Name: Visions Of Jordana
Duration: P00H03M08S
Description: This was written in a songwriting class taught by Steve Dawson at the Old Town School of Folk Music. The instruction was to write using Dylanesque, free-associative imagery such as he used in his Blonde on Blonde era. One of the songs on that album was titled "Visions of Johanna." Photograph by Arnold Brower (www.arnoldbrower.com) and used by permission.

Visions Of Jordana

from Only One Life by peter zeldow

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This was written in a songwriting class taught by Steve Dawson at the Old Town School of Folk Music. The instruction was to write using Dylanesque, free-associative imagery such as he used in his Blonde on Blonde era. One of the songs on that album was titled "Visions of Johanna." Photograph by Arnold Brower (www.arnoldbrower.com) and used by permission.

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The empty lighthouse spooks the dark
Its emerald beacon casts a spark
Jordana lurks inside a park, doomed or so it seems

Her lover leaves to go to church
Abandoning his sacred perch
It's not clear who will get there first, inside the tv screen

Chorus: Nothing turns to gold I touch
Not that this will matter much
If I become to old to dream

Vinyl lords they have a plan
Jordana joins their cover band
They remake Sunshine Superman, not knowing what it means

While Captain Midnight's keeping score
Stalker in the corridor
The studio conquistador sequestered by a scream

Chorus

Drugstore cowboys weigh the cost
Of rescuing the albatross
Like rolling stones they gather moss
Mostly they just preen

We're galloping to say goodbye
The supersonic missiles fly
Jordana wrestles with her tie, prepares to meet the queen

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from Only One Life, released July 9, 2018
PZ: vocal and guitar
Steve Dawson: slide guitar

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peter zeldow Chicago, Illinois

Songs that hover around folk, rock & country genres with a mostly gentle, acoustic guitar-based mid-60s sound. The themes are universal: love (Jerome, You Are True), loss (Go), desire (Hunger), memory (It All Comes Back), aging (Golden Years), empathy (Kindness), & gratitude (Grateful). The delivery is understated, but the storytelling packs an emotional wallop that rewards careful listening. ... more

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