This is 'Do You Dare?' from the album suite of songs written one week in March. For my beautiful Mam Margaret. It will be the third anniversary of her passing this Thursday.
Do You Dare
Take Me Down to the oak tree by the lake,
where bumble bees take flight.
Pour me a cool glass of lemonade; watch me fade.
Take me down and we’ll reminisce,
you’ll be surprised what you hear.
Pull up a chair, tell me that you care. Do you dare?
I see you with your father in the sun.
If I could catch your gaze, would you know my name?
This is where my broken heart resides;
an early bird without flight.
Here in the shade, I could still belong; of course, I’m wrong.
Take my hand. Let us walk a while,
where warm sun falls on my skin.
Pull up a chair, tell me that you care.
Do you dare?
I see you with your father in the sun.
If I could catch your gaze, would you know my name?
To drift on a boat. ‘neath the winter sky. to lose all sight of land.
Take me down and we’ll reminisce,
you’ll be surprised what you hear.
Pull up a chair, tell me that you care. Do you dare?
Pull up a chair, tell me that you care. Do you dare?
Written by Paul Vasey March 2024
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