These Things

5 weeks ago by @jeff9

Liner Notes

#slow #really slow #singersongwriter #reflective
A very old (one of the very first songs I ever wrote) one of mine that had only been done as an acoustic, live 1+1. A musician friend on the Muse Songwriters site liked it and wanted to take it further, so I tweaked the lyrics some and we completely re-recorded it with really lovely music he came up with. It's this slow because originally, we had this idea of doing something in an incongruous combo of styles--sort of lo-fi hip-hop with some country flavor to it. Didn't quite hit that mark exactly, but it's something or other.

Lyrics

These Things
Lyrics - Jeff Walker
Music - Jeff Walker & Michael M

Never look at a tree
And see any old tree
Every one of them one of a kind
The rings in the middle
The veins in the leaves
With a story in every line

Never look at a girl
And see only a girl
Every one has a light of her own
And a head full of dreams
Nobody can share
Without loving her right down to the bone

The closer you look
The more you reveal
Don’t doubt for a minute
They’re perfectly real
These things that you see
These things that you feel

Never listen to music
And hear only a song
Every note carries color and light
The rhythm that pulses
Along with your heart
And you fly when the rhymes come out right

It may seem a little like prayer
When it comes
Your own soul glimmering through
It’s then when you feel
Your place in the world
And a piece of the world inside you

The closer you look
The more you reveal
Don’t doubt for a minute
They’re perfectly real
These things that you see
These things that you feel

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