We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Harbor Lights

from One Fine Morning by Denise Leslie

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 CAD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

The last track on Boz Scaggs' "Silk Degrees". Great ballad created by the enormously talented rock legend with a love lorn lyric - the island seaside harbour setting is so rendered so real you can feel the warm salt air on your skin and the ache of a fleeting love forever lost. We decided not to stray too far from the original arrangement, but I always regretted the fact that the beautiful latin feel outdo fades after just a few bars. I decided I wanted to use this section to feature my band AND let them play it out for 32 bars. Rather than a horn/keyboard solo pairing we focussed on Bob McAlpine's very capable guitar for the solo portion of the outro. Very satisfying.

lyrics

Harbor Lights

Child of a Tokyo Rose
I was bound to wander from home
Stranger to whatever I'd awaken to

Spun the wheel
Took a shot in the dark
One way ticket and a runaway heart
A Sailors dream came true
The night I dreamed of you

Through the neon doorways
Down the stony streets I fell
All hands high side
All eyes a wreck I followed
Sailing shadows reds and blues
Curtains drawn but I saw through
The window to your soul
And I found you

Woah oh oh oh
The harbor lights of Venus
Shining through the breeze
That brings me back
To you my love
To you my love
To you my love
Ooh ooh ooh

My eyes must be betrayin'
But that lonesome jukebox playin'
Somethin' 'bout the harbor lights
Is calling me

Back to some Jamaican bay
Doesn't seem so far away
Keep the change
But I'll repay these memories

Dawn came in this morning
Like some old junked out melody
The words she spoke as we awoke still haunt me
"What you feel too
Won't reveal you
Let me steal you for my life"

Woah oh oh oh
The harbor lights of Venus
Shining through the breeze
That brings me back
To you my love
To you my love
To you my love

Woah oh oh oh
The harbor lights of Venus
Shining through the breeze
That brings me back
Oh to you my love
To you my love
To you my love
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh

- BAND OUTRO -

credits

from One Fine Morning, released January 1, 2020
Written by: Boz Scaggs 1976
Arrangement: Bob McAlpine
Vocals: Denise Leslie
Guitar: Bob McAlpine
Bass: Pat Collins
Drums: Paul DeLong
Hammond B3: Don Baird
Percussion: Arturo Avalos

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Denise Leslie image

Denise Leslie Toronto, Ontario

A gifted entertainer and storyteller, jazz vocalist Denise Leslie transports audiences with her sumptuous vocals and innovative live performances. Her recording ONE FINE MORNING pays tribute to music cherished during her teen years, primarily, the 70s. "Denise's choice of unique material & unmistakable musicality make her one of Canada's upcoming vocalists to watch. - Micah Barnes, Vocal coach ... more

contact / help

Contact Denise Leslie

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Denise Leslie, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now