"...a songwriting, accordion playing, harmony singing, storytelling,
hand drumming, banjo strumming, soul stirring,
two woman tour-de-force."
With award-winning songwriting and musicianship, Wishing Chair, "never fails to create that exhilarating sense one gets when great melodies, strong harmonies, and superb execution come together," says The Performing Songwriter Magazine. The 6th CD and latest offering from this roots/folk duo is no exception. Produced by Grammy nominated producer Mark Hallman, Underdog is "folk to the core," (Lexington Herald-Leader) delivering a rich collection of stories and clear-eyed diatribes, outlaw weddings, love songs, and an anti-Bush circus for good measure.
Since 1995, the folk and soul partnership of multi-instrumentalist Miriam Davidson and songwriter Kiya Heartwood has become well regarded for their engaging performances, passionate activism, stirring harmonies and award winning songs. With any subject being fair game, they have earned high honors from Kerrville (Political Songwriting Finalist 2003), Falcon Ridge (Emerging Artist Finalist 2002), Outmusic (double Winner 2003, Finalist 2004) to The South Florida Folk Festival (double Winner 2003).
Throughout the U.S and Canada, they have won over audiences and presenters alike performing in venues ranging from The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville to The Ark in Ann Arbor, Uncle Calvin's in Dallas and Club Passim in Cambridge, and at festivals including the National Women's Music Festival, the Kerrville Folk Festival, the Clearwater Folk Festival, the South Florida Folk Festival and the Philadelphia Folk Festival.
She's Everything
Wishing Chair Lyrics
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The way that you know me
The way that you say my name
It's not the laugh behind those sleepy eyes
That keeps me coming back again
How can I explain it?
I'll step right up and claim it
She's everything to me
She's my one good reason
Champion season
First warm day in spring
She's got the looks to bring me down
To pure surrendering
How can I explain it?
I'll step right up and claim it
Baby, can't you see?
She's everything to me
Everything I've ever said and done
Tells me that she's the one
She's pure electric
Unexpected
Knocks me off my feet
She makes me want to cry out loud
Then whisper something sweet
How can I explain it?
I'll step right up and claim it
She's everything to me
The song "She's Everything" by Wishing Chair is a beautiful tribute to love and the power it has to transform and uplift. The lyrics are full of vivid and sensory descriptions of the singer's feelings towards their beloved. The opening lines "It's not the way that you hold me / The way that you know me / The way that you say my name" shows that it's not just physical attraction that draws the singer to their loved one but also their connection, the way they see and value them as a person.
The chorus of the song "She's everything to me" is a repeated affirmation of the importance of this person in their life. The imagery used in the song is so vivid and compelling that it's easy to imagine the singer swept up in a whirlwind romance. The line "She's pure electric / Unexpected / Knocks me off my feet" is particularly striking, conveying the intense emotions and excitement that come with falling in love.
Overall, "She's Everything" is a beautiful and heartfelt love song that celebrates the power of connection and the joy that comes with finding someone who truly understands and complements you.
Line by Line Meaning
It's not the way that you hold me
The way you physically hold me is not what makes me feel so strongly for you.
The way that you know me
You know me on a deeper level than anyone else ever has.
The way that you say my name
The way you say my name is filled with a tenderness that touches my soul.
It's not the laugh behind those sleepy eyes
Your sleepy laugh isn't what keeps me coming back to you.
That keeps me coming back again
It's something deeper that draws me to you, something inexplicable.
How can I explain it?
It's difficult to put into words what I feel for you.
I'll step right up and claim it
But I'm going to try my best to articulate it and own up to how I feel.
Baby, can't you see?
I hope you can see the depth of my feelings for you.
She's everything to me
You are everything to me.
She's my one good reason
You are my reason for being, my purpose, my drive.
Champion season
You are the best thing that has ever happened to me, my winner.
First warm day in spring
Just like the first warm day of spring signals hope and renewal, you bring those same feelings into my life.
She's got the looks to bring me down
Your beauty is so captivating and awe-inspiring that it can leave me feeling powerless in your presence.
To pure surrendering
To the point where I am willing to give up control and surrender myself to you.
Everything I've ever said and done
My whole life has been leading up to meeting you, and everything I've ever done or said has prepared me for this moment.
Tells me that she's the one
My intuition, actions, and words all point to you being the one for me.
She's pure electric
There's an energy about you that radiates from within, it's electric and contagious.
Unexpected
Your presence in my life was unexpected, but my life is better for it.
Knocks me off my feet
You have the ability to leave me speechless and breathless with your presence alone.
She makes me want to cry out loud
The feelings you stir in me are so strong that sometimes I can't help but feel like shouting from the rooftops about how amazing you are.
Then whisper something sweet
But at other times, I just want to whisper sweet nothings into your ear and remind you how much I love you.
Contributed by Connor V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Don.
The song was recorded ny Martin Cathy in 1976
Ricksdetrix
Memory works so weirdly. I was 3 in 1998, so I might have watched these a bit later, but I'd have been 5 or younger. At first I didn't recognise anything, thought I had the wrong show. Then suddenly I recognised the dressing gowns, and the noise of the grabbits. It's so peculiar, I don't recogise either of the characters, but I recognise the window that the grabbits left unlocked. It's so strange, the only thing I truly remember was them spinning a globe and landing in the ocean.
Oh my god the dreamland place! I seem to remember that freaking me out as a kid. I remember all these weird feelings that I've never had as an adult. I think I was so immersed in the show as a kid that it's like I was the characters in the show. Ha, it's come on. I remember really freaking out thinking they would drown. I thought they were fighting to stay afloat, and I remeber that dragon for some reason really well.
Zoe Rees
Thank you so much for this video, I'm reliving my childhood!!! <3
The Pearl Atelier
Thank you so much for posting this, it was one of my fav books as a child. But i never got to see the cartoon.
Love.
same
Mpumelelo moyo
there was another adaptation titled “the magic of the faraway tree”.They don’t make cartoons like this anymore😭
Love.
I remember that..but I remember the books more than the cartoons.
OliAliNes3723
It’s a pity cartoons are not like this anymore!
小胖胖
I like the story make me relax
I am a Berry
2:10 The Ho Ho Wizard
12:19 The Grabbit Gnomes
22:20 Poor Lost Jigs
32:26 The Land of Dreams
42:24 The Disappearing Islands
52:20 The Magician’s Party
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