Songs… It’s Serious (no label no #) 1979
I’d put Garth Fletcher in the same category as early Michael Omartian and Andy Pratt – keyboards artist that can rock, but also work in mild progressive, classical and jazz edges with a rich sense of melody. Garth and crew seem to know the balance well on the splendid custom production. The ballads are especially moving – ‘Tender Loving Ways’ and ‘Where Are You Going?’ both take you away with their sweeping lyrical blend of piano and strings (violin, viola and cello). The same instruments soar magically on the graceful ‘Marquita’, perhaps the album’s most beautiful track. Funk-rock is faithfully represented with ‘Peace Train’, the high energy ‘Marching On Up’ and the Sweet Comfort-ish ‘Spirit’. All eight titles written and arranged by Garth. (The Archivist by Ken Scott, 4th Edition).
Tracks:
Song # | Song Title | Time |
---|---|---|
1-1 | Journey | |
1-2 | Tender Loving Ways | |
1-3 | Marching On Up | |
1-4 | Spirit | |
2-1 | Where Are You Going | |
2-2 | I Found You | |
2-3 | Marquita | |
2-4 | Peace Train |
this was one of my favorite albums growing up! i wish I still had it.
JOURNEY
Garth Fletcher, from Songs . . . It’s Serious
Chorus:
Together we walk through the night
Together we will find our own light
And though our lives are young
And the journey’s so long
Together we will find out what is right
Together we will find out what is right
Today I’ll find my love entangled in my dreams of yesterday
And my dream will fit reality, my specialty, my only delight
Chorus
My search will end the day I find myself engulfed by sweet la-love
And our love will be reality, my specialty, my only delight
Chorus
PEACE TRAIN
Garth Fletcher, from Songs . . . It’s Serious (Not the Cat Stevens song)
CHORUS:
Looking for my peace train traveling on the better way
Searching for my life’s main course with Jesus’ shining ray
Come with me today and we’ll find a better way
Come with me today and we’ll find a better way
I’ve been looking all around and a-what I see now no one’s found
I’ve been sitting high and low and what I see now is it so?
Find a better way, choose Him right away
Find a better way, choose Him right away
Chorus
Yes, I’m looking all around, and where I’m going no one found
For I’m walking with a hound and I will think of asking now
Find a better way, choose a brighter day
Find a better way, choose a brighter day
Chorus
A better day
We’ll find a better day
A better day