This is my second GarageBand recording. I think that when I used Pro Tools, I spent a lot of energy focusing on the twiddling (and not knowing quite how to twiddle). GarageBand seems to be unlocking my creativity by letting me focus on the music instead. In any case, this is a big leap from one song every two years!
I am most proud of the background vocals on the last verse, and how the sound comes together in the outro.
For Linda.
November 28, 2008
Yesterday
Yesterday I heard a tune
It has been twenty years or more
I suddenly remember
The feel of your hand in mine
The laughter in your voice
And the way that you gave your world to me
Yesterday
Yesterday I caught a glimpse
Of a world and a younger man
Who had such good intentions
To change the world with you
As we walked side by side
'Til the day that I turned and walked away
Suddenly
It's been twenty years or more
I am here, you are gone, and now
I have no way to thank you
For the ways that you let me see
The beauty of the world
Your heart made me a better man
Now this tune from so long ago
Surprised my eyes to tears
The world, it seems, remembers you
©2008 Jonathan M. Reid
