Blacktop River
By E-dub on May 24, 2020 5:35 pm
I started with an African beat then put together some chord progression in C Harmonic Minor. Then wrote some lyrics. It didn't come out quite how I envisioned, but I don't hate it.
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Blacktop River
V1
There’s a drumbeat in the distance
with a message loud and clear
Smoke on the horizon--
words you always want to hear
The birds are chirping in the trees,
their song a secret code--
It’s time to pack your bags, my dear
and hit the open road.
CH
The blacktop river, she’s a-callin’ us away.
I just can’t see any reason we should stay.
The world out there has magic to make you shiver
So it’s time to say goodbye and find our way--
on that blacktop river.
V2
There’s an aching in your heart,
a desire to be free
A deep and mighty chasm
in our darkest memory
But light is giggling through the sky--
a sweet periphery
It’s time to grab your bug-out, babe
and see the world with me.
CH
The blacktop river, she’s a-callin’ us away.
And there isn’t anything here that could make us stay.
All the wonders of the world will make us shiver.
Now it’s time to find our way and say goodbye--
on the blacktop river.
BR
There’s something that you need to know
We do it now, or we’ll never go
Trapped in routine
We’ll never get away.
CH 1&2
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