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Lost Enclave

from Chameleon by Robert Lindsay Nathan

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The title to this song came from a little music venue that I cosponsored in south Austin right after the return of the millennium. The site of the production was an old construction yard that I dubbed "The Enclave". It was kind of hidden from the rest of Austin, and many of the old buildings were occupied by artists that plied their trades. I understand that today they call it "The Tetanus Farm", as a tribute to all the old rusting construction artifacts that are there.

The music was written on the piano, and at the time of the writing, I was thinking of Gato Barbieri's cover of Calos Santana's "Europa". I really wanted to write a song that would tun a good saxophonist loose.

At first my producer (Mark Hallman) was against the idea. Some people just don't like saxophone I guess. But a few weeks after we laid down the pilot tracks, Mark contacts me and says he found a good sax player.

It was a bit of an understatement, Joe Morales pretty much nailed it on the first take. And it's not an easy track , having several key modulations.

Thanks Joe, for surpassing my hopes and expectations on this.

lyrics

Lost Enclave
Copyright 2004 Robert Lindsay Nathan, Jr.

Dm Gm C
Dm Gm C

Dm
Something in this place
Gm C
Has a certain ambiance it's true
Dm
The smile that's on your face,
Gm C C B Bb
Makes me think I have a chance with you.


Bb
Well, I don't want to lose
C C B Bb
The love we've saved
Bb
Let's spend it all right here
C C C# Dm
In this Lost Enclave

Something in the night
Near the end of space and time it seems
Draws us like a light
Through this maze of holographic dreams

Well, I don't want to lose
The love we've saved
Let's spend it all right here
In this Lost Enclave

Bridge (modulate up to Em)

Eb Bb Ab D

Sax Solo

Em Am D
Em Am D
D Db C C D
D Db C C D

Something in this place,
Like the warmth of peaking pinour wine
Wraps us like a verse
In metaphors of psychedelic rhyme

Well, I don't want to lose
The love we've saved
Let's spend it all right here
In this Lost Enclave

Bridge (modulate down to Dm)

Bb Ab Gm C

Repeat 1st

Bridge (modulate up to Em)

Outro:

Em arpeggio

credits

from Chameleon, released November 16, 2018
Music and Lyrics by Robert Lindsay Nathan

Robert Lindsay Nathan: contorgan and lead vocal
Mark Hallman: drums, bass, percussion, synth, mellotron, harmonies
Andre Moran: electric guitar, bg vocal
Joe Morales: sax

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Robert Lindsay Nathan Canyon Lake, Texas

Robert Lindsay (Bama) Nathan was born in New Orleans on September 24, 1952. He was raised in Muscle Shoals Alabama and formally educated in Texas (Gig 'em Aggies). He has been writing songs since the early 1970's and has circled the globe playing them.

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