The more I learn songs on Robbie, the more connection I feel to him (and the more I practice, get better, etc.). Recently, that has included Blanco White’s “Olalla” (posted below)–which I was beyond pleased to play while my hot German boyfriend played his cards on the vocals–and fun bouncy songs like Phil Collins’ version of “You Can’t Hurry Love”.
This particular song came about by studying the chord progressions I had written down for Eddie Vedder’s “Society”. Bloody good song. I rearranged them, added glides, and found a pleasing (albeit melancholic) atmosphere. Being pleased within my own atmospheric melancholy, there was a poem I had written lying handy that I started singing along with.
And man–the more I learn on Robbie the more I love him, but the more I write with him the more I love both of us.
Chord pattern: C Am F G
Intro: C Am F G
Hold hands with me
My feet don’t work today
and my mind is getting
dizzy
Hold hands with me
I’ve been watching your stride
Your somber foot swing
oh, it so mesmerizes me
Hold hands with me.
hold hands with me.
Just for a moment, please,
will you hold hands with me?
My arms are light
My gaze is so easy
It’s my legs that give way
When I will them to obey
The pine needles bend beneath shakey knees
and the stiff bark snaps in my
child-like grasp
It’ll level out
eventually
but that’s so far away
so crystalized in my gaze
Hold hands with me
Hold hands with me
Just for a moment, please
Will you hold hands with me?
Hold hands with me.
My mind slips into the space
Your fingers so long and safe
embrace mine
and gently, so gently
I return to myself
my heart beat finds me
finds me so peacefully
Outro: C Am F G
Mandolin Miles 