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Up & Down - soul ballad - learning to let love in

from Soul, Funk, R&B Songs with Lyrics by The Crawdaddy

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Soul hip hop ballad...medium slow tempo...Emotion: discovery, realization of all the love around you, learning what love is...In the style of Bob Welsh, Cecil Womack, Bill Withers.

lyrics

V1
Way down on the steam-laden coastline,
Raised up in an ice-hardened shell.
Rarely caressed in his infancy,
No recall of having been held.
Conceiver did stay by his bedside,
Proved by the dim orange glow.
Stiff actions supplanted the lack of sweet words
From his master who helped form the floe.

Pre-Chorus
Removed he became, and self-centered,
Just playing his own little game
He damn sure had no clue of the Law,

Chorus
The way up and down is the same.

V2
Still there came constant reminders
Of what turns the little blue globe.
Some lasted only a night, two or three,
Others stayed long on the road.
Each added a few more degrees,
To the flame that was always within.
But as each one respectively left him,
He knew it must now fall to him . . .

Pre-Chorus 2
To find Beauty in she who is here now,
Who opens her soul to his stream.
She is helping to make him aware of the law,

Chorus

Instrumental Bridge

V3
No longer a slave to the ego,
No steppin’ on so many hands
No more talkin’ the talk y’all,
Sleepwalking in land after land
Now he is learning about the way up,
Where desire becomes mystery.
Content to know not what he loves,
Content to just let her be . . .

Pre-Chorus 3
The glass into which he can now peer,
And with her unravel the game
Well phrased by the ancient Obscure One,

Chorus

Repeat Pre-Chorus 3 and Chorus

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from Soul, Funk, R&B Songs with Lyrics, released July 2, 2012

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The Crawdaddy Phoenix

Richard Dance aka The Crawdaddy, world-touring guitarist. Opened for BB King, Tina Turner, Bo Diddley, Albert Collins, Gregg Allman, and many other legends. Has shared stage & studio with players who tour with Lyle Lovett, Dr. John, Stevie Nicks, Count Basie, Glen Campbell, Rob Thomas, Willie Nelson, & Delbert McClinton. Hundreds of songs signed with major publishers. Many film & TV placements. ... more

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