love, keep it simple 🎹 by michael hermiston © (original) '24
today i'm posting two versions of a love song, i acknowledge that both this piano version and the original banjo version are both cheesy poetry, especially with the sappy couples pics 🤣 ...but fun, especially the banjo version!
vocals, piano, keyboard: michael hermiston
lyrics: you told me that you loved me
you told me that you cared
you'd climb the highest mountains in your heart
but you oil that squeaky wheeel
that keeps your lies a rollin'
you crash and burn,
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 suret not done
and with a smile i winked
love, keep it simple
the heart, a slow and steady rhyme
truth, will climb through the darkness
truth is love all the time
you melt into your darkened room
that santuary 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 the storm
your time now tumbles down the gorge
illusion cracked and bruised
a voice from somewhere calls you laugh
it seems you feel acused
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