"Thirty Years" Gavin McMahon Steve Forbert Cover (Lyrics)

Another cover of one of the most underrated artists ever.

A little girl is standing at your door on Halloween,
The face of expectation and of trust in everything;
A little boy has thrown some heavy stones into a pond;
Dusting off his hands, he's feeling proud of what he's done.

Chorus
The geocentric days are gone and Earth is still a sphere,
Objects in the mirror may be just as they appear,
We spin around the sun and call each trip we make a year,
Thirty more years of this and, people, I am out of here (out of here).

The trees turn into buildings and the weeks turn into months,
Its one thing or another or its evrything at once;
Theres two sides to each story, yes, and sometimes many more
And four bananas make a bunch and two times tens a score.

Repeat chorus

Bridge
If we werent in so much trouble I would say that things were fine
and smile as I went walking and just wave on down the line;
If there werent so many problems I would say that its okay
And smile as I went walking and just wave on down the way.

Mothers hate war more in genral than Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Battleground statistics dont add up in schoolhouse math;
The male of this here species lives for eighty years or so,
Starts to see the mess hes made and then its time to go.

Repeat chorus

Its often said that life is strange, but, hey, compared to what?
I asked this question years ago, it's still worth asking, but
It all seems stranger now, I think, but that could be just me
And I've no all-time gauge of strange for objectivity

Repeat chorus

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[90265SE14]

I am not familiar with Steve Forbert but this sounds good. ('Course ya could sing the shittiest song and you'd make it sound beautiful, Gavin). I like this tune and words and now will have to check out this Forbert, especially if he writes songs this good. Cheers!

[Gaviathan]

Thanks for that,glad you liked it,I've heard mixed opinions on him but personally I think he's great.

Peace

[mooncrow17]

thats a great song. I'm going to check this guy out. I hope he'll live up to my expectations after hearing your cover, 'cause I think you did well. very nice guitar in this 1.

[Gaviathan]

Thanks for that,glad you liked it.You won't be dissapointed,he's great.Just as a starter I think his most famous song would be "Romeo's tune"

Peace

[oldnrone]

Oh man, you did that very well! Cool artist, cool song, very cool cover!

[Gaviathan]

Thanks for that,glad you liked it.

Peace

[phillydwight]

couple other great forbert tunes...midsummers night toast, thinking, what kindda guy, complications..he is a great fun musician

[phillydwight]

gavin...i used to be a forbert fan, but never heard this song...so i listened to his version after finding yours - i love yours even better than his! think you can post a video showing you playing it - i want to learn it - im very amateur - so put cam where we can see chords - and any instructions would be great!

I absolutely love your version of this song!

[Gaviathan]

Thanks for that,glad you liked it.

Peace

[marcie99]

i always love listening to u and what a wonderful song selection....u just reallly really always sound so wonderful!!!! wonderful!!-took me two days to get here..but so glad i didnt miss this!