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Gondolas at Midnight

by Pete Brandt

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a song about my mother as a young girl in the 1940s partying in Venice

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I thought I caught your face
Looking through the window
But now I’m not so sure
If that is what I saw
A face that smiled at me
Like summer on the open sea
I’m cast adrift
And floating with the tide

And in my memory
Your loving light still shines on me
You set the patterns
Still resounding in my heart
Cos what is loving
If it isn’t something selfless
You gave me kindness
What a wonderful start

From the farmyard
To a big new city
With a passport
And a steady job
You saw the world
And Venice was so pretty
You partied over there
Just next to St Mark’s Square
Gondolas at midnight
For the girls




A life has gone and still I see you
Through the window
And now I’m not so sure
Of what that signifies
You smile and wave at me
It’s your turn to drift out to sea
Your memory gone
What’s left is fading

But this is life and real
Your loving light I’ll always feel
You set the patterns
Still resounding in my heart
Cos what is loving
If it isn’t something selfless
You gave me kindness
What a wonderful start

From the farmyard
To a big new city
With a passport
And a steady job
You saw the world
And Venice was so pretty
You partied over there
Just next to St Mark’s Square
Gondolas at midnight
For the girls

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released June 3, 2016
Pete Brandt - guitars, double bass, organ, strings, vocals

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