nice acoustic guitars & vocal work...written for a friends daughter...

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a friend of mine and his daughter (who was then 4) went to a susan graham white show in melbourne (this was around 8 at night)…during intermission, robin, cassidy and i went for a walk around the local area…cassidy would trot off over to bushes and such and come back with these little berries or whatever they were and present them to her dad at which time he would accept them and put them in his shirt pocket…cassidy would get all smiles and run off to get more…robin and i (along with cass) went walking around and checked out all the goings on (for almost two hours while all the while Cassidy just followed along being very cool and just happy as could be…never complained at all and just hung out me her dad and i…i got such a kick out of her behavior that the next morning i wrote this for her and robin…speical thanks to lin for her beautiful harmony... 8 )
p.s. unfortunately for some unknown reason i opted not to use a "click-trac" during recording and there is a slight meter issue in the beginning of the song...we recover quickly…but word of advice..."always use a "click-trac" when recording!!!
-z-

Cassidy

softly searching through the brush
as she seeks a hidden prize
a beauties smile when she returns
with that sparkle in her eyes
a child’s wonder in the smaller things
sometimes to oft forgot
takes me to a place in my mind
where my youth left what it brought

cassidy
waiting patiently
take me with you where you run
to watch your soul as it speaks and breathes
to remind me how it’s done

let me see through you the wonderment
smell the Jasmine in your hair
and leave with me the gifts you bring
as you paint rainbows
in the air…(waiting there)

i hear your voice as you softly sing
past the worries of the day
a velvet voice that touches me
when there is no need to say

for there’s a place where we both go
only you and i can know
a place where no one else can find
like two flowers
in the snow…(we both grow)

you’ll live in me forever
and be the poet in my song
while side-by-side we go through life
as it’s here we both belong

i’ll always be there beside you
and we’ll learn as we both do
and cassidy i’ll always show
just how much
i love you…(as i do)

-guitar-

cassidy
waiting patiently
take me with you where you run
speak to me and show me life
as we close a setting sun

let me touch your heart with mine
watch you smile and take me there
and i’ll take all the gifts you bring
while you paint rainbows
in the air…(waiting there)
cassidy
cassidy
cassidy…

-z- 07…for robin and cassidy petersen…

credits:
recorded and mixed @ lng studios, merritt island, fl.
24 track alesis adat system. produced by shaun hull, engineered by lonnie griffis.

shaun -z- hull: lead vocals, six string martin and fender guitars

linda katsaros: harmony vocals 8 )

lonnie griffis: bass