hi linus,

maybe if you substituted
" you opened my eyes
   and i realised..."
for;
"you gave me sight, the quest begins..."

it seems to go with the next line about the mystery part, please use it if it fits with your vision of the song [or if you think it's good enough]

hope i helped

phill

thanks daddy and arkady, i did actually write the first draught of this on a sunday, just before she went ballistic over something i said, that was then this is now nearly thirty years later, and were still together..love all [tennis reference....get it?]

phill

nice one ark, i'll get over to ourstage later and see whats cooking

hi daddy, another masterpiece, i take it barbara is the little lady [if not you'll be in trouble lol]

very personal bit history i think?

i like it

phill

what a beautiful song,  i'm going to your web next. even if you haven't recorded it i still think the sentiments are so close to my life and i expect everyone else's that if you played it on a jew's harp it would sell a million. and yes how fortunate we are that we have found our life partners, i dont think i would like to take part in the race for a mate, is she? isnt she? i used to hate it when i was young free and single, now i'm old married and spoken for [very loudly] i'm happy and content to be in a monogamous relationship.

great song jeff

phill

hi kap54,

very image intensive, i know you envisioned the american civil war, but to me it brought back the tv images of the german troops frozen on the russian front. it doesnt really get that cold in the south western uk [some wont agree with that ] so i cant imagine a body freezing solid as the life seeps away. life is so tragic, war is a travesty, and killing is the greatest crime against humanity and god. how the hell the human race has survived its own culling over the centuries is beyond me.
sorry this turned out to be another semon

so amen
phill

hi ark, kap54 and helena,
thanks for replying, i don't understand how this song hasn't come up on my web, it's not a very good recording and i'm in the process of rerecording it. i have been very busy for the last month or so, i had an intensive course for work and then i went on holiday, and i've been writing a lot of new songs, and i haven't even got time to finish one off before another on e begins, and you cant afford to let one slip away...know what i mean?
yes as usual your so right lena, jealousy is such a waste of time and emotion, especially when it's over something stupid like what this song was written about...just something i said about my ex!!! that was 26 years ago, i think it's passed now, but you never know?
thanks again
phill

hi bluesky, like the yellow sub

songs come in different ways, sometimes i get an inspiration for some words and a tune comes with them, but if i dont record it straight away then i forget how the music goes and i usually have to rewrite the words to fit the new tune!! occasionally the whole thing comes as if i'd heard it on the radio, so i guess all i can say is; we all write in our own way, try just tinkling on a guitar or keyboard until a chord sequence forms a melody, then words will follow, then comes the hard part, get them to make sense to other people
hope this helps

phill

hi griever,

liked the way you've put this together, sounds like a warm atmosphere i guess we've all been there at one time or another. these pubs are getting more and more hard to find, so tell me where is it?

good one keep it up

phill

hi kap54,

i liked the song a lot, even though it is a little too close to home, the tanker drivers of one company have gone on strike here, [uk] driving up the price even further! and as a singer i'm a little worried that i may not be able to get to gigs, just as you are worried that you cant get to your delivery point. if the price of fuel is high in canada, us and australia, just imagine how crippling it is here, i was in oz last year and i couldnt get over how cheap petrol was out there compared to the uk.
and apart from all the politics your song takes me back to the protest songs of the 60's where bob dylan and his like thought they could change the world by writing songs in the hope of changing society. as long as there are employers and employees, governments and revenue collectors, tax men and taxpayers...society will always remain as the who say; " here comes the new boss, just like the old boss..."

sorry this is so depressing, i've just come home from holiday, i'm back in work tonight, it's 8.30 am, and i can't sleep, so i'm just ratty as hell.

love the song, keep em coming

phill

ps. is the internet the new cb?

hi jeff, they grow up too quick dont they?

my little girl and boy, suddenly became grown up with partners and kids of their own while i was busy working, so my advice to any young parent is to enjoy your kids before they grow up and you miss it all.

great song very poignant

phill

hi goonie 1,

love the words, the metre seems perfect till you try playing it, at first i thought it was a blues number, but i couldnt get the beat, tried c/w and reggie, please put it on myspace cos i think it's a good one and i'd love to know how it goes.

phill