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This is an adaptation I did of Birdman Wayne's beautiful song. Also see No Road Back to Baghdad.
BW and I might try a version with playing and singing by both of us.
Photo of my mother's childhood home in Aslout is by Etien Wansa.
Lyrics:
[A] Em - Am - B7 (no F# on high E string) - Em
[B refrain] Am (5th fret) - Gmajor (3rd fret) - Gflat Major (2nd fret) - Em - (B - 2nd time only)
[A] The day that I left you,
was the day that I missed you.
My young heart was broken
as goodbyes were spoken.
[A] We crossed desert mountains,
fleeing danger, death and fear.
Will the love of my life
always be a victim of war?
[B] Living without you
is shaded in blue.
I'm dying to come full circle
to my life, my love, my town.
[A] In the news I see you:
Soldiers guarding the ruins of pride.
The gunshots and the babble
drown the fading chants of peace.
[A] Will faith in your God
be shattered by greed and hate?
Do you believe in destiny?
Do you believe in prayer?
[B] Living without you
is shaded in blue.
I'm dying to come full circle
to my life, my love, my town.
interlude
[B] Living without you
is shaded in blue.
I'm dying to come full circle
to my life, my love, my town.
[A] Another year of sorrow.
Another year of fear.
Another year of longing.
Please, bring peace back to my home town.
Music and lyrics loosely based on a song by Birdman Wayne.
Adaptation by Richard Schletty (v.11, 4-23-2008).
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my town &mdash 05/16/08 - 10:01:00 PM
Cool start. This should be great by the time you and Yeman bring this to finish. The kid's got such talent. [ Reply to This ]
I loved &mdash 05/17/08 - 08:37:32 AM
the other version - but I can hear that this is stronger and more emotionally sung. Great work.
Cheers
Len
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production &mdash 05/17/08 - 12:59:26 PM
I rather &mdash 05/17/08 - 10:23:21 AM
like that this is stripped down - It's a powerful song and too much embellishment might detract from the emotion of the song.
Thanks for posting this version
Peter [ Reply to This ]
Honor! &mdash 05/17/08 - 01:07:30 PM
I'm looking forward to the final version. This is really neat... An honor, thanks a lot for doing that Mr. Richard!
Take Care
- Yeman A. Al-Rawi [ Reply to This ]
Your singing is wonderful &mdash 05/17/08 - 06:23:44 PM
as always, Richard. I like the direct, stripped down approach. I know you plan to do more with this; I hope you can retain the simplicity and directness of this, though. Sad, and true, and very well done. Kudos. Peace. [ Reply to This ]
Great &mdash 05/18/08 - 11:31:35 AM
cool &mdash 05/18/08 - 06:45:20 PM
Terrific Voice &mdash 05/22/08 - 04:17:55 PM
What's better than one Richard? Well, a couple more, singing harmony. Neat! [ Reply to This ]
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