Perhaps the poets on the LNF can post their original works based on, inspired by, or lyrics for already-existing songs which-- as far as we know-- do not have them.
(I don't mean alternative lyrics to songs or parodies--though parodies could be a different thread.)
Anyway, here's one inspired by "Recuerdo" by Dave Brubeck:
Recuerdo
Sadly and gladly
I remember
Sultry summer nights of bliss
The stars shyly hiding behind the mist
Tiny fireflies blinked and hissed
When day and evening kissed
And you were here with me
And you were here with me
Sadly and gladly
I remember
Crisp and apple-ripened days
The harvest and the silky maze
The glowing gold, the smoky haze
In that sweet October phase
When you were with me
When you were with me
Recalling winters when the snow
Tried so hard to drown us like a sea
The cold cutting cleanly through the fire
The sparks floating up, the sparks floating up
Warm embraces sufficing to surround me
With love clearly melting into desire
Comes the springtime
And I can still remember
When teary threats of clouds were few
A million tiny suns reflected in the dew
Quiet songs of joyful life anew
And I was there with you
I was there with you
Sadly and gladly
When I remember
The youthful years endless and free
A life of young possibility
A love still meant to be
You are still with me
You are still with me.
And you are still with me.
Aunt Shecky
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