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Topic: Life's River

Graham's recent song "Ship of Life" got me thinking about a song I wrote years ago comparing life's journey to a kayaker floating a river.  We both used floating on water as a metaphor for our songs, but approached it differently.

I may have gotten a little carried away as my intention for writing the song was to use floating a river as a metaphor but then used a rolling train as a metaphor for a flowing river, thus wrapping a metaphor inside a metaphor. roll

https://soundcloud.com/user-198880521/lifes-river 

I want to read my own water, choose my own path, write my own songs
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Re: Life's River

I  think  it  works  very  well Ed  and  I  love  the  picking   ,Something   I  struggle  with these  days ,Arthritic    fingers .Cest  la  vie     

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  • From: Chillicothe, Ohio
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Re: Life's River

Grah1 wrote:

I  think  it  works  very  well Ed  and  I  love  the  picking   ,Something   I  struggle  with these  days ,Arthritic    fingers .Cest  la  vie

I know what you mean. Due to the arthritis in my left hand I've had to go to wider necked guitars so finger placement isn't as critical. And some days playing barre chords are nearly impossible due to pain in my left index finger.     

I want to read my own water, choose my own path, write my own songs