Name: Loving By Design
Duration: P00H07M05S
Description: "Loving By Design" was written in 2007. I recorded a pop version but it never made it onto to an album. This live version is more what I had in mind when I wrote it. A little more laid back and bluesy.

Loving By Design

from Live at The Genesis Theatre by John Pippus

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"Loving By Design" was written in 2007. I recorded a pop version but it never made it onto to an album. This live version is more what I had in mind when I wrote it. A little more laid back and bluesy.

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Darling lay down beside me
I’m going to make it clear
I was meant to love you
Summer time is here
And the temperature is rising
Lover have no fear
That’s the way
That’s loving by design

Oh when I hear your name
Feels like the sun after a sudden rain
I love the way you move like that
I’ll never be the same
And the temperature is rising
You know what to reveal
That’s the way
That’s loving by design
That’s loving by design

Looking down on the scene below
Eric Clapton on the stereo
I feel so lucky with what I have
You and I
Are on solid ground

See the busy office workers
Heading home for the day
They don’t know (they don’t know)
What I feel
I kinda like it that way
And the temperature is rising
You and I are in the zone
That’s the way
That’s loving by design

© 2007 John Pippus

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from Live at The Genesis Theatre, released January 3, 2023
Guitar and vocals: John Pippus
Slide guitar: Beaver Thomas
Bass: Peg Wilson
Drums: Jacob Pippus

Steve Campbell on harmonica

Recorded at the Genesis Theatre, Ladner BC on June 26, 2015. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Dennis Henderson. Dennis' website:
www.fraser-henderson.com

Words and music: John Pippus

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