Tall Oaks and Tanglewood

Story Behind The Song

Tall Oaks and Tanglewood are the cross streets where I was living when this song was written. I felt pressured to choose between playing music and staying in a relationship. Guess which one won out? I ended up moving out to the Tall Oaks address.

Song Description

Wanting to follow one's calling and still keep the relationship.

Song Length 2:54 Genre Folk - General, Classical - Contemporary
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Female Vocal
Mood Diplomatic, Pleasant Subject Relationship
Language English

Lyrics

You say that you're not asking much
Just a pledge of constancy
That I will place you above all others
You'll always be first with me

Chorus:
Well I'd like to be your lady
But the music is in my blood
And I will follow to where the Tall Oaks
Meet the Tanglewood
And I will follow to where the Tall Oaks
Meet the Tanglewood

All my life it seems I have been searching
For a man just like you
Now I realize I was looking for a mirror
To view myself through

Chorus:

I'll never have the answers
To all the questions in your mind
Maybe if you walk awhile alone
The little boy can stay behind

Chorus

Lyrics JIll Detroit Music Jill Detroit
Producer Bill Bentley Productions Performance Jill Detroit, all vocals and keyboard & Bill Bentley, all other instruments

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