Songs are like tattoos

Who said that? Joni Mitchell I think. Some people write in a way which gets under your skin. Cormac Mcarthy is another. That kind of writing can be deceptively simple.

I always wonder if these links help, hinder or appropriate their owners' works. In the sincere hope that it's the first of those. Chris Wood is a master of the art who can write a song about an old sofa which will leave you needing a moment. Here is a set of his which also chimes with the Night Planted Orchard. Enjoy.

Chris Wood's Lockdown Set. 

Eyes of the Bluest Skies

I used to find songs in coffee shops. Now I find songs while my locked-down coffee pot is brewing. Funny how a cover of a song I've heard a thousand times can turn it on its head. There is poetry hidden in rock lyrics. Rare pearls in a lot of rough and barnacled oysters. This made me catch my breath.

Sweet Child o Mine by Jasmine Thompson.