Stuart Benbow - USA
Since 2012 (four years after I started writing lyrics) I’ve been taking part in an international online songwriting challenge called FAWM. The rule is, you have to write 14 songs in 28 days (or 15 in a leap year).
This song, Grey Leaves, is not an official release but one that I wrote the lyrics for in FAWM 2021 and Stuart felt moved enough to put them to music. I wasn’t aware that he had the song on his website, so after a quick FB chat, he was cool with me promoting it.
He’s a rather clever dude from Canada, who lives in the USA. I’ve always enjoyed his style of songwriting and we often say howdy to each other during FAWM.
Neither of us are afraid to touch the darker, sadder parts of life. So we hope you like this joint effort of ours …
Grey Leaves
https://stuartbenbowmusic.com/track/2649007/grey-leaves
(c) Christine M Kerr & Stuart Benbow
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2021
V1
I used to whistle down the street
without a care in the world
Now all I see are grey leaves
V2
I used to laugh at what you'd say
And go home so happy
Now all I see are grey leaves
CH
All the vibrant colors are gone
Just like you
All the love songs sound wrong
I miss you
V3
I can't take back the day
When everything went black
Now all I see are grey leaves
CH
All the vibrant colors are gone
Just like you
All the love songs sound wrong
I miss you
I don't know how to be strong
What do I do
Grey leaves don't belong on top of you
Photo by Jay Jylkka, 2023 Funky Rivertown Fest Songwriters in the Round
If you are curious about FAWM, here’s the link https://fawm.org