The Books We Read - another song from new live album

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This song came about when I was playing my Cigar Box Guitar just before going to bed late one evening.
I had a tune but no lyrics and just so I could sing something I started singing the titles of books on the shelf in front of me. Some of them sounded right.
The next day I went through the shelves picking out titles that felt right, then put them together with just a few words to join them together to make the song.
Although it's mainly made up of book titles it seems to make some kind of sense to me...
If you are a fan of Margaret Atwood, Haruki Murakami or Milan Kundera, you should be able to spot the titles : -)

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Comment by Jim Morris on October 2, 2015 at 7:14am

Wonderful! Great idea for lyrics.

Comment by Diglydog on October 2, 2015 at 5:56am

Great job, and a lovely place to busk !

I just had a look at my book to see if I can get any inspiration. "Yellow pages, yellow pages, are in my mind and in my eyes".  Maybe not, then :-\

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