It’s a numbing pain, widowhood, yet somewhere you are connected to the present, able to observe as if it’s someone else going through it. Maybe it’s a way to protect oneself while in grieving reverie and days slip away, just like any other day. The two songs I put in the prechorus came from a morning I was out in town having breakfast and journaling. The two songs came on the radio in the restaurant,back to back. Joe was a big Pink Floyd fan and the words are very natural to associate with my missing him. Bell Bottom Blues is a song I used to sing with my band Tre Lunas and Joe loved it. Then there is the lyric, “…if I could choose a place to die, it would be in your arms”…
This song was recorded in my music room on the Kawai baby grand and is supported by Jon and Chris. Jon helped tailor the chords at the end of the prechorus and he plays the beautifully poignant electric guitar solo. The vocal was the last track I cut. I sang it in one take.