Performed by - Martin Ashurst
This is a site to get songwriters in Oldham (UK) to display their wares. We hope that it will become a central point for local songwriters to come to upload their songs and to check out what other songwriters in the area are up to.
If we can build this community we would like to organise events etc. that will be of general interest to like-minded people.
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Story behind the song
A love song. Dennis' lyrics are definitely 'old school' in the style of the old standards.
His songs could have been performed by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Nat 'King' Cole etc. Martin, having
played for many years in Piano Bars, felt an affinity to the style and wanted to write a 'meandering' tune.
Lyrics
CONVERSATION OVERHEARD
Conversation overheard
May not be quite what it appears
But whispered in anothers ears
Be rearranged, completely changed
Conversation overheard
And so passed on from mouth to mouth
The north can soon become the south
The gist of it can twist a bit
Even with a good intent
Sometimes the facts get bent
And so the innocent, uncomprehending
Credibility lending to ......
Conversation overheard
And so the rumour gets around
The truth is lost, a lie is found - It's absurd.
So if you hear that I don't love you
That I think so little of you
Baby, baby don't believe it
Don't believe a word.
Even with a good intent
Sometimes the facts get bent
And so the innocent, uncomprehending
Credibility lending to ......
Conversation overheard
And so the rumour gets around
The truth is lost, a lie is found - It's absurd.
So if you hear that I don't love you
That I think so little of you
Baby, baby don't believe it
Don't believe a word.
