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Topic: Prince Edward Island

Last night I was just looking at pictures of beautiful places on the internet and Prince Edward Island popped up. I've never been there but somehow it struck me that it was such a beautiful place that is would be a place you could lose a love to.  I really can't explain how it evolved into this - it's just the thoughts and words that came to mind as I looked at pictures of this beautiful island in Canada.

Hope you like it - all comments are appreciated smile

Prince Edward Island/One More Dance by Jim Kenyon


Verse 1


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[Am]I’ve never been to Prince Edward Island


but I [Em] hear it’s pretty there in the fall


she [Am]left for there about a year ago


and [F]I’m still waiting for [Em]her to [AM]call




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Verse 2


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[Am]She’s just like Prince Edward Island


With its [Em] tide that ebbs and flows


So [Am] beautiful, yet so far away


She’s [F]like the wind that [Em]comes and [Am]goes




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Chorus


[F]Heartache with time will go away


At [C] least that’s what the poet’s say


But I [F]keep on wishing for one more chance


And [G]one more kiss, and [F]just one more [C] dance


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instrumental




[Am][Em][Am] [F][Em] [Am]




Verse 3


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[Am]so far away on Prince Edward Island


I [Em]wonder if she remembers me


like [Am] rain gone from yesterday


am [F]I just another [Em] faded memo[Am]ry


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Chorus


[F]Heartache with time will go away


At [C] least that’s what the poet’s say


But I [F]keep on wishing for one more chance


And [G]one more kiss, and [F] just one more [C] dance




[G]One more kiss, and [F] just one more [C] dance


Oh [G]One more kiss, and [F] just one more [C] dance





Thanks and Cheers

Jim

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Re: Prince Edward Island

I wish I could look at a photo and produce a song just like that.
I am a bit envious.     

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Re: Prince Edward Island

you got a new job as tourist promoter for Prince Edward Island Jim?
It's a cracking song which wouldn't go amiss on a tourist brochure or a poem. You might want to revise your 3rd verse a little, it doesn't  flow as good as the other verses and chorus, that's my only criticism and it's not a biggie.

try;
So far away Prince Edward Island.
I wonder if she remembers me?
Like yesterdays rain that's gone
Am I just another faded memory.

just a suggestion.     

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Re: Prince Edward Island

Thanks Trevor
Sometimes stuff just strikes me for some reason I can’t explain
On the other side of the coin- I can’t sing for beans and my playing ability is elementary  so I guess it's a wash. smile

Phill
Thanks for the input, I see what you mean
I just made a couple changes.  I left the line in about the rain from yesterday, only shortened as you advised. 
I like "yesterday" rather than "today" b/c I think it relates more to the fact that she too has been gone. I think now it fits better though !
Thanks

PS. I’m not a travel promoter- but I think that place is on my bucket list - it looks wonderful. I wonder if anyone here on chord or is from there?

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Re: Prince Edward Island

That's a keeper Jim . I especially like the lines  "She's just like Prince Edward Island with its tide that ebbs and flows". and "Like the rain that's gone from yesterday am I just another memory".   I'm always drawn to songs that use nature as a metaphor for human emotions.     

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Re: Prince Edward Island

Jim, I have never been to Prince Edward Island I just read it being described as a land cradled in the waves. I also see another one of its informal names is "Garden of the Gulf", referring to the pastoral scenery and lush agricultural lands. Prince Edward Island geography looking at it on the internet, has an evocative  romance of its own in the same  way your song  of lost love, brings that out the romance of that place. I was thinking it is most probably somewhere on the same coast of Canada  where some legends of Chordie live, Tenement  Funster and Bad Eye our Nova Scotia representatives. Excellent  lyric writing Jim..

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Re: Prince Edward Island

Thank you Ken.  I like that type of metaphor as well.

Peatle
Thanks for the comment, I thought I remembered that there might be  chordie members from Canada.
Two of the places that looked really nice were Charlottetown and  Avonlea ( Home of Anne of Green Gables) smile

JIm     

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Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.
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