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GHT-12 Things Look Better from a Distance
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A folky guitar start - but then that oompah band comes creeping in
comedy humour cautionary tale
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic General
Charts
Peak #191
Peak in subgenre #44
Author
Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
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September 11, 2013
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MP3 4.0 MB • 160 kbps • 3:28
Story behind the song
A cautionary tale ... but that oompah band keeps muscling in... put that trobone away before you break something!
Lyrics
E B7 E See that moon a-shining pearly white up in the sky E B7 Couldn’t be more perfect even if it tried A E But get up close it’s full of dust there isn’t any air C#m F# B  You’d be left a-wondering what the hell you’re doing there A B7 E Chances are - things look better from afar You see that snowy mountain glistening white against the blue You might be tricked to thinking hey that’s the place for you But when you feel the wind howling twenty-eight below You’d have to start a wondering why you’d wanna go Chances are - things look better from afar A Things look better from a distance, it must be one of nature’s laws E B7 Things look better from a distance, easy to deceive those eyes of yours E Take heed of my insistence, proximity shows up the flaws You see that dark-eyed beauty passing cross the street Seems like she’s exactly just the girl you’d like to meet But when you see beneath the camouflage and paint Precisely what you thought that she was is exactly what she ain’t Chances are - things look better from afar Things look better from a distance, it must be one of nature’s laws Things look better from a distance, easy to deceive those eyes of yours Take heed of my insistence, proximity shows up the flaws But maybe there’s a lesson to put us in our place Pr’haps we ourselves weren’t born with such a countenance of grace If we get too picky we’ll be left out on the ground So take a long deep breath and turn that telescope around Chances are - things look better from afar
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