1 Topic by TIGLJK (edited by TIGLJK 2018-06-12 21:06:19)

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Topic: Cascade

I was mowing my lawn yesterday and the word "cascade" somehow popped into my head. I have no reason for it at all !
I just started thinking of things that cascade.  Got up this morning at 5 am and picked up my guitar... and this came out.
Probably needs to be tweaked a bit b/c I don't know what I'm doing musically smile

Hope you like it.

Cascade Jim Kenyon


[Em]Sometimes just the smallest things, trigger a cascade of memories


[Am]Not sure where they come from , [Em] don’t know how they start


[Am]Mixed with sorrow and silent cries [Em] which always lead me to


[B7]madness not of the head, but [Am]sadness from a lonely [Em] heart




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[Em] So I try to remember, what obstacles tripped me up before


[Am]I tell myself, don’t struggle, and [Em]never show you’re afraid


[Am] with teardrops sliding down my cheeks, and [Em]all hope fading fast


[B7]seems the world doesn’t care, that it [Am] leaves me in a cas[Em]cade


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Chorus


[Am]We all have different journeys, different [Em]paths along the way


with [Am]altered visions of what we see and [B7] what we hope life is to [Em]be





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[Em]as I’ve lived and traveled through this land of the broken souls


[Am] I always believed, that I should follow my [Em] heart at any cost


[Am]but like raindrops and moonlight, cas[Em]cading through my hands


[B7]love somehow slipped away from me, found it [Am]easy to get [Em]lost




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Chorus (2x)


[Am]We all have different journeys, different [Em]paths along the way


with [Am]altered visions of what we see and [B7] what we hope life is to [Em]be




yeah [Am] we all have different journeys, different [Em]paths along the way


with [Am]altered visions of what we see and [B7] what we hope life is to [Em]be



Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.

"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except only the the best." - Henry Van Dyke
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Re: Cascade

Great woods and songs. I am so envious of your talents. Can not wait for your next one.

Music is what feelings sound like.
Music is life, that why our hearts have beats.
  • From: West Georgia
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Re: Cascade

I agree with CG above. I think that from reading your work, I have found what I am doing wrong with mine. I look for rhymes. That is, I look for a word that rhymes with the last word of each line I choose to allow to rhyme.

You on the other hand, Jim just tell your story and the rhymes come from that story. Am I making sense?

I like this latest one very much. If you ever make a CD, maybe you could call it "Thoughts From Behind The Lawn Mower", because you sure do come up with some great ideas when you're doing something having nothing to do with writing a song. Color me green with envy as well!

Bill

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Re: Cascade

Tig
another excellent song.look forward to hearing it.
Did you get `post mowing euphoria`

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Re: Cascade

Excellent lyrics another good song.  That lawn mowing is good for your songwriting. I love your  imagery of the travel through life and your descriptions  such as Land of the  broken souls.

6 Reply by Tenement Funster (edited by Tenement Funster 2018-06-13 00:10:12)

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Re: Cascade

Even though it's not an official title, you truly are a "Lyricist Extraordinaire", Jim. I'm also smiling because mowing the lawn is when I do some of my best thinking also. big_smile Our new place has a large lawn, and it takes a good 1 1/2 hours to mow with the ride on ... lots of time to meditate.