When Our Loving Begins / Requiem
lyrics by Scott
Ainslie ©2003,
music by Al Pettaway ©2001
I will not fall.
I will never fall again.
I will stand on the bridge rail
And jump in the wind.
There's a map in my heart,
And the scars deep within.
I will not close my eyes
When our loving begins.
Maybe we're not that different.
Maybe you've been hurt, too.
Maybe you hear that river
Calling to you.
Take the cold out of winter;
Take the ice from the sky;
Take the pain out of your heart:
And let's build us a fire.
Let's build us a fire.
PERSONNEL:
Scott Ainslie: Acoustic Guitars and Vocal
Scott Petito: Fretless Electric Bass
(cont'd from col. 1) As I crested the bridge, I began to sing to the track. Then I began to scribble words on the clipboard in the passenger's seat. This is almost never legible.
At the first exit on the New Jersey Turnpike, I called our agents, John Loyd and Peggy Baldwin at Loyd Artists and asked for Al's new phone number. I called him, told him that I was writing lyrics to one of his guitar pieces and hoped that it would be alright to continue. He said, "Sure. Great!"
And when I went to record it, Al said, "Just send me a copy when it's done." We've known each other since high school. It's a family thing.
I premiered this song at the Swannanoa Gathering, playing with Sally Van Meter. Al, the director of the Guitar Week staff, heard it for the first time from the wings. Nice.