It’s time….drumroll please….to release another new song to the millions of people reading this blog. Okay, maybe not millions. Maybe just one lonely guy in New Jersey who really has nothing better to do with his time. (Hang in there, Bob, things will get better.) But hey, one Len Vlahos fan can’t be wrong, right?
This is the third song recorded in my sad excuse for a home studio that I’m ready to share. It was written while sitting on a rooftop in Atlantic City, New Jersey. I was waiting for my then girlfriend — she’ll remain nameless — to come over. I was a block from the beach, and when I looked to my left I could just make out the sand and water, and when I looked to my right, the sun had just set and was throwing a painter’s pallet of colors across the sky. It was one of those perfect moments in life, where everything just feels right. Such moments might be few and far between, but they’re the reason we get up each morning, hoping that today is the day we experience just one more.
I play all the instruments save the drums, which are played by Tim Cook. (They’re an Apple Loop, and I just assume Mr. Cook is the man behind the kit.) My two favorite things about this track are the dobro and piano on the chorus.
Anyway, here’s A Simple Song. Enjoy.
A Simple Song
Words and Music by Len Vlahos
(c) 2023
Have you seen the color
Of the six o’clock sky
The way it looks is the way I feel
When I see my baby walking on by
Magenta brush strokes
On a canvas of faded blue
Ooh when she holds me tight
That’s the color my heart is painted too
[Chorus]
And I love her
Sure as the sun is gonna go down
Oh when I hear her voice
That crystalline, angelic sound
Everything seems to stop
This time of the day
And my chest just popped
‘Cause I see my baby walking this way
[Chorus]
And I love her
Sure as the sun is gonna go down
Oh when I hear her voice
That crystalline, angelic sound
That is my simple song
It’s short but it’s mine
Here comes my baby
Don’t be wasting any more of my time
