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I have been playing with this song for a while.. I decided to use 'found sounds' for a lot of the backing music - the photo is from a roadtrip I was lucky enough to take through Europe 3 years ago and the car sounds are variously from a holiday roaming the streets of Wellington NZ. :-)
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I was dreaming of an ocean, but the only waves I heard
were the slapping of the rubber, as the cars flew down the road,
And the streetlights make a sunset, concrete’s like a castle
Kinda think I’ve been a-roving, I’ve been on the road too long
Let auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind,
I think of you an awful lot, I dream of you sometimes,
I’m driving endless highways, where no-one knows my name
Red flowers growing on the side of the road and the rain falls, just the same
I was dreaming of an ocean, bells that rang and no-one came
Cars keep rolling down that highway in the blind eternal rain,
And the echo is an emptiness I never thought to see,
Guess I’ve thrown away the everything that meant a thing to me
There’s colour in the desert now, a place I once called home,
It’s a greening time, it’s a summer wine, no need to stand alone,
And the sun’s falling down so wild and sweet, I pick it up and run and run
I never knew, I never knew that life could be so fine
The fruit hangs heavy on the vine, the blossom’s on the bean,
some stay the same while others change, some winds that set you free,
I rode the winds , I climbed the cliffs, the mountains to the sea,
And now I stand where I began, hello, it’s only me
Let auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
I think of you an awful lot, it helps to pass the time,
I’m driving endless highways, where no-one knows my name
red flowers growing on the side of the road and the rain falls just the same
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Written played sung and made by Emma
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