July morning
Soft wind in the trees
Summer sunlight
Shining through the leaves
Long ago
I had a little dog
Every morning
We would walk alone
His name was John
Named after John Lennon
My favorite dreamer
And John Wayne
The lonely rider
John was small
But always by my side
July morning
The world was young and bright
July morning
Walking in the golden light
Even now
When summer fills the sky
I remember John
I never liked thunder
Rolling across the hills
And John was frightened too
When the dark clouds came
He would stop
And sit upon the road
Refusing to move
July morning
The clouds were moving slow
July morning
The distant thunder rolled
I'd carry John
Upon my back again
And walk us safely home
Neighbors laughed and smiled
"That isn't much of a walk"
Maybe they were right
But I didn't mind at all
His weight on my shoulders
Felt like trust
Felt like love
July morning
The years have passed away
July morning
But memories remain
In every cool and quiet summer dawn
I still walk with John
- Lyricist
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- Composer
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- Producer
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July Morning
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Nostalgic folk rock, warm acoustic guitar, gentle male vocal, emotional melodic guitar solo, summer morning atmosphere, reflective and heartfelt
Indie folk with a focus on acoustic guitar and layered vocal harmonies, The track features a steel-string acoustic guitar playing a repetitive, arpeggiated fingerstyle pattern in 4/4 time at 115 BPM, The guitar uses a bright, close-mic'ed tone with minimal room reverb, Vocals consist of sustained, wordless 'ah' and 'oh' syllables, heavily layered to create a choral, atmospheric texture, The vocal arrangement moves from a single melodic line to dense, multi-part harmonies, A second acoustic guitar enters later, playing rhythmic strummed chords with a percussive, muted attack, The piece is in the key of G Major
