Lavender – it even sounds like a color
Lavender is more than just a color. It’s a beautiful plant, a homeopathic essential oil, and a popular ingredient in perfumes. And even though it’s more than just a color, it’s a color that came to mind and inspired a song more than forty years ago.
I had just finished a year in college, and I was working in the Kansas City, Missouri area. Being young and full of imagination, almost everything I saw or heard or smelled became inspiration for poetry or lyrics. And that’s how the following lyrics came to be.
A young woman who, for some reason, found me to be attractive and interesting. The feeling was mutual. It was a brief relationship…but full of words and ideas and, like I mentioned, imagination. She introduced me to an album by a well-known female singer from the 60’s and 70’s. I’d heard other songs by this singer, but I hadn’t seen or heard this particular album. And one thing stood out more than any of the songs…the singer’s eyes on the album cover.
They were lavender…
…or seemed so to me. I don’t mean deep, rich, lush lavender like the picture I shared. Her eyes in the picture were a light, luminous lavender. They just sort of captivated me, and I couldn’t explain why. When things like that happened I almost always broke out my trusty Bic pen and notebook and wrote my thoughts down. To this day I can see the singer’s eyes as I recall my lyrics. And I couldn’t tell you one song on the album…without looking.
If you can tell me which singer’s eyes the words are about, I’ll send you a free song. Any guesses?
Lavender Eyes
I know not where they came from
I know not where they’ve gone,
But I remember lavender
Eyes.
I can’t expect the world to see
Or know of the tranquility
I have recalling lavender
Eyes.
They shone like sparklers
On the fourth of July.
They made me think of loving”
Like I’ll never, ever die.
They kept a beam of sunshine
Gleaming down into my heart.
Their peace was never-ending,
Yet it never seemed to start.
I know not what they’re made of.
I know not who or why,
But I remember lavender
Eyes.
I can’t expect the world to see,
For after all…it could be me
Recalling my own lavender
Eyes.
© Tony Funderburk 1975
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