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Bl​ü​te, Ger​ü​st

by Phil Smith

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||| Oh, you better come here with a lover, Oh, you better come here with a friend. For their songs are sweet and pretty, but you don't know them that well. ||| Your lemon bowl And the lemons it will hold I want to be there for them all. Peel to pip Pressed lips kiss Morning opens Half a globe lit Your lemon bowl
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||| Costal muscle coastal path the shoreline of your sea rib-tide in and out roll me soft the sand dune long a-roll me Chest and temple temple, chest slope down to the sea ocean, fingertip roll me soft the sand dune long a-roll me My Bonnie stretches, my Bonnie sighs, lies across the sea tip toe, paper week roll me soft the sand dune long a-roll me ||| People: from the bus to the tram from the tram to the train to the next train one station, two station, three... We stay there, we can't move, quite frozen in history, and this is the moment when we are looking around. ||| We’re nowhere near the coast but the seagulls are singing through the salt from the chippie in the air. singing of a cove, Lulworth, mouth of this island, with its rows of boats bright smiling in the glare Aber du siehst so müde aus Aber du siehst so müde aus Battered by the wind battered fish swimming down my throat sinking to the bottom of the sea I could do with holding you and looking out beyond the land, swallowing this hunger to be seen Aber du siehst so müde aus Aber du siehst so müde aus I am got up, I am gone, leave you lying with the dawn: I must try and write my name on the horizon. Every day the sun fades to white what we have done, and we hold each other tightly when the night comes. Aber du siehst so müde aus Aber du siehst so müde aus ||| My romance doesn't have to have a moon in the sky My romance doesn't need a blue lagoon standing by No month of may, no twinkling stars No hide away, no softly guitars My romance doesn't need a castle rising in spain Nor a dance to a constantly surprising refrain Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true My romance doesn't need a thing but you My romance doesn't need a thing but you ||| Come and sit by my side if you love me; Do not hasten to bid me adieu, But remember the Red River Valley, And the girl that has loved you so true. ||| In grandmother's summer, as webs of spiders flying in the air, I see what i won't believe 'til I'm older.

about

Yesterday, on my way home, I went into a bar-restaurant I'd never been into before. There was a goat above the door, and I'd spotted a piano inside. I asked if I could play it and the woman asked what I play. I said "Richtung jazz", or something similar. Her name is Dunya and mine is Phil.

Dunya said they do have a beautiful piano stool, but for now I sat on one of the wooden chairs. It was a Friday afternoon and people were out in the garden. It was the warmest day of the year so far. It's the kind of place where everyone seems to work there. Familial.

I gave a fifty minute concert in two halves. They poured me a drink in the middle. Dunya asked how I found them. I said I just walked past. She smiled and said, "That's how I want it."

I left. I wanted to write to tell you that I felt so happy where I was, doing this. With you there it would have been even better, but it wouldn't have been, also.

One small fresh Bier, free.

Blossom and scaffolding,
Blüte, Gerüst,
Berlin in spring.

The man working there said they've been closed for a year and are just opening again. The place was gradually filling up. There are plenty of wrong notes and I ask you to ignore them. They said I can come back whenever I want.

I don't know if I can do this anywhere else.

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released April 1, 2017

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