Love Is Where You Find It (Janine Levinson) by Jonathan Beckenstein
Janine wrote this lovely song some time ago (lyrics below). Recently she sent it to me to produce, which was a great gift to me. I believe many of you already know Janine’s work. If not, please visit her here: @janinelevinson It will be a gift for you, too.
Janine: song, voice, electric piano (Janine Levinson 2017)
Jonathan: guitars, bass, drum programming, synth, organ, balalaika sample, mix.
LOVE IS WHERE YOU FIND IT
Love is where you find it
But never where you’re looking
You give up expectations
And then you feel it sneaking up behind you
Looking for you
Love is all around us
But never where we’ve sent it
It’s certain to surprise us
If we let down our defenses -It’s a mystery
Who will it be?
The sky is blue because that’s how we see it
The world is round because we all believe it
The ground is warm – we know because we feel it
But love is manifested when we’re no longer looking to receive it
Love is a surrender to an unexpected vision
It’s not what you were thinking
And sometimes it requires a decision
Just to give in
The future can’t be known; we don’t control it
We find the road the moment we don’t own it
We get the love when we don’t try to force it
And it’s so unexpected,
We may not recognize it when we see it
It marches to its own drum
Like the tide, it goes and comes
Strips us of our pride and then
Comes back flooding in again
Love is where you find it
But never where you’re looking
You give up expectations
And then you feel it sneaking up
Behind you
Looking for you -for LOVE
