Monday, November 2, 2015

Remembering Terence Martin

Saw this recently:

"Dear folk djs,
It will be 4 years since the passing of brilliant singer/songwriter Terence Martin on Nov 7, 2011. Please consider playing a song or two and help to keep Terence's music alive! I know many of you are fans and have supported his music. Unfortunately his website has been taken down, but please contact me offline if you'd like more information about Terence or to make a request for any of his music. Thank you always for your support!
Best, 
Barbara

Barbara Roehrer
Acoustic Music Agency
broehrer@optonline.net
201-573-0718"
so,

Here is his obituary followed by one of his most endearing songs.

"The Way It Didn't Go"

where is the life the life we might have led
it started on the corner where we never met
I nearly turned to you you nearly turned to me
at the intersection of what is and what could be
what would have happened we'll never know
that's the way it didn't go

I saw a child who might have had our name
he passed me in a crowd just the other day
he spoke some words but none of them were clear
our shadows nearly touched as he disappeared

did he have your eyes?
I'll never know  
That's the way it didn't go

i'm not myself today & you're not who you are
we're one lane over riding in that car
they read a map but they don't recognize the road
and if they think about us they don't let it show

where did they turn?
We'll never know 
That's the way it didn't go

the door you didn't walk through
the girl you didn't talk to
the light you didn't run that day
the call you didn't answer
the unrequited dancer
you met her glance and turned away

put it down lightly
you know how things can break
I can't forget the love we didn't make
the sun that didn't rise
through the window that's not there
the way it didn't fall
on your face and on your hair

what did you dream? 
I'll never know
That's the way it didn't go

What might have been?
We'll never know
That's the way it didn't go 

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