Candlelight Becomes You (Lounge Jazz: Rob/Anne/Donna)

Donna · **on:** May 24, 2009, 06:16:32 PM

A simple rendition featuring Anne's honeyed vocals and Rob's mellow guitar.
Hope you like it.

Donna

Music & Guitar: Rob Wood
Arrangement/Melody & Vocals: Anne Cozean
Lyrics: Donna Devine

Candlelight Becomes You

(v1)
Darling, candlelight becomes you
It softens all the lies
Makes all the more disarming
The deception in your eyes

(v2)
Oh, you've never seemed so loving
And I wish I didn't know
How well you've been preparing
To place the final blow

Chorus
Dinner for two
What a masquerade
Each of us afraid
Of what the other might do
Goodbye is never painless
Though yours will come as no surprise
Yes, candlelight becomes you
It softens all the lies / softens all the lies

(v3)
The red rose on our table
Begins to slowly wilt
A lonely parody of love
Intimation of your guilt

(v4)
What a fool I would have been
Not to see how you had changed
How your fire turned to ashes
How my future's rearranged

Bridge
You think I want to make you suffer
Darling, but I don't
You hope I'll make this easy for you
Darling, but I won't

Instrumental break

Chorus
Dinner for two
What a masquerade
Each of us afraid
Of what the other might do
Goodbye is never painless
Though yours will come as no surprise
Yes, candlelight becomes you
It softens all the lies / softens all the lies

PVD · **Reply #1 on:** May 24, 2009, 06:46:11 PM

Donna/Anne/Rob:

Lovely, I have been waiting on this one.
Well done, haunting.

Paul

CosmicDolphin · **Reply #2 on:** May 27, 2009, 04:29:07 AM

Nice song.

CD

Stoney · **Reply #3 on:** May 31, 2009, 02:05:35 AM

A beautiful and very sad song.

Well done

Ian

Donna · **Reply #4 on:** May 31, 2009, 04:26:29 AM

Paul, Mark, and Ian, thanks for listening.

Glad you enjoyed the song.
Rob's sublime guitar and Anne's luscious vocals are a wonderful combination.

Donna

stoman · **Reply #5 on:** June 01, 2009, 05:18:24 AM

This is a very lovely ballad. I can also hear this with a nice jazzy piano accompaniment.

Thanks for sharing!

Regards,
Steffen

McLovin · **Reply #6 on:** June 01, 2009, 08:59:53 AM

Very nice Donna!

Donna · **Reply #7 on:** June 10, 2009, 05:29:37 AM

Steffen and Jay, thank you.

Donna

Paulo · **Reply #8 on:** June 10, 2009, 09:17:08 AM

Sometimes less is more, great and beautifull... I could add a thousand tracks in this tune but I love it just as it is, I wouldn't change a little thing on it.

I like people with enough guts to provide tracks as simple as this one... Congratulations.

Benny · **Reply #9 on:** June 10, 2009, 12:37:27 PM

Nice one. I listened to it then I went back and read the lyrics. Really good the way you told the story. Third verse is cool how the rose is the symbol for it all.

Benny

Studioplayer · **Reply #10 on:** June 10, 2009, 01:01:25 PM

Very sweet. Really nice vocals and beautiful guitar playing by Rob. It works well nice and simple. Good job Donna!!

Dave

peterk1 · **Reply #11 on:** December 05, 2009, 01:51:12 PM

What a wonderful vocal performance on this one. It's so evocative I can easily imagine this one being used in a film soundtrack.
The music conveys a nice sense of mystery and an ominous end to the dinner. Beautiful.

Koolunga · **Reply #12 on:** December 06, 2009, 12:36:55 PM

Hi. I just love this one, the words, the gentle voice, the sad message, all good to listen to.

Donna · **Reply #13 on:** December 11, 2009, 01:29:27 AM

Paulo, Benny, Dave, Peter, and Koolunga, thanks for giving this a listen and for your kind comments.

Yes, there's a lot to be said for simplicity.

Donna