Four hours later
we returned – quite tired and ready for a meal.
As the sun was dipping down to meet with the horizon, I got my guitar
out and started to pick away at a new melody that I had been working on. I started to think about our adventure that
afternoon and soon lyrics began spilling over my tongue. Half an hour later I had completed the song
that I entitled ‘Under A Big Blue Sky’.
Under A Big Blue Sky
It was a beautiful day and
the sun was shining down
We were walking through the
fields under a big blue sky.
Crawling under fences and
jumping over trees
And the leaves came crashing
under a big blue sky.
Under a big blue sky I heard
the faintest sound.
A voice was whispering,
“Change is coming ‘round.”
Ya know the big blue sky
really puts a smile on my face
And it makes me want to sing
for the human race…
It was a beautiful day and
the sun was shining down
We were walking through the
fields under a big blue sky.
Crawling under fences and
jumping over trees
And the leaves came crashing
under a big blue sky.
Under a big blue sky I heard
the faintest sound.
A voice was whispering, “Who
once was lost is found.”
Ya know the big blue sky
really diamonds my soul
And its voice is heard in
the spirit of Rock’N’Roll
Jim Kogelheide
2009
On several occasions I’ve shared this song at ‘Open Mic’
events and the audiences were always very enthusiastic, but I’ve never recorded
this song or created a video for it… yet!
In
the early winter of 2010, my wife and I went on a very special vacation. We spent one glorious week along the eastern
shores of Mexico. We knew that we were
going to be visiting some ancient Mayan ruins and with this in mind I made sure
that I took a lot of photos as well as video footage.
At
the turn of the last century, I had written a poem entitled ‘Peace-Fire:Thoughts For The New Millennium’ and I felt inspired to create a video for this
poem from all of the video clips that I had recorded while in Mexico.
The
reason why I am mentioning any of this with this story is simple: I used the
music that I had created for ‘Under A Big Blue Sky’ in the video for the poem
‘Peace-Fire Thoughts For The New Millennium’.
Please
enjoy….
'Under A Big Blue Sky' was written in October of 2009. I didn’t realize it at that time, but just
five months later a few of these lyrics would inspire the title of a new painting.
Here is the link to ‘The Faintest Sound’ where you will see that painting and
learn about how it came into being.
Jim Kogelheide
2015
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