Liking the downtempo feel to this. Nicely done backing track and vocal.

Jeeeeeesus that's a catchy hook. I'm gonna be walkin' around all weekend goin', "Slow down, slow down, slow down" Very well crafted hook, Illinois.

Cette chanson est une variation sur Orphée 
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Puisque rien n'est jusqu'ici
Gravé au sang
Et si tout était prédit
Crois tu le temps 

Où nous étions si fragiles 
Comme des enfants des villes
Attirés par un grand mystère
Là où finit la Terre
Est ce que tu te souviens ?
Est ce que ça te reviens ?

Reviens !

Et puisque rien n'est comme on dit
Puisque c'est nous
Je tenterais bien au paradis
De voir ce marabout

Et je lui dirais que tes yeux
Valent les larmes de mille dieux
Qu'on ne peut pas tout oublier
Que je peux supplier
Je lui crierais pourquoi
Je ne peux vivre sans toi

Sans toi !

Et si tout était permis
Si c'était à revivre
Tout simplement se regarder
Et se mettre à sourire
S'aimer plus qu'aimer
Bien plus fort que la vie 

Vis !

Un jour qu'on était là-bas
A jouer, les yeux vers la mer
Je l'ai dit tout bas
Dans la lumière
Sur ton visage, là
Ton regard sévère
Ne pleures pas
Je t'aime

Et si tout était permis
Si c'était à revivre
Tout simplement se regarder
Pour graver ce souvenir
S'aimer plus qu'aimer
Bien plus fort que la vie

Me voilà !
Me voilà !


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Since nothing is so far
Engraved in blood
And if all was foretold
Do you believe the time 

When we were so fragile 
Like city kids
Lured by a great mystery
Where the earth ends
Do you remember?
Do you remember?

Come back !

And since nothing is as it seems
Since this is us
I'd try in heaven
To see this marabout

And I'd tell him that your eyes
Are worth the tears of a thousand gods
That you can't forget everything
That I can beg
I'd shout to him why
I can't live without you

Without you !

And if everything was allowed
If it was to be relived
Just look at each other
And start smiling
To love each other more than love
Much stronger than life 

Live !

One day we were there
Playing, with our eyes on the sea
I said it softly
In the light
On your face, there
Your stern look
Don't cry
I love you

And if everything was allowed
If we could relive
Just to look at each other
To engrave this memory
To love each other more than love
Much stronger than life

Here I am!
Here I am!

Me Voila !

This is my remake of this classic.  The music has no resemblance to the music written by Burt Bachrach.  The lyrics are based on thise by Hal David.  I have made a few modest changes to fit my new music.

REACH OUT FOR ME  (Lyrics by Hal David)
(Original music by Burt Bacharach / Hal David)

When you go through a day
And the things that people say
They make you feel so small
They make you feel that 
Your heart will just never stop aching
And when you just can't accept the abuse you are taking
Darlin' reach out for me

Don't you worry I'll see you through
You just have to reach out for me
I'll be there and I'll confort you
Oh yes I will
Comfort you and love you
How I'm gonna love you

When good friends prove untrue
And the things they do to you
They make you feel so bad
They make you feel that
You haven't a reason for living
So when you feel you
Could throw in the towel and just given in
Darlin' reach out for me


Dionne Warwick - 1964
Michael Henderson - 1980
Also recorded by: Roy Hamilton; Jerrry Butler; Nancy Wilson; Universal Mind; Burt Bacharach Orch.

Reach Out For Me

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CHECK IT OUT! "Over The Sea To Skye": On All Streaming Platforms. Here's a landing page: https://linktr.ee/michaelfirthsellers

The song, "Over the Sea to Skye", is dedicated to the memory of Margaret Jenny Sellers née Peterkin (1923 - 2018). The photo shows her as a teenager in the 1930s. "Over the Sea to Skye" is also streaming on YouTube, Spotify, and many other streaming sites.

At the funeral of my mother Margaret Sellers, John Alderman (her grandson) and I sang "Over the Sea to Skye", a famous Scottish folksong made even more famous by being the Outlander series theme song set to the lyrics of Robert Louis Stevenson. As she was Scottish, this seemed a very suitable choice.

The positive reaction to our rendition encouraged us to record our version of the song under the name of "The Leatherheads". Unfortunately, distance and a pandemic delayed this until March of 2022 when we eventually recorded it under the experienced eye of the amazing Sergio Aguilar, who also arranged the music and played most of the instruments.

I should at this point acknowledge the influence Bear McCreary (who recorded the Outlander theme) had on our rendition. Thanks to him I realized that the Robert Louis Stevenson poem was infinitely more suitable for a farewell to a loved one than the original Bonnie Prince Charlie lyric. Following his lead, I changed the personal pronouns to reflect we were talking about a woman. I also went further and slightly modified the lyrics to fit the occasion (a funeral),and gave it a different arrangement to suit the fact that it was being sung by two people and accompanied only by a guitar, an arrangement largely followed in this recording, apart from the introduction of a counterpoint where I'm singing the chorus of "Will Ye Go Lassie Go" (also known as "Wild Mountain Thyme"), another old Celtic folk song, and the use of more instrumentation and the use of lead guitars rather than bagpipes (the excellent Sergio Aguilar, ladies and gentlemen!).

So, please enjoy what for us was a heartfelt adios to a wonderful daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother! 

lyrics
Chorus:
Sing me a song of a lass that is gone
Sing as we say goodbye
Merry of soul, she sailed on a day
Over the sea to Skye
Over the sea … to Skye

Verse 1:
Mull was astern, Rum on the port
Eigg on the starboard bow
Glory of youth glowed in her soul
Where is that glory now?

Chorus:
Sing me a song of a lass that is gone
Sing as we say goodbye
Merry of soul, she sailed on a day
Over the sea to Skye

Verse 2:
Give me again all that was there
Give me the sun that shone
Give me the eyes, give me the soul
Give me the lass that's gone

Chorus: Sing me a song of a lass that is gone
(And we'll all go together)
Onward the sailors cry
(To pluck wild mountain thyme)
Merry of soul, she sailed on a day
(All around the blooming heather)
Over the sea to Skye
(Will ye go lassie go?)

Verse 3:
Billow and breeze, islands and seas
Mountains of rain and sun
All that was good, all that was fair
All that was she is gone … gone

Chorus: Instrumental

Chorus:
Sing me a song of a lass that is gone
Over the sea to Skye
Over the sea … to Skye

credits
from Sing me a Song of a Lass that is Gone, released April 2, 2022
Music: Traditional Scottish air collected in the 1870s by Anne Campbelle MacLeod
Lyrics: Robert Louis Stevenson (with changes by Bear McCreary & Michael Sellers)
Vocals: Michael Sellers; John Alderman
Guitars, keyboard, musical arrangement, & production: Sergio Aguilar
Song Cover photo: Family photograph
Cover design: Loretta Sellers Fortuny

Sing me a Song of a Lass that is Gone

Over the Sea to Skye

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Over The Sea To Skye - The Leatherheads UK Songwriting Contest: Five Stars: Commended Entry

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