Lyr Req: Tiny Island (from Leo Kottke)

Subject: RE: Lyr req; Kottke song
From: GUEST,Timbrel
Date: 11 May 00 - 07:27 AM

Francis Scott Key wrote the words to "Star Spangled Banner".

Subject: RE: Lyr req; Kottke song
From: Ana
Date: 11 May 00 - 02:29 AM

Fran says cot key/France's got ki/ urrr sorry, I must be thick - maybe it's just an accent/ culture thing. Maybe I haven't had enough to drink! Me thinks I'm missing something Ana

Subject: RE: Lyr req; Kottke song
From: Whistle Stop
Date: 10 May 00 - 08:59 AM

Very clever, Art -- I didn't know what you were getting at until I said the full name over in my head.

Subject: RE: Lyr req; Kottke song
From: Ana
Date: 10 May 00 - 03:01 AM

Oh well - you can choose your friends but you can't choose your relatives (joke!!!!) Ana

Subject: RE: Lyr req; Kottke song
From: Art Thieme
Date: 09 May 00 - 06:04 PM

I'm wondering if I ever mentioned within a thread somewhere that I'm fairly certain that Leo's sibling, Francis, wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" !?!?!?!?!?

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: Lyr req; Kottke song
From: Ana
Date: 08 May 00 - 03:42 PM

that's wonderful! Thanks guys - great site too Bluejay, I've bookmarkd it also. Ana

Subject: RE: Lyr req; Kottke song
From: BlueJay
Date: 08 May 00 - 11:55 AM

Ana- I just found a cool Kottke site with the lyrics to "Tiny Island" and a bunch of other great stuff. I bookmarked it, that's for sure. http://guitarmusic.org/kottke/gsongs.html

Subject: RE: Lyr req; Kottke song
From: Whistle Stop
Date: 08 May 00 - 11:23 AM

The song is called "Tiny Island," and I'm pretty sure it's on his album "Greenhouse" (if not that it's on "Mudlark" -- they're both from the early/mid 1970's, when he was on Capitol records). As I recall the liner notes from the album pointed out that he made a mistake on the recording; instead of singing the last half of the third verse as written, he repeated the last half of the first verse again. Good song; good luck.

Subject: Lyr req; Kottke song
From: Ana
Date: 08 May 00 - 12:44 AM

Yip - that's right, a SONG sung by Leo K. Despite remembering the melody, only a few dislocated words (and probably incorrect) come back to me.

" I wish I was a tiny island Floating in the sea Palm trees sway Dont get in the way It's a tropical ease....

Just endless waves at the end of our days The sighing of the sea

Please guide me towards - name/words/chords (3's enough - joke) album (etc!). Thanks in anticipation Regards Ana