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This is a big leap of faith for me - no vocal doubling (well just a bit!), no thumping bass, no wall of guitars - this was recorded live in one take - just "man, guitar and microphone". This is my last GarageBand song.
If anyone had told me a year ago that I'd be confident enough to post this I would have laughed, but here it is.
There is a full band version of this with some friends I played with in the 70s in the works at the moment, but I wanted to post this for Christmas. Things are different in the southern hemisphere!
If anyone had told me a year ago that I'd be confident enough to post this I would have laughed, but here it is.
There is a full band version of this with some friends I played with in the 70s in the works at the moment, but I wanted to post this for Christmas. Things are different in the southern hemisphere!
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Lyrics
Summertime Not Blue
© Neil Porter Nov 2005
We’ve got a box of flowers growing on the front deck
I had a bunch of sadness living in my heart
But winter’s long since over
And we’ve worked our way through spring
Summertime is coming ‘round again
We’ve got kangaroos grazing in the front yard
And the Tasman Sea is singing on the shore
Grevilleas in flower
Swarms of parrots on the wing
Summertime is coming ‘round again
Love those summer days living by the river
Sparkling summer days swimming in the sea
It’s a universal antidote
Summertime is here
You and summer - here’s the place to be
If you want to find me any day mid-morning
The river mouth’s a big part of the plan
On the beach beyond the boatsheds
River water greets the ocean
Summertime is coming ‘round again
Summertime is holidays and Christmas
The working year is coming to an end
From Singapore and Sydney
Come family and friends
Summertime is coming ‘round again
Love those summer days living by the river
Sparkling summer days swimming in the sea
It’s a universal antidote
Summertime is here
You and summer - here’s the place to be
We’ve got a box of flowers growing on the front deck
I had a bunch of sadness living in my heart
But winter’s long since over
And we’ve worked our way through spring
Summertime is coming ‘round again
© Neil Porter Nov 2005
We’ve got a box of flowers growing on the front deck
I had a bunch of sadness living in my heart
But winter’s long since over
And we’ve worked our way through spring
Summertime is coming ‘round again
We’ve got kangaroos grazing in the front yard
And the Tasman Sea is singing on the shore
Grevilleas in flower
Swarms of parrots on the wing
Summertime is coming ‘round again
Love those summer days living by the river
Sparkling summer days swimming in the sea
It’s a universal antidote
Summertime is here
You and summer - here’s the place to be
If you want to find me any day mid-morning
The river mouth’s a big part of the plan
On the beach beyond the boatsheds
River water greets the ocean
Summertime is coming ‘round again
Summertime is holidays and Christmas
The working year is coming to an end
From Singapore and Sydney
Come family and friends
Summertime is coming ‘round again
Love those summer days living by the river
Sparkling summer days swimming in the sea
It’s a universal antidote
Summertime is here
You and summer - here’s the place to be
We’ve got a box of flowers growing on the front deck
I had a bunch of sadness living in my heart
But winter’s long since over
And we’ve worked our way through spring
Summertime is coming ‘round again
Jim Bouchard
I like the bareness of this. It's really refreshing. Excellent fingerpicking!
It sounds like this is the heart of what your music really is. What's
interesting is that it sounds like there's some doubling on the
vocal...maybe there's a chorus effect or something, so it's still
sounding like a wall of sound to me.
I would like to go to the southern hemisphere sometime...this is some
nice encouragement!