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Freely Flowing

by Daniel Weinstein

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Freely Flowing has been included in the shortlist for the Open Category of the 2022 Australian Songwriting Contest. The top 30 selection is expected to be announced by the end of June 2023.

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Freely Flowing was re-mixed and re-mastered 31 May 2023.

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This is the song referenced in "Blue Book", the story song I released a few days ago. I found the lyrics in a fifty year old travel journal. I tried to find Patrick Dietsch, the composer of the original song, but I was too late. He died in May 2021.

When I found the lyrics my memory of tune sort of came back. I was pretty sure about how the first line went and the first two or three chords, but I was unable to recover the rest of the song. So I decided to write a melody and chord progression that reflected the original song as best as I could recall. I really don't know how much of the song was written by Patrick Dietsch and how much was written by me.

This became my song because I spent 15 minutes of scribbling on December 31, 1972. I'd love for it to exist for a few more years with just a smidgen less obscurity.

You can look up Patrick Dietsch on Google. He wasn't a superstar but he was a successful and respected musician with a long career.

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Freely Flowing

Verse 1:
Sunlight shining softly in the summertime
Feeling all the feelings flowing through my mind

Verse 2:
Have you heard the words that make you feel so free.
And have you got the time to spend some time with me.


Chorus:
Freely flowing
Sing a song of the river moving on
Freely flowing
Wait a while and watch the river rushing right along
The river seems to know - you’re right where you belong

Verse 3:
You know now baby pretty soon your gunna see
The same river flowing through you is flowing through me

Verse 4:
I want to know you cuz you see we have to care
We gotta lotta love and we can learn to share.

Chorus:
Freely flowing
Sing a song of the river moving on
Freely flowing
Wait a while and watch the river rushing right along
The river seems to know - you’re right where you belong

Verse 5:
Sing your songs now baby sing your soul to me
Let’s sit beside the river cuz it flows so free

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released May 20, 2022
Music by Patrick Dietsch and Daniel Weinstein
Lyrics and production by Daniel Weinstein

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Daniel Weinstein Mitchells Island, Australia

I started writing songs in my late 60s and have written quite a few. During lockdown in 2020 I happened upon a beat up old blue journal that I recognised from my travels in the early 70s. In it I discovered, much to my surprise, 7 completed songs and at least a dozen songs in progress that I'd completely forgotten. Now I can confidently say I've been a songwriter for over 50 years. ... more

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