[stylist] Two song lyrics & link - a belated happy Valentine'sDay

Fri Feb 21 21:36:59 UTC 2014

My first concert was also Peter, Paul, and Mary. 
And I have to agree .. Your voice is lovely and I do hear that Mary Travers vibe.))) a joy to listen to. 
Myrna

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> On Feb 21, 2014, at 2:29 PM, Applebutter Hill <applebutterhill at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Bridgit. The first concert I ever went to was Peter, Paul & Mary.
> Donna
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
> Pollpeter
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 8:41 AM
> To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Two song lyrics & link - a belated happy
> Valentine'sDay
> 
> Donna,
> 
> You do have a lovely voice, very folksy-sounding, like Peter, Paul and Mary,
> smile.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Applebutter
> Hill
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:15 PM
> To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: [stylist] Two song lyrics & link - a belated happy Valentine's Day
> 
> 
> Hi Friends,
> We have several songwriters on this list, myself included, and for those who
> are new, we occasionally post lyrics. I wanted to post these  for
> Valentine's Day, but I wanted to give you a link to actually hear the songs,
> and I was having trouble with Sound Cloud.
> 
> The lyrics to two songs will be below my name. The first (Love of My
> Life) is from the perspective of someone looking for love, the second
> (That's What Love is Like) is a whimsical definition of love.
> 
> Here is a link which is supposed to just automatically play "Love of My
> Life," but for me, it continues and plays the other two tracks I have
> uploaded to Sound Cloud, "That's What Love is Like" and a very short clip of
> our frogs. I didn't include the lyrics of the frog songs *grin* So, let me
> know how it works for you. A friend on Twitter said she got just the one
> song.
> https://soundcloud.com/donna-w-hill/love-of-my-life-donna-hill-the
> 
> If you don't hear the 2nd song, this is it's link (and,  again for me it
> goes on to play the other tracks):
> https://soundcloud.com/donna-w-hill/thats-what-love-is-like
> 
> Donna
> "Love of My Life" words and music by Donna Hill,
> 
> 
> 
> Chorus (song starts with chorus):
> 
> 
> 
> No matter how long it takes me,
> 
> I'm gonna keep right on looking for you,
> 
> Yeah, you, Love of my life,
> 
> No matter how far away it makes me go,
> 
> I'm gonna keep right on going for you,
> 
> Yeah, you, Love of my life.
> 
> 
> 
> Verse 1:
> 
> House full of strangers, street full of fools,
> 
> Ignoring all the dangers and breaking all the rules,
> 
> Here in the free world more and more it seems,
> 
> You can go with the flow, if you want to,
> 
> And drown in the mainstream.
> 
> 
> 
> Chorus: ...
> 
> Verse 2
> 
> Pounding the pavement day after day,
> 
> So many people with nothing much to say,
> 
> Caught in a maze without any clue,
> 
> If I weren't looking for you,
> 
> What would I be doing?
> 
> 
> 
> Chorus: ...
> 
> 
> 
> Verse 3
> 
> I know you're out there just like me,
> 
> Searching for someone who's willing to be,
> 
> Shoulder to shoulder, partners and friends,
> 
> We might find each other
> 
> just around the next bend.
> 
> Chorus.
> 
> ***
> 
> 
> 
> "That's What Love is Like" words & music by Donna Hill
> 
> 
> 
> 1.
> 
> You may think you'll find it under
> 
> Sunny skies or rain and thunder,
> 
> Spend your whole life lost in wonder,
> 
> And Heaven knows you might.
> 
> 
> 
> You may think it's in the stars
> 
> Or fancy clothes and brand new cars,
> 
> Folks who won't know who you are
> 
> Until you're out of sight.
> 
> 
> 
> Chorus #1:
> 
> Love, like the tide that ebbs and flows,
> 
> Like a seed that grows and grows,
> 
> Where it starts and where it goes,
> 
> No one knows, no one knows,
> 
> 'cause love is love and that's what love is like.
> 
> 
> 
> 2.
> 
> You may try to live without it,
> 
> Tell yourself how much you doubt it,
> 
> Never learn a thing about it
> 
> And stumble through the night,
> 
> 
> 
> You may try to keep it from you,
> 
> Run away and hide as some do,
> 
> Join the ranks of those who've come
> 
> to perish in the fight.
> 
> 
> 
> Chorus #2:
> 
> Love, like the earth that turns and turns,
> 
> In each empty heart it yearns,
> 
> 'Round and 'round the feelings churn
> 
> They burn and burn, burn and burn
> 
> 'cause love is love and that's what love is like.
> 
> 
> 
> Bridge:
> 
> You don't want to miss this one this time,
> 
> You don't want to be left on your own,
> 
> The road of life is hard enough to climb
> 
> Harder still to make it on your own.
> 
> 
> 
> 3.
> 
> When at last you've finally found it,
> 
> Wrap your arms so tight around it,
> 
> Wake to find yourself surrounded
> 
> Everywhere in light,
> 
> 
> 
> You may try to keep it to you,
> 
> But, as it changes and renews you,
> 
> Somehow, it just flows right through
> 
> To everyone in sight.
> 
> 
> 
> Chorus #3:
> 
> Love is more than just the 2 of us,
> 
> It always is, it always was,
> 
> And, love does everything it does,
> 
> Just because, just because,
> 
> Love is love, and that's what love is like.
> 
> ###
> 
> 
> 
> -- The Heart of Applebutter Hill - a novel on a mission:
> 
> http://DonnaWHill.com <http://donnawhill.com/>
> 
> 
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