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THE
LIKES OF YOU
You might expect to
find this page with THE MUSIC, but it belongs here. When I was gathering
the elements for Travis Edward
Pike's Official Homepage, I listened to a song I wrote in 1966 or 67,
and recorded with "Travis Pike's Tea Party" in 1968. It made me wonder
when I really started working on Morningstone. Following is an excerpt
from that old 45, complete with the sound of the needle tracking on the
vinyl. Pop music historians may recognize the "Chamber Rock" sound
made popular by the pre- disco BeeGees. The reason I put it here,
with THE MYSTERIES of Morningstone, is because of its lyrics. It
was always a song to a perfect "other," but I now suspect that perfect
other was the Ninefold Muse.
I've
never seen THE LIKES OF YOU
You
are the dreams of my life come true
You're
more than my imagination can conceive
Please
let me hold you, that I may believe
Your
eyes are beautiful
Your
hair, the same
I'd
be so thrilled if you'd
Tell
me your name
If
you are real let me touch your cheek
The
sight of you leaves me dazed and weak . . .
This is an early original
song, written some time after a car crash in Germany. Sadly, I must
confess I have no memory of ever meeting Laura, but as Carl G. Jung points
out, dreams are, by their nature, products of the unconscious, and after
that wreck, I was out for a while . . .
Travis Edward
Pike
Otherworld Cottage
23 March 2000
JANUARY
2008 UPDATE!
I
finally surrendered to the Muses and inserted this song with revised lyrics
(below), where it always belonged -- in the scene with Morgan and Laura
in her pony cart.
I've
never seen THE LIKES OF YOU.
Are
you a dream, or a dream come true?
You're
more than my imagination could conceive.
Please
let me hold you, that I may believe.
Giddy,
this close to you,
But
all the same,
If
I dared ask, would you
Tell
me your name?
I
dare not move. I dare not speak.
This
close to you, I feel dazed and weak.
It
may sound strange, but I swear it's true.
I've
never seen THE LIKES OF YOU.
I've
carried this song on these pages since the beginning, although I always
considered it proscribed, because I wrote and recorded it back in the 60's.
Of course, "Morgan's" arrangement will be different, but the melody will
remain the same.
T.E.P
25 January 2008
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