track 16
from Archway Archives
Only for me
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only for me 1971
the blurb from 'the album that never was'
This was a popular club song, built around the odd open tuning that gave the break between verses its ringing quality, and filled out by Ralph Simpson’s flute. I can remember playing it at our annual ‘Varsity match’ with the Oxford university folk club. On this digital recording I tried to make up for the lack of flute with a ‘live’ electric organ part…
this sounds like a straight take that we never got around to doing anything with!
If you want to hear the other version click here!
Morning dew satin lies everywhere
Sparkles and shimmers like the rain on her hair
Blackbirds and ravens take to the air
Not to return till we’re no longer there
Buildings of green moss-covered stone
Waiting to see if the light that she owns
Shines only for me
Small conversation soothing and low
Floats on the fragrance of the flowers below
Walking the meadows easy and slow
Nothing to do and no one to know
The sunshine appears and we stop for a while
And relive the years and I know that her smile
Is only only for me
Patterns in sunbeams jostle around
Fighting to stay in the light that they’ve found
Patches of comfort spread on the ground
The warm grass is singing a murmuring sound
The moment is free empty of care
And the feelings that she has to share
Are only for me