love, keep it simple 🪕 by michael hermiston © (original)
today i'm posting two versions of a love song, they are both cheesy poetry, especially with the sappy couples pics 🤣 ...but fun, especially this banjo version! 'tis a silly love song, recorded 10 years ago with banjo with faux-bass, and electric piano added in 2024
m.h: vocals, banjo, faux-bass, electric one hand piano
lyrics:
C C#dim
you told me that you loved me
Dm7 G7
you told me that you cared
E7 Am
you'd climb the highest mountains in your heart
F6 F#dim
but you oil that squeaky wheel
C A7
that keeps your lies a rollin'
Dm7
you crash and burn,
G
i'm finished with that part
i held my arms so wide
eyes filled with tears and trust
i often caught you on the brink
we'd stare at rocks and surf below
i knew that gentle yearning
but i'm sure not done
and with a smile i winked
F G Em Am
love, keep it simple
Dm G Am
the heart, a slow and steady rhyme
E Am
truth, will climb through the darkness
F G C
truth is love all the time
you melt into your darkened room
that sanctuary safe
invite me to turn away from the sun
you offer truths and art
with your pupils open wide
but it's addiction to the heart
from which i run
lashed together as we scaled
those moments steep and cold
neither wanted safe and warm and light
your notion now frays our
embrace as we grow old
you know i love the day
you love the night
love …keep it simple
heart… so full and warm
truth…so rich in colours
cause love's a rainbow through a storm
your time now tumbles down the gorge
illusion cracked and bruised
a voice from somewhere calls you laugh
it seems you feel accused
we laugh together,
you're in my arms
we don't say a word
love and keep it simple
all else seems so absurd
love, keep it simple
the heart, a slow and steady rhyme
truth, will climb through the darkness
cause truth is love all the time
love …keep it simple
heart… so full and warm
truth…so rich in colours
cause love's a rainbow through a storm