• From: The Land Of Song
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Topic: searchin`

i wrote this song tonight as Petle's poem "Keep Dancing" has made an impression on me, I've made my own back story and changed the main characters gender so that it explains why he/she is dancing.

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[G] I go to sleep – you're [D] on my mind.


[G] I wake up – you're [D] on my mind.


[C] While I'm awake, I [Bm] look for you.


[Em] You must be there but [D] I cant see you.




[G] You're more than just a [D] passing phase for me.


[Em] People like to say that I'm.


[C] Letting my dreams grow wild.


[G] I know you're not just my [D] imagination.


[Em] You know you're real to me.


[C] As real as real could be.


And I [G-Gaug-C] will [D] spend my life [G] searchin`.


[G] Low flying high-brows think they [D] know it all.


[Em] People like to say that I'm.


[C] Letting my dreams go wild.


[G] They try to tell me I cant [D] know the truth.


[Em] But I know enough.


[C] To know that I'm in love.



And I [G-Gaug-C] will [D] spend my life [G] searchin`.


[C] Searching [Em7] for the girl that [Am] comes to me.


[F] In my dreams.


And I [G-Gaug-C] will [D] spend my life [G] searchin`.


(SOLO OVER VERSE)




[G] I go to sleep – you're [D] on my mind.


[G] I wake up – you're [D] on my mind.


[C] While I'm awake, I look for [Bm] you.


[Em] You must be there but [D] I cant see you.




[G] They see me dancing, they don't [D] understand.


[Em] To them I'm outside.


[C] A fallen man.


[G] A kindly soul stops and [D] talks awhile.


[Em] But I keep dancing as it [C] makes him smile.


Cos I [G-Gaug-C] will [D] spend my life [G] searchin`.


Cos I [G-Gaug-C] will [D] spend my life [G] searchin`.




Words & Music by Phill Williams. 21st November 2020. 

Ask not what Chordie can do for you, but what you can do for Chordie.

Phill Williams's Website

2 Reply by Peatle Jville (edited by Peatle Jville 2020-11-21 23:33:41)

  • Registered: 2015-07-31
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Re: searchin`

Good one Phill as the old saying goes “We can’t always choose the music life plays for us, but we can choose how we dance to it.”. I like that line of yours, " low flying high brows think they know it all". My Maree is a classical girl that likes ballet. Often she tells me the annoying thing about some people who go to watch ballet and classical music is they think their superior to  lesser beings like me who love good old rock and roll. and folk music.

  • From: The Land Of Song
  • Registered: 2007-12-10
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Re: searchin`

I'm with you all the way Pete, toffee nosed snobs or holier than thou. In town pubs get a face lift to try and get a better class of clientele or as I call them...yuppies! You'll see the same faces in all of the opening nights...then a new one opens and off they all go! Same old, same old.     

Ask not what Chordie can do for you, but what you can do for Chordie.

Phill Williams's Website

4 Reply by Peatle Jville (edited by Peatle Jville 2020-11-22 23:37:49)

  • Registered: 2015-07-31
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Re: searchin`

Phill I won a scholarship years ago to go to Art school after three months I gave them their money back and dropped out of  it and I went back to my normal job. I had enough of all the pretentious yuppies that end up in Art  School circles.