Peter's Song - a tribute to a long passed friend

Back in January 1994, a good friend of mine decided to take his own life. An extremely talented musician and teacher, who touched many lives, but ultimately was unable to cope himself. This year marks the 30th anniversary of his death, which had a profound effect on me as a much younger man. Little was I to know that a line from the Neil Young quote in this song would also reappear upon the death of Kurt Cobain, in April later that year.
• My My, Hey Hey (Out of...
Peter's Song
We never saw you as you slipped away
'Cos we all thought you were OK
And I was in such a rush to live my life
Just as your day turned into night.
You never said goodbye
You made all the children cry
Neil Young said it's better to burn than fade away
He still sings that song but you're yesterday
His kinda music was never in your style
But I just wish that you could stay awhile
You never said goodbye
You made all the children cry
We never saw you as you slipped away
'Cos we all thought you were OK
And I was in such a rush to live my life
Just as your day turned into night.
Music and lyrics by Keith Butler
All arrangements by Keith Butler
Gear - Yamaha p105 electric piano, Shure SM58 microphone , Boss RC500 Loopstation, Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 audio interface, Mackie Mix 12fx, Logitech StreamCam. Really nice compressor
#secondlife #singersongwriter #piano #originalsong
Please leave a comment, like & subscribe to be the first to know when my new videos come out.
New live shows every Friday @ 9pm GMT
► Click Here to Subscribe → / @keithbutler2222
► My music on Spotify →open.spotify.c...

[@MarcyAnne395]

Beautiful and sad lyrics with a message for all of us. 🌼

[@keithbutler2222]

thank you 🙂

[@Andrea-vz7mp]

Greetings from italy, your music is beautiful so are the lyrics and last but not least your voice. Bravo!

[@keithbutler2222]

@@Andrea-vz7mp thank you so much 😊

[@TheKindDoc]

You do him honor.

[@keithbutler2222]

I hope so. Thankyou

[@jeffhiatt9168]

hi nanci griffith singer

[@keithbutler2222]

Not sure I quite get the link...

[@jeffhiatt9168]

hi i just hought you might enjoy nanci griffith singer all he best@@keithbutler2222

[@jeffhiatt9168]

hi just thought you might like nanci griffith singer all the best@@keithbutler2222