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PURPLE MOUNTAINS, PURPLE SKIES (SHORTER VERSION)

from ALTERNATIVE DEMOS [Digitally Remastered] by The Santairs

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I wrote this song with two girls in mind during my teenage years. With one, it was the ending of a friendship while the other one was just beginning (though that soon ended as well.) Being somewhat colorblind, I always wanted to write a song or songs about color and what it means to people, hence the line, “Purple People.” It wasn’t meant to be a rip off of “The Purple People Eater.” The word “Purple” has so many meanings, that I thought it was quite appropriate to use it at that time of my life. I recorded a rough demo of it when I was around 17 or 18 years old and put it away. Just recently, I recorded it at my studio, playing both engineer and musician. This is my second attempt at such a recording.
This is the 259th song I wrote, but this shorter version makes it #513.

Recorded at The CELL BLOCK Studio in Auburn, WA.

lyrics

YOU SPEAK OF LOVE AND YOU SPEAK OF HATE AND YOU WANT TO LEAVE.
BUT I NEED YOU, OH HOW I WANT YOU WITH ME.
YOU NEED ME AS I NEED YOU—TOGETHER WE’LL BE FINE.
I SPEAK OF TIME AND I SAY YOU’LL BE MINE.

PURPLE MOUNTAINS, PURPLE SKIES; EVERYWHERE I SEE YOUR EYES.
PURPLE PEOPLE, PURPLE LOVE, OUR LOVE SHALL NEVER DIE.

WE SPEAK OF HAPPINESS AND FORTUNE, EVERYTHING DIVINE.
AT THE END, I WANT YOU TO BE MINE.
AS I’M MISSING YOU TONIGHT, WONDERING WHERE YOU ARE,
WITHOUT YOUR LOVE, MY HEART’S TORN APART.

PURPLE RIVER, PURPLE LIES; EVERYWHERE I SEE YOUR EYES.
PURPLE HEAVEN, PURPLE LOVE, MY LOVE SHALL NEVER DIE.

I SAY I LOVE YOU, YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME—YOU AND I ARE ONE.
FOREVER AND EVER YOU AND I WILL LOVE.

PURPLE MOUNTAINS, PURPLE SKIES; EVERYWHERE I SEE YOUR EYES.
PURPLE PEOPLE, PURPLE LOVE, OUR LOVE SHALL NEVER DIE.
PURPLE RIVERS, PURPLE HIGHS, EVERYDAY I SEE YOUR EYES.
PURPLE LOVERS, PURPLE LOVE, OUR LOVE WILL NEVER DIE.
PURPLE MOUNTAINS, PURPLE SKIES; TELL ME THAT YOU’LL NEVER LIE!
PURPLE FLOWERS, PURPLE LOVE, OUR LOVE SHALL NEVER DIE.

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from ALTERNATIVE DEMOS [Digitally Remastered], released June 18, 2014
Wayde K. Brown

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The Santairs Auburn, Washington

I am a musician, singer, and songwriter doing this part-time but have been doing it all my life. I started singing before I could talk at the age of one, and wrote my first real song at 15 years of age. (If you count avant-garde as a song, then the age would be 7.) I currently own my own recording studio; and I write, perform, and record my own music (and other's from time to time.) I am Santairs. ... more

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