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This is my last contribution to the Wheatstone Bridge CD 'Simply Fine'. I'm posting it here for a very limited time, so if you want to download it please do...
This is a song about certainty, about one of those moments when you just KNOW what's what: you know who you love, you know what you want to do, you have a moment of clarity and simplicity, and in that moment you enjoy heart's ease and a sense of peace.
Shortly after this was written, the person it was written for had a similar moment, and sent me a message that she had had 'an epic realization'. We were married a couple of years after that, and, in one of life's little ironies, divorced a couple of years after THAT.
Even so, the moment remains, and the moment was true even if things changed. I still think the song is a good one. I also think the recording came out well.
Ed Hannifin: lead vocal, acoustic lead and fingerstyle guitars
Phyllis Capanna: harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
Karen Casey: bass
Recorded at The Daley Planet in Haverhill, MA, with Tom and Meg Daley at the controls.
And yes, I'm still working on some newer things whenever I get a free moment...
This is a song about certainty, about one of those moments when you just KNOW what's what: you know who you love, you know what you want to do, you have a moment of clarity and simplicity, and in that moment you enjoy heart's ease and a sense of peace.
Shortly after this was written, the person it was written for had a similar moment, and sent me a message that she had had 'an epic realization'. We were married a couple of years after that, and, in one of life's little ironies, divorced a couple of years after THAT.
Even so, the moment remains, and the moment was true even if things changed. I still think the song is a good one. I also think the recording came out well.
Ed Hannifin: lead vocal, acoustic lead and fingerstyle guitars
Phyllis Capanna: harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
Karen Casey: bass
Recorded at The Daley Planet in Haverhill, MA, with Tom and Meg Daley at the controls.
And yes, I'm still working on some newer things whenever I get a free moment...
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Lyrics
Simply Fine
Copyright 1987 Ed Hannifin
[Intro]
Cold just after sunrise, and the house is dark and still
Dreaming takes the mind and brandied coffee takes the chill
While waiting for my morning cup a song came to my mind
‘Oh I surely love Rebecca, and that is simply fine’
I was very gently shaken, I was very gently broke
I felt like I’d awakened to a word the morning spoke
The water in the kettle and the crow up in the pine
Were sure about Rebecca, and that was simply fine
[Break]
I argue revelation when it hits me before noon
I would argue with salvation if it came a minute soon
But today the morning light has found me heavy on the vine
Rebecca caught me falling, and that was simply fine
This evening after sunset when I went to check the sky
The stars were in their places and the moon was riding high
Above me geese were crossing, southward in a line
And I knew I loved Rebecca and that was simply fine
Copyright 1987 Ed Hannifin
[Intro]
Cold just after sunrise, and the house is dark and still
Dreaming takes the mind and brandied coffee takes the chill
While waiting for my morning cup a song came to my mind
‘Oh I surely love Rebecca, and that is simply fine’
I was very gently shaken, I was very gently broke
I felt like I’d awakened to a word the morning spoke
The water in the kettle and the crow up in the pine
Were sure about Rebecca, and that was simply fine
[Break]
I argue revelation when it hits me before noon
I would argue with salvation if it came a minute soon
But today the morning light has found me heavy on the vine
Rebecca caught me falling, and that was simply fine
This evening after sunset when I went to check the sky
The stars were in their places and the moon was riding high
Above me geese were crossing, southward in a line
And I knew I loved Rebecca and that was simply fine
Gav
Very James Taylor and very professional. The kind of tune I'd like to listen to travelling on a train journey and gazing out at the scenery. Guitar playing is nice and understated. Good stuff! I likes!