Valley Highway

by @tcelliott

Liner Notes

#songfight #pianoballad #piano #ballad

Back from Denver for songfight live! I wrote most of the lyric on the drive back and finished it off today. Sappy but heartfelt, I guess.

Lyrics

So long, Denver, it's been good to know ya
Could've sung better, hope to come back to show ya
Maybe next time I can stay twice as long
Maybe next time I will finish a song

So now I'm turning onto the Valley Highway
Seven hundred miles, maybe next time I'll fly away
Gotta get started on my ten hour drive back home
Gotta head east away from the great divide
So long to the Valley Highway
So long and goodbye!

So long, Denver, I've met some damn good people
In a dry place where smoke is finally legal
I wasn't here long but I had a real good time
Grateful for the memories, glad that I have mine

So now I'm turning onto the Valley Highway
Seven hundred miles, maybe next time I'll fly away
Gotta get started on my ten hour drive back home
Gotta head east away from the great divide
So long to the Valley Highway
So long and goodbye!

So long, Denver, maybe I'll be back
I dropped a pin on the google map
I'd be lying if I said I wanted to stay
But I hope that I can make it back some day

So now I'm turning onto the Valley Highway
Seven hundred miles, maybe next time I'll fly away
Gotta get started on my ten hour drive back home
Gotta head east away from the great divide
So long to the Valley Highway
So long and goodbye!

Comments

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Looks like you got your song out of it. Feel like the sonic space and delivery echoes the feeling of leaving a place that was recharging and looking back with fond memories. Liked the end line about flying away as a neat way of describing flight travel.
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A lovely tribute to the event and people you met there. Nicely done
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The piano seems to be playing twice as fast as the beat, It's too much for the beginning. It undermines the feeling of the lyric. Save it for the buildup near the end. Nice chord structure.
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I’m so sad I didn’t get to go this year! It’s only a few hours drive from where I am too. This doesn’t feel sappy to me, rather wistful and longing. Lovely.
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when i write sappy everyone seems to like it, just like i like this! nice to hear that piano again, i think its spot on for this! its a very nice song. i like the elongated words reminds me of someone suprising. nice one
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