Happy Easter, Passover, or whatever it may be that you are celebrating, if anything, at this time of the year.

Been away for a while - will catch up with everyone's songs asap.

I also want to apologise profusely to everyone I did not get the chance to thank for their kind comments on my last couple of songs. Things got busy all of a sudden, here, and I just did not get the chance to - and I don't want to bump those songs up again, it's been a while. So: please accept all my thanks, one and all, for putting up with me and my sometimes wayward musical creations.

Anyway, here's another one smile ... see what you think? Just one note of explanation: when I was young, I watched those Karate Kid movies, where the old karate master had retired, and was occupying his days with painting his fence. The expression stayed in my mind, as an example of a quiet, retired, somewhat detached life, "far from the madding crowd", so to speak ... and it's found its way into this song, now. Hope you enjoy it smile

Painting A Fence


THE LYRICS:

There's thousands of songs around just like these,
Unwritten words on paper, floating in the breeze,
And now, to avoid feeling ever so tense,
You will forever find me painting a fence.

There's thousands of words I could have said to you,
So many songs I could have written, it's true,
But now that my life no longer makes sense,
You will forever find me painting a fence.

I could beg you so hard not to leave me here,
I could pray the Lord to make you my heart hear;
But, if you came back thus, it would be mere pretense ...
So you will find me, now, as ever, painting a fence.

For, now that you are gone, and now there is no point
To dwell on what has been (at least, from my viewpoint),
There is just no more reason for me to get so tense,
To write any more songs, it just does not make sense ...

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There is just no more reason for me to get so tense,
To write any more songs, it just does not make sense ...

So please, if you come back, you'll find me painting a fence.


THE BAND:

****** Song Summary *************
Title: Painting A Fence - 1 April 2024
File:Painting A Fence - 1 April 2024.SGU
Key=C , Tempo 82, Length (m:s)=3:01
No intro. 58 bar chorus, from bar 1 to bar 58. Repeat x1 chorus
No Melody
No Soloist track.
Song is saved with Volume, Pan, Reverb, Chorus, Bank0,
Style is _ENTENTE.STY (Entente Nashville Rock)

RealTracks in style: 4020:Bass, Electric, ModernCountry16ths Ev16 075
RealTracks in style: 2825:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm CountryPopMike12-key Ev 085
RealTracks in style: 1002:Guitar, 12-String Acoustic, Rhythm ClassicRockA-B Ev16 065
RealDrums in style:NashBrushBalDbKEv16^2-a: Snare, HiHat , b: QuarterRide, Snare

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Mixed and recorded in Mixcraft Pro Studio 10, with some EQ and reverb applied.

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