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Thank you Jim, Maree and I enjoyed our Valentines Day. It is summer here with the temperatures around  20 degrees Celsius or 68 Fahrenheit. This summer hasn't  been a typical one with cooler temperatures  than the usual average and some unseasonal storms. On good weather days it has been fantastic.
I hope your Valentines Day was a good one.     

Jeff I love the way you put this together. This song would resonate with many songwriters I am sure this is what happens when many a writer digs into  their head with all the material they have in there to paint stories or pictures with their words.     

Thank you Jeff
I am pleased how Phill and I were able to get this song together. Without Phill's superb talent this song wouldn't have come together.     

Interesting insight Easy Beat. Essentially, when I put some music into the public domain here on chordie it's because I am inviting feedback; hopefully constructive feedback at that. Though positive feedback from people on chordie is something that builds my confidence I don't get my self-esteem from it. I think I should maybe fit more of chordie into my internet time and make more comments on other people posts. At the same time, I don't want the internet and social media sites to rule my life. One of the many upsides with chordie is I get to write a song with talented people like Phill which is a real privilege. I am pleased you enjoyed the song  thank you for your support.     

Cheers  Phill I am not a fan of Seagulls when I am down by the sea having something to eat. They are onto anything food as soon you look  away annoying scavengers. Maree wakes up in the morning and wishes the birds would shut up.  Me  I love the sound of their dawn chorus. We have a brand of beer called Tui  or as some people call it Two Eyes. We also have another brand called Lion Brown Beer which some people call Lying Down Beer.     

Cheers Jim the most prolific  birds around my house are Tui birds and also  Riroriro known also as Grey Warblers.  Tui in the first light of  morning love to sing. Tui sing their hearts out most of the day.     

Grah  polý kalá.  Good  to hear you putting out some more music. My Maree is Greek and sometimes it is hard for her to translate  Greek songs into English for me  because of the way Greeks put sentences together.     Greek words don't necessarily have a direct English translation.

Phill and Brian that is a world class song well written  by Brian and a brilliant rendition by Phill.     

Cheers Phill  I am not sure if my of beat way of looking at things in words works or is relatable to many. I guess that is what writing is about being true to yourself.  Like you Phill plastic fantastique's  don't do it for me.

Brian thank you  for taking the time to read this and make a comment.  Keep true to your quirkiness'.

Thank you Brian. Phill and Jim for taking time to read and your kind comments. I needed to write my thoughts down  as Maree and I were in a state of shock when I wrote it.
I haven't heard from Bill  for months he has stopped replying to my emails and also hasn't posted on his blog since June. I will attach an abridged part of his last blog on where to now bud as I think it was cleverly written.

June 30, 2020

Hello again from Bill Graig,

(psssst! remember to scroll down and click "Read More" to see the whole entry. Thanks!

Say you have a friend, and you and that friend forged that bond called "Friendship"

You're "Buds", "Homies", "Pals" - Maybe you never call each other that to your faces. You don't need to, do ya? It's just there, right?

Right. It's there. Just a-hangin' in the air. No worries, no cares, 'cause your bud's right there.
Bill Craig

Poets, songwriters can use the above for free. It's some of my best rhymin'.

Did I make my point about the "great forge of the bond"?

One day you find out your friend's going to be leaving - to move far away. You have a little time to get used to it, so you use that time to fill up your head with the memories, the kindnesses, the laughs and the good times. Storing it up, because it might be a  long time before you see each other again. A "long time" when you're 70, ain't that long, and you can quote me on that!

So the "Day" finally gets here, and you're dreading the saying goodbye part, practicing your lines; you know, all that stuff that gets said, all the well-meaning "lies" which get told: "I'll call you", "We'll get together for sure" etc. etc.

Ready? Ready!

You're standing at your window, because you want to make sure it's the right time to come out and do that huggin' slap on the shoulder thing (all the time keeping in mind there's a virus out to kill you both, of course).

But.

And y'all could see that "but" coming a mile away, right? That "but" has one o' them "Back-up Beepers", but... ........

......

Your friend's car pulling out of the drive.

Huh?

Yep, and you, you dumb ass, you go running after, thinking "Surely my Buddy didn't mean to forget!", but back in what you call your "mind" you know that "Somethin' ain't right between Bugscuffle and Dot".

How does that make you feel? How does that make you feel about this little "scenario", friends and neighbors?

Angry? Well, sure. We're talking about some serious time invested in this little "deal"!

What's that? - "How does that make me feel?"

Weeeelllll, I'll tell ya'. I ain't worked it all through yet, but damn' I got some good ol' adrenaline goin' with that temper of mine (hadn't had me a tantrum in a while - me being a gentle soul and all)  and I started with that. Grrrrrrr!

But maybe, just maybe.......I imagined it all. That friendship, I mean. Maybe It wadn't one o' them BFF's I keep hearin' about, but maybe just an "SBF"? (Okay. It means "Single Best Friend"
Bill Graig

Trev that has to be a film theme  I think you nailed it.