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Song for Emma

by Mike Peters Music

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A true story.

Cover Art ©Mike Peters 2017

Official Video: youtu.be/jcJF7Dc3Uak

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© 2017 Mike Peters
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You roll around inside my head as I stumble through the day
Long conversations with you though you’ve long since gone away
I don’t even know where you are or how you spend your time
But you spend your days with me; you’re here as I spend mine

Music that we made was gold, we’d play like we were one
That summer lay before us and a story had begun
No one saw what I could see when I looked in your eyes
And no one knew how deep we ran, so perfect our disguise

CH
It was all so long ago, those days we sang and played
And I’ll never know what might have been if you only had stayed
But we were in the right place at exactly the wrong time
You had yours to be with, and I had mine

But not a day goes by when I don’t wonder where you are
And think of how you’d grin at me on our way home in the car
So much promise in your eyes, and that yearning in my heart
But knowing it would end before it had a chance to start

And I wonder if you think of me, if I still figure in your life
Do you stop what you are doing and just hope that I’m alright
We always said we’d always know if one of us was aching
I wonder if you even guessed how hard my heart was breaking

CH
It was all so long ago, those days we sang and played
And I’ll never know what might have been if you only had stayed
But we were in the right place at exactly the wrong time
You had yours to be with, and I had mine

Although I never made a move, and it all happened in my mind
What we did inside my head was perfect every time
I guess the thing that hurts the most as the years go rushing by
Is that we'll never even know what might have happened if we’d tried

CH
It was all so long ago, those days we sang and played
And I’ll never know what might have been if you only had stayed
But we were in the right place at exactly the wrong time
You had yours to be with, and I had mine
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Written and performed by Mike Peters
Flute courtesy of Ailsa Nicholls

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Mike Peters moves effortlessly from light jazz/rock through to powerful piano instrumentals and poignant ballads. He demonstrates a remarkable talent for melody and a commitment to well crafted lyrics. And with these lyrics he paints very powerful word pictures. ... more

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