Warm Summer Days

I created the melody for this 3 years ago. Unlike most of the music I hear in my head which is pop and country and usually starts with lyrics, this one started with a melody and frankly it was to remain that because it's unique sound and upbeat style seemed impossible to match to lyrics.

Then, about 3 weeks ago as I was listening to the melody, the lyrics below started coming into my head. I've spent the last 3 weeks editing the melody to add a couple of bridges to handle the lyrics. The melody is in the video below.





Warm Summer Days
Music ©2008 Steve Anthony
Lyrics ©2011 Steve Anthony

[V1]
The sun comes up: the rain is gone.
Warm summer days; each other’s arms.
Our hearts beat out a symphony,
and our trembling souls,
get lost in you and me.
You whisper in my ear.
Your words are all I hear.

[Refrain]
Warm summer days that we spent by the shore;
warm summer days that made us want more;
warm sandy beaches beneath the sun’s gaze;
your love reminds me of warm summer days.

[V2]
Soft clouds roll by; high in the sky.
Warm summer days; just you and I.
A breeze blows gently through your hair,
and your sparkling eyes,
can lead me anywhere.
You take me by the hand.
We lay upon the sand.

[Refrain]

[Tag]
Warm summer days; each other’s arms.
Warm sandy beach; you and your charms.
Warm summer days beneath the sun's gaze,
your love reminds me of warm summer days.

The Desert of My Heart

This is a very unusual lyric. Most of my lyrics are country songs, ballads, pop, even blues, but I woke up one morning with a very mideastern drumbeat in my head, "TUM tata tatata tata ta TUM." The lyrics below followed. Perhaps if you read it and think of music from a Sinbad movie or a slow belly dance with finger cymbols, you can hear what I hear when I read it.

The Desert of My Heart © 2008 Steve Anthony All rights reserved.

[V1]

From the desert of my heart the longing comes.

I've been too long, here in the burning sun.

The water of your love is my goal;

so I can cool the arid depths within my soul.

The vision that is you is my mirage.

It fills my mind and paints a vast montage;

of memories we shared, that now are torn apart,

emblazoned, on the desert of my heart.

[Refrain]

I need you

I need you

I need you

To rescue me from the desert of my heart.

[V2]

From the land of a thousand burning, blazing suns,

the yearning never stops when evening comes.

The water of your love is what I need,

to stop this burning desire inside of me.

The loveliness of you is my mirage.

It fills my mind and paints a vast montage;

of memories we shared, that now are torn apart,

emblazoned on the desert of my heart.

[Refrain]

I need you.

I need you.

I need you.

To rescue me from the desert of my heart.

[Tag]

Come rescue me, from the desert of my heart.