Many people, especially over here in Scandinavia, ask me why I moved from beautiful, sunny Santa Monica, California to Sweden. Well, the main culprit is the subject of this song...
lyrics
IN MY VERA’S EYES
(Strider)
I’ve seen down, and I’ve seen blue
Empty feeling, hopeless too
Life and laughter so far away
Like a sunset fading behind the rain
In My Vera’s Eyes the sun burst through
My poor heart was healed, my strength renewed
It’s nothing short of miraculous
In My Vera’s Eyes I can rest
I’ve been blessed
She’s got eyes so deep and pure
In just one look, completely sure
That this was right, that this was true
That this was what I was supposed to do
In My Vera’s Eyes the stars sing out
The cosmos swirls and the guardian angels shout
It’s nothing short of miraculous
In My Vera’s Eyes I can rest
I’ve been blessed
Now love’s lightening strikes
Maybe once or twice in these lonely lives we live
The soul cries out from an inward space
And knows when it’s right
And oh it’s so right___
In My Vera’s Eyes the sun burst through
My poor heart was healed, my strength renewed
It’s nothing short of miraculous
In My Vera’s Eyes I can rest
I’ve been blessed
It’s nothing short of miraculous
(c) 2003 Pacific Songworks BMI
(p) 2005 New Sky Records NCB license secured
credits
from WHITE WINGS,
track released May 1, 2005
Written & Produced by JON STRIDER
Recorded & Mixed by AMIR ALY at YLA Studio, Malmö, Sweden
Mastered by JAN ELIASSON at Tocano, Copenhagen, Denmark
MUSICIANS
AMIR ALY - bass, electric guitar, drum loops
BG SAHLIN - acoustic guitar (right channel)
JON STRIDER - vocals, acoustic guitar (left channel),
Wurlitzer electric piano
MARLON TEPEDINO - percussion (shaker & udu)
Performing singer-songwriter, musician and record producer from California - 9 solo CD's on New Sky Records - Music style:
"Retro rocking' Country with a Blues&Rhythm twist" and "Rhythm n' Folk" - Career migration track: SF Bay Area to L.A., through Nashville & Austin to Sweden, (for19 years) and back......more
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