I had this song with just a vocal and an acoustic guitar for a while. I sat on it because I knew I needed something different for it.
Enter my friend and French Horn saviour, Joe Sharp. Whenever he was available I always wanted him to come over to record some horns - it's just so rare, in my experience, to have someone that can lay down some real brass. It just sounds so much better than programmed brass. Couple that with the fact that he's such a wonderul, talented and inspiring man... and you've got gold!
I remember him coming over and us knocking this out pretty quickly. It was a wonderful moment where we recorded the whole thing live and then went back and forth with ideas for the additional overdubs of the french horn. It came to life before our very ears!
This song holds no mystery - that person that you just can't get out of your head and heart. In this case, my lovely wife.
lyrics
It's been a long lonely day
I'm at home with nothing to do
So I think of you, I think of you
But I think too much
About losing rather than keeping
About waking rather than sleeping
About hardship rather than reaping the benefits of a day
It's been a long tiresome day
I left home to write a book
But I think of you, I think of you
I don't think enough
About loving and imploring
About sunshine rather than pouring
Being grounded when I'm soaring my life away
And I put a photograph of the two of us on the wall
But I only look at you, I only look at you
It's been a long busy day
I'm at home with so much to do
Still I think of you, I can only think of you
credits
from Driftwood,
released March 11, 2020
Joe Sharp - French Horn Octet
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