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Come Alive ( Deap House remix )

This is an experimental new song that i wrote and recorded.
It depicts the longing of travelers to get home to their loved one/s after a long roadtrip.

Home - Pierre Opperman

I wrote and recorded this song a week into the South African lockdown, and attempted to capture what others might have been experiencing during those dark days.

Isolation - Pierre Opperman(The original acoustic version)

Hit the Road - Pierre Opperman

Isolation - Master Remix

Have used some guitar loops produced by the talented LenoxBeatmaker from Belgium.
https://www.looperman.com/users/profile/3988681


Five days ago ,Ellie, the fourteen month old daughter of friends of ours suffered from a near-fatal drowning accident.
I have a very close soul-connection with this wee lass,and was shocked and devastated to hear of her ordeal.
Today,  she was discharged from the hospital in near-perfect health :-)
I composed,produced and recorded this song these past two days, and am dedicating it to her in celebration of her miraculous recovery/ her fighting spirit and will to survive :-)
She's an angel in disguise.....

Ellie's Song

Life - Pierre Opperman

Apart from my own guitar bits added, i have used some guitar loops produced by the talented LenoxBeatmaker from Belgium.
https://www.looperman.com/users/profile/3988681
https://youtu.be/vmXp52Kxsek

Walk Away – Pierre Opperman

Verse 0ne:

A sullen face
In the crowd.
A busy street.
The noise so loud.
That simple flick of her hair.
Her subtle smile.
And her gentle stare.

I’m just standing still for a little while.
Just waiting for a simple sign.

Chorus:
Walk away, walk away, walk away or should I stay.
Walk away , walk away, walk away
I think I’ll stay.

Verse Two:

In my dreams
I’m floating away
Just like a ship
That has lost the way
In my mind … the picture is clear.
Of you and me.
That I hold so dear.

Hook:
I’m just standing still for a little while. 
Just waiting for a simple sign.

Verse  Three:
I take her hand and lead her away.
Her eyes I see .
I am blown away.
We walk away into the night.
I’m so glad that we didn’t fight

Walk Away - Pierre Opperman

Multiple International-Award winning ,Knysna, and South-African, Singer-Songwriter / Multi-Instramentalist, Pierre started his music career at the age of twelve ,when his old man bought him a set of drums.He started playing guitar at the age of 16. 
A shooting accident during military service in 1 Parachute Bn(shot by a friend) almost ended his drumming hopes as four bullets ripped through his right-hand/wrist and right shoulder, leaving him with a permanent 50% disabilitiy of his right.

That did not stop him from pursuing his music-goals.
 Pierre Opperman, recently received his third international music award accreditation, in December 2020 , when his entry "Lady" secured fifth spot on the Museboat Musies Awards list of the channel's most popular songs in the past 10 years.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Museboat Live,announced the top 100 songs from the past decade, as voted for by listeners at their anniversary Gala.
In 2017 Pierre's song "Come Alive" won a bronze medallion at the Global Music Awards and in 2011 Pierre was awarded the "Best New Artist Award" on Pirate Radio of The Treasure Coast,Florida,USA's 2011 Rock Star Contest,and Music Treasure Hunt,..with one of his his songs entered, "Runaway" having received 4.5 million votes from 75 countries,and 40 networks,making it one of the most-voted for songs in the contest!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCo9KmSYZrVUEhoGIzBIjNw

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