As I look back on the songs and projects I have been involved in I also want to share with you projects from the core of artists I grew up with that influenced me to do more and get better in my craft. I have a good number of writings to pick from. Here is a set of lyrics from my older brother David. I have mentioned him a few times already so I wanted to give you some examples of his writing.
This is a song called “Singing Wheels”. It was written in February of 1977. We have a lot of themes about driving and being on the road. We often contrast between city life and nature as we are drawn almost equally to both. The song has beautiful chords and the melody is haunting with a fluid motion that fits the lyrics quite well. I will post the song in the future. At this point, the boy is able to see the man he became! Perspective is amazing from decades later.
“Singing Wheels” © 1977 C David Kennedy
The lights of the city spread like stars below me
Traffic swirls around me as I leave.
And time moves slowly in a car that’s moving swift
I guess you call it relativity.
If the boy I was could see
The man that he became
He’d be pretty happy I suppose.
But the best things about him
Were just ballast for the flight
His hopes are dim and his dreams are tame.
And while Singing Wheels spin over whispered lullabies
My car eats the highway in the rain
Windshield wipers tell a tale rhythmic and serene
And thunder mourns the crying of the skies.
MidiMike 