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Shadows On Our Joy

from On This Shore (EP) by Brian Campbell

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A bossa-nova-ish thing, a sort of Quiet Night and Quiet Stars updated to include references to climate change, environmental destruction, and the separation children on the southern US border... the kinds of things that unfortunately shadow our joyful moments at all times these days.

lyrics

SHADOWS ON OUR JOY
words and music by Brian Campbell ©SOCAN

Here through the palm trees
Ocean blows a salty breeze
Playeritos* hopping on the sand
Let’s raise our glasses here
We’ll not think now on prospects drear
Or the sufferings all around us in this world

I have you and you have me
Life our laughter and our tears
It’s been a long hard road to this shore
So let’s rest, enjoy this breeze, whispering through the palm trees,
And forget for now these shadows on our joy

Shadows on our joy
Shadows on our joy
Shadows
On our joy

Solo

This world’s in so much pain
Don’t know when it’ll ever be sane
Babies torn from their mother’s arms
The forests they’re dying the oceans they’re crying
This whole planet’s a fire alarm

But I have you and you have me
In our tenderness and our tears
It’s been a long hard road to this shore
Let’s rest, enjoy this breeze, whispering through the palm trees,
And forget for now these shadows on our joy

Shadows on our joy
Shadows on our joy
Shadows
On our joy

Shadows on our joy
Shadows on our joy
I’m afraid we’ll never be happy till we
wipe these shadows from our world

Shadows on our joy
Shadows on our joy
I have you and you have me
But we’ll never be truly happy
till we wipe these shadows
from our world

*Playeritos, Spanish for sandpipers.

credits

from On This Shore (EP), released December 1, 2020
Brian Campbell: voice & guitar
Back vocal: Ema Jean
Martin Bennett: arrangements of sampled bass, strings, congas, harp.
Recorded at Studio Loco, Montreal

Cover photo: Brian Campbell

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Brian Campbell Montreal, Québec

Brian Campbell is a song-poet, dexterous finger-stylist, and impassioned, heart-felt singer. A widely published poet, Campbell has several critically acclaimed collections to his name. On stage he is relaxed and natural, an entertaining storyteller who spellbinds with his songs. He performs regularly, mostly in the Montreal area. To learn more about him, see campbellmuse.com ... more

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