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ethome
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0 posted 2021-02-17 01:28 PM



I Get Like This

Autumn leaves drift on the lawn
A naked maple's clothes
They rustle in the breeze at dawn
Warning of the coming cold
Just like them our warmth was gone
We lost the heat we'd always known..

(build)
This ol house was our first care
Painting rooms and small repairs
Key's still there under the mat
Near the porch chairs where we sat

Chorus:
I get like this sometimes
Thinking bout you fills my mind
Your black hair your ruby lips
The scent of you when we kissed
Your fancy soaps in the shower
Making love, talking hours

Kitchen looking bare at breakfast
Eatin toast a lonely crunch
A voiceless time but who'd guess
We'd fall short of being one
While we tried to make the best
Of healing an unfaithful love

(build 2)
Last year we vacationed camping
Sang songs by the fire easily
But the whole thing left us hanging
Without first love's precious dreams

Chorus:
I get like this sometimes
Thinking bout you fills my mind
Your black hair your ruby lips
The scent of you when we kissed
Your fancy soaps in the shower
Making love, talking hours

Bird feeder swings on the patio
Your image drifts out of sight
The long way now is how we know
Sometimes lovers fail for life
All the birds come and go
While I'm alone and lost inside

(build 3)
I miss all those special times
Hand in hand when we started
So I respect your open mind
We stayed friends since we parted

Chorus:
But I get like this sometimes
Thinking bout you fills my mind
Your black hair your ruby lips
The scent of you when we kissed
Your fancy soaps in the shower
Making love, talking hours

true love never looks after it's own interests

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LeeJ
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since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296

1 posted 2021-02-18 01:58 AM


with a love like that, you can't help "getting like this sometime"  
would love to hear this put to music....

bittersweet, enveloping and sweetly sung

ethome
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since 2000-05-14
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2 posted 2021-02-18 10:52 PM


Thanks Lee I really appreciate the reading the comment
Eric

augustsky
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midwest US
3 posted 2021-02-20 02:11 PM


ethome, This touched me as I read,
especially liked the chorus.
Enjoyed the storytelling ease mixed with
sadness, very effective
Poet.

Sky~

Paul Wilson
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4 posted 2021-02-21 05:40 AM


Eric...So glad to see you back here writing those bluesy songs. Enjoyed very much my friend...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

Gunslinger
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since 1999-10-09
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TX, USA
5 posted 2021-02-21 07:51 AM


Beautiful job. Very nostalgic and bitter-sweet. I get like that sometime. I’d love to hear it sung.
ethome
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since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada
6 posted 2021-02-23 05:26 AM


Thanks sky I don't know whether I'm repeating myself here or not something happened on these posts however I appreciate the fact that you read this enjoyed it and caught up in the atmosphere
ethome
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since 2000-05-14
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New Brunswick Canada
7 posted 2021-02-23 05:27 AM


Thanks Paul, good to hear from you again, it has been a while, glad you could drop in and read this and I appreciate the kind words
ethome
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since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada
8 posted 2021-02-23 05:28 AM


Thanks gunslinger, that was the way it was supposed to come across. I appreciate the fact that you caught the atmosphere there and were able to read it and enjoy it
Michael
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9 posted 2021-02-25 04:40 PM


You sing a beautiful song here.  Much enjoyed.

love your signature too...true love's only real interest is the happiness of the loved one.

ethome
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since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada
10 posted 2021-02-26 10:49 PM


Thank you Michael I really appreciate that glad you saw it that way as a song which it's meant to be. Thank you for the signature reply to seems to work for me anyway unselfishness is not a way of life sometimes these days

true love never looks after it's own interests

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