Week 11: How to fall asleep | Tamar Lewis

 

 

Some say that all you have to do is to drink hot milk
A touch of sweetness, honey anise seed blend

 

Or to sit down next to a fence the flock to keep
Maybe you'll fall asleep by counting jumping sheep

 

Perhaps the sound of violins will ease your mind
Take a sip of camomile and tea combined

 

Pick some lavender on your way to the park
Then keep the purple flower underneath the bed

 

If the full moon is keeping you awake
Change the curtains choose the black instead of white

 

Stop watching the world spinning around on TV
Try reading a novel from the precious century

 

And if you tried it all
But still you are wide awake
Just like when we were small
Call me

Week 10: Colourful Dress | Brenda Rose

Week 10: Colourful Dress  | Brenda Rose

Do you remember

The times that we dreamed together

About London and America

And every far place we could think of

We wanted to leave 

And now I see we wanted to flee

Escape to every place that wasn't real

Escape to every place that wasn't here

Black was the colour we'd sent

A little red to show the restless mind

And every colourless shirt we wore

A reflection

Since that period of time

Our lives became a little calmer

And then you turned into a butterfly

And sing songs about floating through the sky

You've showed us the colour of your heart

And I thank you for that 

And every colourful dress you wear

A reflection

On this special day

I wish you yellow no more grey

I wish you soft pink and some apple green

A little vintage orange and baby blue

And for that restless mind

A little light through some plain white

And every colourful dress to be

A reflection

Week 9: In Their Eyes | Tamar Lewis

You said summer felt like time stood still
And asked if I would help you to keep memories real
For a moment I thought it over
But I as well tend to forget

Seeing those pictures again that you sent
Those trees and where they stood I don't remember
The days and how they felt are like a dream
They fade when the fall sets in

When the fall sets in
When the fall sets in
When the fall sets in

Last year in the winter I came to know
The miracle of ongoing life
Held my son so close to my chest
My hands so tight round his back

As we sat there all alne in his room
At night when no one else was awake
Memories of childhood just came to me
As I looked at him

As I looked at him
As I looked at him
As I looked at him

Recalling
Days you and I spent in our rooms
Recordig our songs on cassette
Eating colourful chocolate
Carelessly making our memories

Making our memories
Making our memories
Making our memories

So when those precious memories start to fade
And I cannot help you to keep them real
In the eyes of our children we'll find them
As they grow

Summer Dialogue in de Viva!

 Een foto van het interview over Summer Dialogue in Viva #33

Week 8: Growth | Brenda Rose

Week 8: Growth | Brenda Rose

When I wake up it 'll be gone

Gone the quiet dreams we wrote

As we dream our lives to the unknown

We grow

Summer felt like time stood still

We forgot it never will

As we swim our lives to solid shores

We grow

I set a mark where you

Wrote a part about growth

As I turn pages I read through all ages

And we grew

We still grow

Someday memories will fade

Will you help me to keep them real

As we walk our miles we're walking home

And we grow

Week 7: First of August | Tamar Lewis

Again the morning came on time

Again you opened up your eyes

Again this day a holiday

Another year's begun

366 pictures made of you

Anxious, sad or still in love

Each single one is you

It's the first of August

Another year's begun

I wish you many songs to write

And lot's of love to give

I pray that you'll be full of life

And see many more years

Think of how and where you've been

And who you have become

Really worth to celebrate

Another year's begun

It's the first of August

Another years begun

Maybe when we're old and grey

We'll be knitting all day long

Sweaters for our great-grandchildren

Though we can't remember their names

I will help you cook a stew

And you will help me do my hair

Have a cake and drink some tea

'Cause another year's begun

It's the first of August

Another year's begun

Happy first of August

Another year's begun