Connections ©1997 Rich & Flo Newman (BMI)

I feel you - I know you're always with me

He wore a thin-veiled disguise - nice eagle suit
DragonfIy nearby and I know it's you
When that deer turned to stare
Me in the eyes - I could recognize
(Chorus)
Connections - they last so long
Seems like - they're superglue strong
These ties that bind - I think we'll find
They continue on and on ...
When the sky takes my breath away
It's your heavenly crayon play
Stuns me more than the 64
Quite the array - you still can make my day

Connections ...
(Bridge)
Some small part of me will always be a part of you
Some small part of you I swear it stays inside of me

Sleepless, restless father walks the house
Finds your best CDs and pulls them out.
Again he seeks to reach that deep place
And be touched by songs you loved so much

Connections ...

As priest prays at your grave good-bye
A hawk takes off - it's soaring high
Now all can see how you're finally free
Strength to your wings though these tears still sting

Connections...

rock, pop, easy listening, kids/family, alternative, ac (adult contemporary) latin rhythm

(note to a&r: Genre is strictly speaking a subset of performance, not lyric and melody. So if you are looking for material to cover, consider searching all genres ... then interpret it in your genre)

upbeat, with a slight melancholy undertone, lilting latin beat, starts slow and becomes danceable

Description: Through love and loss, there's something intangible but significant in holding people together.
This song came from a particularly hard year, facing the loss of close friends and family members. Going from the loss to a point where we finally realize that we finally feel them around us all the time. The song is about dealing with loss, but in an ultimately uplifting way. We ultimately learn to cope and come through it in a healing non-depressed way by recognition of the love exchange that has taken place.
There is a touching of souls even after someone has died. Whether its finding reminders in nature or in our personal environments and spaces. We see a hawk or a deer who come to represent  or symbolize the loved one through an aspect akin to the transmigration of souls.
Some in Africa believe that you carry your ancestors, their essence with you. Sir Isaac Newton said, "If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants". While he was possibly speaking of his scientific  discoveries, it holds equally true for our enrichment as humans. Even though the friend dies, the connection goes on  and on.
Some of the specific examples we used in the song include: a father dealing with the loss of his son through listening to his son's CD collection; a loss of a mother though she's still wraped all around you in so many complex ways; the changes in one's life losing a friend, whether he's a spiritual leader or a troubled nature-loving friend.

Title: Connections
Author(s):Richard & FloraLee Newman
Year:© 1997
Pro:BMI
Licensing: contact authors
Publisher: contact authors

Title:Connections
Author(s):Richard & FloraLee Newman
Year:©1997
Pro: BMI
Published: on TagYerit's CD Tubeman
Artist: TagYerit with Flo (guitars, vocals) Rich (bass) w/ Fred Hazelton (bass)
Producer: Ed Vadas
Recorded: Greg Steele (engineer) at Derek Studios - Dalton, MA
Mastered: Northeastern Digital Southborough, MA
Review quotes: n/a
Licensing: contact authors
publisher: contact authors

These 3 stores are just a few places you can buy the tracks digitally

• Apple iTunes   (you'll have to search for the song there)
• MP3Tunes  (this will take you directly to the page with this song)
• The Next Big Thing (South Africa)

To buy the entire CD check it out at CDBaby (the best CD store online)

For all other inquiries, contact Rich Newman

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