Young at heart
Young at heart it’s like a clichéSays you’re fighting growing oldYoung at heart it’s optimisticSays you’re still green not streaked with...
Young at heart it’s like a cliché Says you’re fighting growing old Young at heart it’s optimistic Says you’re still green not streaked with gold
But here on the inside I’m still a child it’s still the first time I’m still wild I’m still a dreamer I’m still the one who’s looking out For the young at heart
Young at heart it’s like a sentence Trapped inside another place Young at heart it’s realistic Says life’s been written on your face
But here on the inside Don’t count the years it’s still the first time I’m still here I will survive I’m still the child with open eyes For the young at heart
I know summer’s over Autumn winds have blown across the sky Leaves are falling we’re all older Making peace for what it’s worth to simplify What’s still to come Where’s still to go What’s still to find us Who’s still to know?
There’s a world in my mind Where the years have been kind To all the old faces Where people and lands Have passed through my hands In beautiful places They all left their traces All left their traces
Nearly a year since the last solo tune. So I am - we are all - nearly a year older, but still young at heart...?
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Nearly a year since the last solo tune. So I am - we are all - nearly a year older, but still young at heart...?
06/09/19 09:36:20PM @moequinn:
Chris ~ this is beautiful ~ as the expression goes...I can relate.. to the lyrics in this song ~ I am young at heart ~ it's a thing us older folks say trying to hold on to our youth alas...it escapes us
always love any & all of your songs you have a voice that soothes my spirit
Moe
05/29/19 05:42:30PM @tlt50:
"But here on the inside Don’t count the years it’s still the first time"
. These lyrics hit home, just brilliant Chris. As always your vocals and musical expertise shine brightly in this incredible song. Cheers, my friend. Bravo!!
Larry T.
05/23/19 01:04:13PM @frank-northcutt:
Melancholy, yet wistful and optimistic. An appreciation for life, regardless of what stage you are in. Thought provoking song, Chris. Beautiful music as well. Really enjoyed it.
Farrell Jackson:
I like to read the lyric before I listen to songs when they are posted. I have to say these lyric are very poetic and the subject is right on the money. I'm now on my second listen and this is a wonderful song and your vocals flow along with an easy to absorb melody. Well done Chris!
Farrell
Thanks so much Farrell, sounds like the lyrics hit the right spot! I was trying to get a mixture of light and shade in them, very pleased with the way they turned out, in the end they wrote themselves I think 🙂
05/17/19 10:17:40AM @farrell-jackson:
I like to read the lyric before I listen to songs when they are posted. I have to say these lyric are very poetic and the subject is right on the money. I'm now on my second listen and this is a wonderful song and your vocals flow along with an easy to absorb melody. Well done Chris!
Farrell
05/16/19 07:53:55PM @ron-dadey:
Love it Brotherman...... very nice.....
Somerset, United KingdomContact Joined July 17, 2008
Biography
Hey All, great to be here on the Mix - the best indie site of them all!I've done my share of playing in bands over the years. Started out playing the piano...
Hey All, great to be here on the Mix - the best indie site of them all!
I've done my share of playing in bands over the years. Started out playing the piano at 4 years old, taught by my father, who had music coming out of every pore in his body. My first ever band was when I was 13, playing with my brother and a couple of friends from the village where we grew up in the south-west of England. Trouble is my brother was 15, and he played keyboards too, and he was bigger than me, so I bought my first electric guitar from Woolworths for £15 and set to learning that.
Never got too good on the guitar, and when a couple of years later my brother left to join another band, I went back to the keyboards. Moved to London when I was 19, and got into a semi-pro band playing early 80s new romantic stuff, then quit my day job and joined a pro band playing jazz-funk around Europe for a while. Finally ended up in Edinburgh, where I picked up another day job and joined a band playing all over Scotland for the next 5 years.
Then came about 15 years of being "sensible" and making a career for myself in London, while I watched my brother playing on just about every major stage in the world and one or two old friends becoming household names. I came back to music in 2004, after I moved to France to get away from the rat-race, but it didn't last too long, and I was soon back to commuting to London every week to earn a living again. Moved back to the UK in 2013 and finally gave up the day job in London in 2016, after a weekly routine of planes and trains that lasted for nearly 12 years. During the last four years, we got a band together at my company in London, and won the battle of the bands in London's financial sector twice in three years, both times at the O2 Academy in Islington - it almost made me feel like a rock star...
So soon, once all the work on our house on the edge of Exmoor (Somerset, south west England) is finished, I'll be able to spend more time writing and recording. For now, apart from working on the house and the garden, I'm keeping fit with our year-old German Shepherd out in the hills, getting a few musical ideas down and will maybe come up with a new song from time to time.
The main bits of gear I'm using are a Roland FA-08 and a Korg M50, an old Roland EP95 piano (bought in 1998!) and a Korg X5, and my old Jackson guitar makes an appearance now and then. One day I'll get my studio finished!
Chris ~ this is beautiful ~ as the expression goes...I can relate.. to the lyrics in this song ~ I am young at heart ~ it's a thing us older folks say trying to hold on to our youth alas...it escapes us
always love any & all of your songs you have a voice that soothes my spirit
Moe
"But here on the inside Don’t count the years it’s still the first time"
. These lyrics hit home, just brilliant Chris. As always your vocals and musical expertise shine brightly in this incredible song. Cheers, my friend. Bravo!!
Larry T.
Melancholy, yet wistful and optimistic. An appreciation for life, regardless of what stage you are in. Thought provoking song, Chris. Beautiful music as well. Really enjoyed it.
Great lyrics and an excellent song!
Thank you Bill, really appreciate you sharing it on FB too 😜
Really sweet track Chris!
Cheers Bill! And thanks for the spins too!!
I like to read the lyric before I listen to songs when they are posted. I have to say these lyric are very poetic and the subject is right on the money. I'm now on my second listen and this is a wonderful song and your vocals flow along with an easy to absorb melody. Well done Chris!
Farrell
Thanks so much Farrell, sounds like the lyrics hit the right spot! I was trying to get a mixture of light and shade in them, very pleased with the way they turned out, in the end they wrote themselves I think 🙂
Love it Brotherman...... very nice.....
Thanks Ron! Had to clean the rust off my guitar first,
Great lyrics and an excellent song!
Really sweet track Chris!
I like to read the lyric before I listen to songs when they are posted. I have to say these lyric are very poetic and the subject is right on the money. I'm now on my second listen and this is a wonderful song and your vocals flow along with an easy to absorb melody. Well done Chris!
Farrell
Love it Brotherman...... very nice.....