I Sat Down By The River

I sat down by the river
On a - somewhat - sunny day
I watched the golden leaves
As they floated away

I sat down by the river
On that autumn day
I looked at the city behind me
It had nothing more to say

I sat down by the river
With a dream to go away
Leaving life as I knew it
Knowing bloody well that I would stay

Give me a kiss
Give me a smile
A moment of love
In that oldfashion style

I sat down by the river
On that fateful day
And for every choice I ever made
There was a price to pay

When I sat down by the river
A pretty flower spoke to me
I didn't know the language
So the message was a mystery

I sat down by the river
There were birds in the sky
I wonder when life begins
As the years are passing by

Give me a kiss
Give me a smile
A moment of love
In that oldfashion style

I Sat Down By The River [an original song]

Before the time. It is where I look for my essence ... and yours.
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Prima Del Tempo

A relationship from beginning to end presented in impressionistic sketches. 
From the new EP "Short Songs For Tall Minds" on Soundcloud 2022
Lyrics:
You came uninvited
To my birthday party
That's how this unlikely romance got started
I'm the silence
In the spaces
In between the words
That I never said
I'm the ghost hovering around your bed
Competing with TV
For attention inside your head
In matters of the heart
I'm build on contradictory parts
Contradictory parts

You say: if the great creators
If they wanted to call you home
That you would just laugh
And say they don't exist
But not me
I'm willing to compromise
Because they must have much bigger
Bigger fish to fry
In matters of the heart
I'm built upon my contradictory parts
Contradictory parts

You left unexpected
 For the Airport bar
I'm unpacking your luggage from the trunk of my car
You say my problem
My one of many
Is that I think I'm right all the time
But I've never seen truth in the eyes
I always lie

You packed your suitcase with your blues
My love notes
My David Foster Wallace books
Counterfeit Jordan shoes
Mmmmmmmmmmm
In matters of the heart
I'm built upon contradictory parts
Contradictory parts

My Contradictory Parts

Although I Really Love You (Original) by:

The response to this collaboration around a childhood memory has been fantastic. Obviously many of our listeners have been reminded of their own childhoods and memories have been brought to life.
One of them is "Peter" a very talented poet and songwriter and also a very good friend of David Dunham, and now also to me. ;)
He wrote, a very beautiful poem for our song, so now it is incorporated and we therefore make an updated publication of the song. With his lyrics and reading, Peter has added another dimension to this beautiful warm memory in addition to David's fantastic guitars. ;)

More vivid than this, it is difficult to present a memory. So I thank these talented and cheerful friends for an unforgettable musical journey. ;))

Hear more of Peter's beautiful music here: https://soundcloud.com/user-264930040
Hear more of David Dunham's beautiful music here; https://soundcloud.com/david-dunhamuser589535203

My sanctuary from archive gleans
The gentle times, wherein my mind
Recalls a childhood spent in dreams
Of bobbing boats on ocean spied.

Here, the call of a benevolent sea
The briny, perfumed honesty
Of adolescent memories.

But whence this salty desert sea
Where once the skinny trawler plied?
Plastic water ocean streams
Where finny, swimmy fish should lie.

Silenced of the chuggy motors
Decimated by their quotas
Where the haddock, cod and herring bloaters?

The factory ships that hoovered clean
Of scaly friends the sea main wide.
Its cheaply speckled high protein
Squandered as the herring gull cried.

Where the fishers, where the boats?
Where the nets, and yellow rubber coats?
Where the pots, and lines and corky floats?

...wherein my mind
Recalls a childhood spent in dreams
Of bobbing boats on ocean spied.
Why, they set sail for the past it seems,
Upon tomorrow's ebbing tide.

An updated Childhood Memory With Peter, David D & Seagull

Black Mamba 141022

Mike Walker: Vocals, Lyrics
Paul Janszen: Bass, Drum programming, background vocals
Mark van Oostveen: Rythm Guitars
Otto Janszen: Lead Guitar

For T GC 121022 Remix Vox

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