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Stevie B and Me
Stevie, we were free,
Stevie, you and me,
On that golden day,
Was it ’68?
The decade’s last few days,
The whole wild world was crazed,
But where we were was peace,
For you and me at least.
We walked and talked
For many hours,
Safe under blue Berkshire skies.
If I stop for a moment,
I dream groves and country paths,
Green’s 'Albatross' is playing
In this our past,
Whole empires were falling,
The old ways were fading fast,
Things never last,
But you and I found peace at last.
We walked and talked
For many hours,
Safe under blue Berkshire skies.
Stevie, you and me,
On that golden day,
Was it ’68?
The decade’s last few days,
The whole wild world was crazed,
But where we were was peace,
For you and me at least.
We walked and talked
For many hours,
Safe under blue Berkshire skies.
If I stop for a moment,
I dream groves and country paths,
Green’s 'Albatross' is playing
In this our past,
Whole empires were falling,
The old ways were fading fast,
Things never last,
But you and I found peace at last.
We walked and talked
For many hours,
Safe under blue Berkshire skies.
Published 27th Aug 2018
Author's Note
'Stevie B and Me' aka 'Under Blue Berkshire Skies' was written in 2003 in praise of a friendship enjoyed several decades previously as a ‘new boy’ on the brink of his teens at college in the beautiful English county of Berkshire; and yet haunted both by the Spirit of ’68, and the Brian Wilson/Beach Boys obra maestra, 'Surf’s Up', a song which somehow served to evoke the twilight of an era of historic momentousness.
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27th Aug 2018 11:32am
Great job as always , Carl ! Entertaining and thoughtful stories you tell with your songs—sort of a folksy Gordon Lightfoot, feel. 😊
Thank you so much, ML, and thank you for featuring me recently, it was a real honour, I must listen to some more Gordon Lightfoot, I loved 'Daylight Katy', and can see similarities with some of my songs; 'Sundown' too.
