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June 9, 2015 · Life In Song 1970's, Love Songs, rain songs

36 Behind Our Faces

26372736_sA love song for a rainy day… written when I was 19 going on 20… Living on Carmine street, Greenwich Village, in New York City at the time attempting to “make it” or “Be Discovered” as a singer/songwriter… lonely as hell. Nonna came down from college for the weekend. This song followed.

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Behind Our Faces

Song #36 | October 1979 | LP: Songs Through A Window

Refrain:
Taking it down behind our faces
Laughing at what we can
Taking the torch to some of our fences
Letting others stand

She’s got eyes like a Calico cat
She’s got skin like velveteen
And when she wraps her arms around me
I know what pleasure really means

Refrain:

A week ago we were strangers
But now we’re closer than friends
Though we each keep something in reserve
Just in case it suddenly ends

Refrain:

She can dance like a willow leaf
And she likes to walk in the rain
And when she looks at me in smiles
I feel some things I cannot quite explain

She loves candles and roses and bottles of wine
She says “love without them is a sin”
And she likes to lie in the dark with me
With the covers pulled up to her chin

Refrain:

Copyright 1979-2015 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.

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