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bemuzic busking - The Books We Read (New Song)
Thought I'd try out this new song. It's very new, so there are a few mistakes! Just recorded on my phone and I notice the video sort of jumps here and there which is annoying...
Oh well I enjoy singing it, and it might be awhile before I get round to recording it, so thought I'd share it : -)
The song was inspired by the titles of several books that were in front of me while noodleing around on a guitar.
I looked into it and it seems book titles aren't generally covered by copyright. The books were by Margaret Atwood, Haruki Murakami, and Milan Kundera, so if you like those authors you might recognise some of them...
LYRICS
The books we read
shape our mind.
Life is elsewhere,
while we're eating fire.
It's a wild sheep chase,
we can't see the joke.
This is the book of laughter and forgetting.
And the world is full of ignorance,
as we dance, dance, dance after dark.
And the world is full of ignorance,
as we dance,dance, dance,
to the end of the world.
da, da da etc (could end up as some sort of instrumental?)
I want to see behind the door.
Truth is surfacing,
about life before man.
It's a wild sheep chase,
we can't see the joke.
This is the song of laughter and forgetting.
And the world is full of ignorance,
as we dance, dance, dance after dark.
And the world is full of ignorance,
as we dance,dance, dance,
to the end of the world.
The books we read
shape our mind.
Life is elsewhere,
while we're eating fire.
That isn't clapping at the end, it's someone running across the road in flip flops,lol!.
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Comment by Nancy kat on September 11, 2012 at 8:10am
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Outstanding Be~~~Loved the lyrics and u sang it Beautifully meowww ^^
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Comment by bemuzic on September 11, 2012 at 8:04am
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thanks Digly, well original apart from the words I nicked from the great book titles!
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Comment by Diglydog on September 11, 2012 at 6:46am
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Beautiful. Great playing and singing with really original lyrics :-)
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thanks maddog
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Comment by Maddog on September 11, 2012 at 6:39am
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Very nice B, the song has a really smooth melody to it.
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cheers Hal and Steve :- )
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Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on September 11, 2012 at 4:59am
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Amazing song Be! ***** (-:
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Comment by Habanera Hal on September 11, 2012 at 4:55am
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Wonderful! A+++++ on Nowhere Man too!
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cool!
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Comment by Brian Tin-Pot Pearse on September 11, 2012 at 4:42am
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Just about to post a number from each!
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