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Kiss It Better

by Daniel Weinstein

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In 2012 I took a songwriting course led by John Vallins in Bellingen, NSW. During the course we were assigned the task of writing a song around a prompt supplied by John. The prompt that generated this song was "Love Lies Bleeding".

After the course finished John took some initial recordings done at the time and turned them into this song.

Contrary to popular belief, this isn't a song about a child or a lover. This is a song about the the stages a relationship goes through over time.

lyrics

Verse 1:
New love like a new born child
Do anything just to make her smile
She keeps me on my feet
And makes my life complete
But she's just a little baby for a while
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Verse 2:
A couple of years she's a two year old
Practicing the art of saying no
There's a touch of power play
And watching what you say
And working out where love is meant to go

Chorus:
Watching my love grow every day
She takes a few wrong steps along the way
If my love lies bleeding I'll always say
I will kiss it better in every way
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Verse 3:
At 7 love's a thing to behold
No longer young but hardly old
She wants to get around
And she's harder to hold down
At 7 love won't do what she's told
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Verse 4:
A teenage love is hard to explain
At times a teenage love forgets its name
By the time that you're fifteen
You'd think you'd know what love should mean
But love will keep you guessing just the same

Chorus:
Watching my love grow every day
She takes a few wrong steps along the way
If my love lies bleeding I'll always say
I will kiss it better in every way

credits

released December 21, 2021
Words and music by Daniel Weinstein
Production by John Vallins

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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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