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Just One Heart [Acoustic Mix]

by John Lester

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About "Just One Heart":

"Just One Heart" is a song that I wrote for my wife, originally as a love song for her recent birthday. As I was writing lyrics, the song became more of a wedding day song as I recalled our wedding, now two decades ago. I am happy to release it, as a renewed vow, on New Years Day 2023, our 20th anniversary.

The song was written, and the track created, using my custom Rick Turner Renaissance 6 string half fretted/half fretless bass. The instrument is based on the Turner Renaissance acoustic/electric series but has separate outputs for the lower three strings (bass side) and higher three strings (guitar side). The bass side is also fretless, while the guitar side has frets.

Since owning the instrument I have experimented quite a bit with different strings for it. For this recording I used different sets of strings and tunings for different parts and tracked each part separately. While most 6 string bass players use BEADGC tuning, for this song the bass is tuned EADGCF. I also capo'd some of the high parts up an octave and used both steel and nylon strings on different tracks. Kick drum and cross-stick sounds were also created on the bass.

lyrics

Song Lyrics:

I have just one thought
One thing to say
There’s just one gift that I can give you
On this very special day
There’s just one thing
That I hold dear
One purpose I’m proposing
Just one reason that I’m here

There’s just one heart
I can give to you
But it’s everything I am
It’s everything I’ll ever do
And there’s just one oath
That I can swear
This one heart is yours forever
In this one life that we both share

There’s just one choice
One path that’s clear
There’s just one moment that we have
And yet that moment’s always here
I have just one voice
One song to sing
But there’s one inspiration binding
All these words I’m offering

There’s just one heart
I can give to you
But it’s everything I am
It’s everything that I’ll ever do
And there’s just one oath
That I can swear
This one heart is yours forever
In this one life that we both share

So much love around us
So many things have come our way
With all its choices fate still found us
And brought us here today

Now this one heart
I give to you
And it’s everything I am
It’s everything I’ll ever do
And this one oath
I now swear
This one heart is yours forever
In this one life that we both share
This one heart is yours forever
In this life that we both share

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released January 1, 2023
John Lester vocals and 6 string bass

Artwork by Aaron Lester

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John Lester San Francisco, California

Award-winning singer-songwriter, bassist and multi-instrumentalist.

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