Originally Posted by ebaker68
Hey Kevin--awesome idea you have here. I'm really lookin' forward to going to your soundclick station and having a long listen to everything while I'm workin' in my basement.

Like yourself, this is one of my most recent. Don't know if it's my "greatest" but it's rather different from most of the stuff I write. I was wanting to write a "period piece" and love the vibe of late fifties music. So, this is kind of a homage to some of my favorite songs from that era--namely I Only Have Eyes for You and Sleepwalk.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7369042


1959
(c)2009 Eric J. Baker

V1
I've loved you so long; met you in 1959
Only eighteen; just livin' for next Friday night

And I remember all of the things we used to do
Went to the movies; saw Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue

Sea of Love, Lonely Teardrops, Mack the Knife
It was such a simple time

CHORUS
I wish I could take you back to 1959
And feel your body softly swayin' next to mine
Drift 'cross the dance floor and float across time...with you

V2
In an old Chrysler, I kissed you for the first time
The Platters were singin', Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

We were so young then, but we were eager to grow up
Where have the years gone? Surely they've not just turned to rust

We'd dance to the jukebox, gettin' three songs for a dime
Oh, if I could turn back time

CHORUS

SPOKEN:
Darling, we have left our youth far behind
Yet when I kiss you, it feels like the first time
And with your little hand holding tightly onto mine
So, won't you love me like it's 1959?

Santo and Johnny playin' Sleepwalk felt so right
We lived such carefree lives

CHORUS



I'd get straight on the phone to Quentin Tarentino with that one

WOW

Andy

'Alone and warming his five wits,
The white owl in the belfry sits.'

-Alfred, Lord Tennyson

http://www.soundclick.com/andydinnell