Jamie Green: Music

• MP3 short clip, hi-fi play (broadband)

I met a dashingly handsome young Turk on the New York City subway. He was singing an ancient Bee Gees tune. We had a lovely affair until he fled to Canada when his student visa expired. NYC was not such a welcoming place for Muslim illegals post-9/11. He’s back in Turkey now, serving his compulsory time in the army at a very dangerous time.

V1
Some would call me naive
Some would call me romantic
Some would say to forget the whole thing, just a fling
But they wouldn’t have it right

Ooh yeah, you got inside

V2
You were barely hanging on
Songs for dollars on the subway
Still you arrived the first time with a rose in your hand
A little shy to my surprise

You feared you were my plaything
But baby you were wrong

CHORUS
From two different worlds / Speaking different words
Still I’m feeling like we were so connected
Why’d you go away / When you could have stayed?
Were you so afraid we were soul-connected?

V3
Did you come from a land
Where men can’t stand to disappoint
That must be why you left without saying goodbye
Or did you think I wouldn’t cry?

Ooh now you’re feeling sorry
Now you’re the one who’s crying

CHORUS
But I’m gonna wait / Long as it will take
Cuz I’m feeling like we were soul-connected
(And) if it’s true that we / We were meant to be
Then I know that I’ll be Re-connected with you
You (I miss you)

V4
Some would call me naïve
Some would call me romantic
Some would say to forget the whole thing
But I can’t…