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I Wish You Could Hear What I See

from Hotel Albert by Joe Flood

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Words and msuic by Joe Flood and Andres Villamil
Jungle Curry Music, BMI
Administered by Bug Music Nashville

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The blind man played piano
And the painter sang this to him
A falling shoulder, a sagging breast
Time ticking away here in my chest
Between the canvas and my loneliness
There's a song I wish I could hear you playing

I wish you could hear what I see
Your chords are colors, the melody a line
I work in space, you work in time
But I wish you could hear what I see

You feel the light better than I see it
But if it needs a rescuer I'll be it
Cut angles, splash colors, build textures to free it
From the cold shadow of every day
My eye moves in rhythm when you improvise
If thsi brush were a horn, I'd hit those highs
But what line can I draw that you'd recognize
As something that you'd like to play

I wish you could hear what I see
Your chords are colors, the melody a line
I work in space, you work in time
But I wish you could hear what I see

I'm not a whistler, I'm not a hummer
I need a photo to show to the drummer
So he could call it out like a paint by numbers
And everybody here could groove it
It's not easy to listen through the noise
Or pass through light and shadow
And make the choice
To keep singing your own song in your own voice
Without changing the words to fit the music

I wish you could hear what I see
Your chords are colors, the melody a line
I work in space, you work in time
But I wish you could hear what I see

credits

from Hotel Albert, released June 6, 1998
Howie Wyeth, drums and piano; Andres Villamil, bass; Jeff Berman, vibes; Joe Hrbek, alto saxophone; Joe Flood, vocal

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Joe Flood New Haven, Connecticut

Joe Flood is a songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist who has performed, written, and recorded with many of the great names in American roots music, among them The Band, Blues Traveler, Dr. John, Bottle Rockets, Laura Cantrell, Eric Andersen, Happy and Artie Traum, Jim Weider, Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, Jono Manson, and the list goes on! Please visit www.joefloodmusic.com for more information. ... more

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