Under My Skin

I don't mind admitting that the chorus to this new song came to me in the driveway of my dear friend who has shown me that love does not always come in the package we want, and seeming less, can somehow be so very much more.

The bulk of the music and many of the words came to me on the morning of my accident when I wanted to continue with the creativity and, against my intuition, forced myself to get off the piano stool and onto that cursed scaffold. Getting it to the point of this very rough cut has been a focus of healing over the last month, one small session after another until I was satisfied to record and mix it on my computer yesterday to hear how it sounds. In my excitement, I want to share it with you, all my other dear friends.

Under My Skin

(Passage of Time)

Sunday footbll, drinking beer, cutting firewood

Doing what I want, not what I think I should

Sailboat, running shoes, a season's pass to ski

I've got my dawg, Life's what it ought to be

Then you come along to show me what I've been missing

Singing your song, giving me all of your kissing

And now you're so deep under my skin

(Though I didn't want to let you in)

Every day I love you more

(Though I didn't want to open that door)

Feels like life can finally begin

Now you're so-oh-oh-oooohh under my skin

I've been here before, I didn't like the pain

Sun so bright usually turns to rain

What looks like love is something worse

What seems like a blessing turns into a curse

But here we are still friends after so much time gone by

Wishing on a star has never kept me this high

And now you're so deep under my skin

(Though I didn't want to let you in)

Every day I love you more

(Though I didn't want to open that door)

Feels like life can finally begin

Now you're so-oh-oh-ooohhh under my skin

What's done is done, the future lies unknown

We've got to stand strong in the here and now

On our smiles shines the sun, warms our souls to the very bone

There's no need to fear, it'll all come clear

If we just stand still in the passage of time

A smile so sweet surely wins the day

A steady heartbeat chases the blues away

Eyes so soft, and hot enough to melt the ice

Carry me aloft without thinking twice

And now you're so deep under my skin

(And I'm so glad you let yourself in)

Every day I love you more

(And I'm so glad you opened that door)

Every day we get to begin again

Now you're so-oh-oh-ooohhh under my skin

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