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Little Ships in Open G

by Serge Epskamp

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1.
Only pure love can survive and stand the test of time Take my hand and then Hold me close And let us stand the test of time I have spend a long time wondering If you would be the one Now I’m sure that you’re the one for me The one and only one Give it to me baby Give it to me now I’ll be carefull baby I won’t let you down But only pure love Only pure love Only pure love Pure pure love Only pure love can mend a broken heart
2.
If you can be still enough You might just hear this sound If you can be present enough You might just hear this sound The sound of living The sound of living Lost in your mind Lost in the world Occupied by ten thousand things Worrying ‘bout the then thousand things While the life is now Living in this mad, mad world Where time is running out Listening to the noise machine Where you just can’t hear the sound The sound of living The sound of living Lost in your mind Lost in the world Occupied by ten thousand things Complaining ‘bout the then thousand things While the life is now The life is now The life is now! The life is now! The sound of living The sound of living If you can be still enough You might just hear this sound
3.
I’ve got a big black cat at my rear door and a raven in the highest trees They’re all telling me, like a hundred times before My dog is crying out loud and howling at the moon seen it all with my own eyes, like a hundred times before I’ve been guided by the wind, she is telling me no lies I’ve rode the wind with the leaves, I don’t need no alibi’s to tell the world my secret like a hundred times before Sometimes I philosophize about the important things in live and sometimes I only wonder why there’s a hole in all my shirts in the exactly same spot The signs are everywhere, they’re written in capitals and they're underlined We don’t seem to understand that we’re breaking mother earth just to live a wealthy life I’ve been guided by the wind, she is telling me no lies I’ve rode the wind with the leaves, I don’t need no alibi’s to tell the world my secret like a hundred times before
4.
If you would ever leave me, it would be the saddest day of my live I’d miss your arms around me, it would cut me like a knife The army of salvation, would be the only place to flee I’d feel like an island, in a strange and endless sea Losing the warmth of your body, was the last thing on my mind It struck me like a lightning, it left me wandering blind But I even carved your name in a tree next to mine you leaving me so soon, leaving me behind My poor heart squashed like a lemon damaged beyond repair The table is still standing, like the way it did when you left I’m stuck here with this memory, of you here in my head Now it’s raining outside and I’m sitting in this room But I’m still cold inside, with the memory of you My poor heart squashed like a lemon damaged beyond repair Sitting in this room, staring at the days go by Hoping you never leave me, leaving me, leaving me, leaving me behind
5.
Wonder Why 04:12
Well, her mind is made up and full of crazy ideas Don’t know how to stop or to handle my fears Her grace and her beauty are making me blind Still I wonder why, she is by my side doe doe doe doe doe Can’t get enough of the touch of her hand It runs through my hair then it runs through the sand I look in her eyes, I look into the light Still I wonder why, she is by my side doe doe doe doe doe I wonder wonder why, she is by my side Still I wonder why, she is by my side doe doe doe doe doe
6.
Is This Love 03:09
There’s a light at the end of the hall And a shadow is whispering Telling me not to fall In or out of love with you Now you’re standing right in front of me Asking me to go along with you There’s just one question to be answered Am I falling in love with you? Is this love that I’m feeling? Is this love? Is this love that I’m feeling? Is this love? There’s a tree south side of this road With colorful leaves and birds on every branch This is like written by a poet Love's eternity is like the grass Now I’m climbing in your heart shaped tree Tasting all the fruit There’s no more question to be answered I am falling in love with you Is this love that I’m feeling? Is this love? Is this love that I’m feeling? Is this love?
7.
I've been around for a while I've been a case for the lost and found Lost in my quest for the light I've found the whole world is holy ground I enjoy climbing higher and I'm not afraid to fall. But getting there I discover That going up is a long way down Sending my little ships off shore It is a song, it's a dance, it's a door Can you feel sweet vibrations coming your way Sailing the waves for the world to hear I keep climbing higher searing through the waves But on the top I discover That going up is a long way down I enjoy climbing higher and I'm not afraid to fall. But getting there I discover That going up is a long way down
8.
Tea & Coffee 04:00
You said I looked familiar There was something in my smile I ordered tea and coffee and we talked for a while The minute that I saw you I knew you where for real I didn’t need to play a role for you I could feel what I feel I give my love to you and that’s all I have to give I give my love to you We spent the night together under a silver moonlit sky You tore my heart to pieces I lift your spirit high Next morning when I saw you there was something in your smile The sun shone on your skin of golden brown and we kissed for a while I give my love to you and that’s all I have to give I give my love to you

about

All songs on this album are more or less inspired on the song ‘Prayer in open D’ by Emmylou Harris. The song is from her album ‘Cowgirl’s Prayer’ and it is one of the most beautiful songs I know. Listening to the song and trying to figure out how to play it I discovered that my guitar could be tuned differently. I never use a book or the internet to unravel a song so I ended up tuning my guitar in open G. I started inventing chords in this new tuning and writing new songs in Open G.

The songs are about love, about imagined fear of someone leaving you, about the amazement of someone staying, about the beauty of nature and the question why we treat the earth so carelessly, about a date with Tea & Coffee, about understanding that when going up you will eventually go down, but you don’t have to be afraid. You might hear the influence of Jackson Browne, James Taylor and Steve Earle.

I call my songs my little ships and I send them out to sea, hoping the sound waves will resonate.

Serge

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released December 21, 2015

UPC/EAN 3614596 036656
Recording, mix and mastering: Serge Epskamp at Casco Songs
Music & Lyrics: Serge Epskamp
Little Ships & Photography: Wendy Ritter
Design: Sander Spijker
Ruud Fieten thanks for providing the final sentence for Pure Love.
Jur thanks for letting me use that bass.
Thanks everybody, anything, everyone, anybody and everything for inspiration.

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Serge Epskamp is a Dutch singer and songwriter. Acoustic roots and pop with electro in English, Dutch and Achterhooks (Dutch Low Saxon).

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