2025 Competition Entry:

Love Hold Me Gently by Sid & Doris Bonkers

Genre

Folk

Website

Co-writer(s)

no

Performer(s)

Linda Paterson – vocalist and instrumentalist
Mike Paterson – instrumentalist and vocalist

Description

No particular story, just a realisation of life changing irreversibly and some things never being able to be recaptured, plus the constant search for meaning and purpose.

Bio

Lyrics

Sparkling water so sublime….ah..ah..ah..ah..ah..ah…ah
Weeping willow sways in time…ah..ah..ah..ah..ah..ah..ah
Peaceful river flows in rhyme
While regrets run through my mind

Chorus
So love hold me gently
Rock me slowly through the night
Cos, I…………..………….I’m still searching for the light

In the autumn of my years…ah..ah..ah..ah..ah..ah..ah
All the things I hold so dear…ah..ah..ah..ah..ah..ah..ah
Seem about to disappear
Don’t know where I go from here

Chorus
So love hold me gently
Rock me slowly through the night
Cos, I…………..………. I’m still searching for the light

Bridge
And I don’t know where the
River will flow from here
Will it disappear
Hold me gently dear

When the morning comes again….ah..ah..ah..ah..ah..ah…ah
Will the river flood with rain….ah..ah..ah..ah..ah..ah…ah
Will the storm reflect my pain
Feeling a loser in life’s game

Chorus
So love hold me gently
Rock me slowly through the night
Cos, I…………..…………. I’m still searching for the light

Bridge
And I don’t know where the
River will flow from here
Will it disappear
Hold me gently dear
(Slowing) Will it disappear
Hold me gently dear

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