SLUMBER CARESSES YOUR EYES

A passionate, dreamy love song.

LYRICS/MUSIC:DONNA GREENBERG
ARRANGEMENT:MARK KIESWETTER
RELEASE DATE:OCTOBER 7, 2022

Slumber Caresses Your Eyes Lyrics

Slumber caresses your eyes
As I caressed your body.
Bewitched by the power of love,
Cool in the green with desire;
Sounds of midnight-
The breathing of flowers,
Scent of magnolia,
The stars, the stars.
Time cannot alter this peace,
Your limbs made heavy with sleeping,
The watchful enchantress of dreams
Bids you enter her garden.
Nothing, nothing shall disturb
Your peace.

WHISPERS IN THE WIND

A love song about someone hoping to rekindle the fire in their relationship and to start over.

LYRICS/MUSIC:DONNA GREENBERG
ARRANGEMENT:MARK KIESWETTER
RELEASE DATE:APRIL 16, 2022

Whispers in the Wind Lyrics

There’s so much in my heart
so much I need to say to you,
Words aren’t coming fast enough
So these will have to do.
How did we drift so far apart?
When did things go wrong?
The flame of love
Still burns strong,
Come, heal my aching heart.
 
Whispers in the wind,
Shadows on the wall,
Distance, silence -
We’ve been through it all.
Shadows on the wall,
Whispers in the wind,
We’ve lost our way
But we’ll find it once again.
 
Those moments in the past
Passion, joy - a lover’s tale,
Endless hours of happiness,
What was it made us fail?
Anger, fear & jealousy
Turned our love to black,
I can’t let go,
I love you so.
Let’s try to get it back.
 
Whispers in the wind,
Shadows on the wall,
Distance, silence -
We’ve been through it all;
Shadows on the wall,
Whispers in the wind,
We’ve lost our way,
But we can begin again.

ESTA NOCHE

A haunting love song about the mysteries of love- the heart is a complicated thing.

LYRICS/MUSIC:DONNA GREENBERG
ARRANGEMENT:MARK KIESWETTER
RELEASE DATE:NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Esta Noche Lyrics

Esta noche
La luna canta
En harmonias
Profundas y oscuras;
Escucho la musica
Pero solo oigo
El murmullo
De la flor.
 
Dime porque vienes?
Antes no desaba nada
Pero ahora no sé.
 
Esta noche
La luna esta viva
En su oscuridad;
Yo canto & canto
En silencio y penumbra
Pero no puedo oir nada
Solo el murmullo de la flor.

English lyrics

Tonight
Tonight the moon sings
In deep and dark harmonies
I listen to the music
but I only hear
The murmur of the flower.

Tell me, why do you come?
Before I didn't want anything,
But now I don't know.

Tonight the moon is alive
In its darkness;
I sing and sing
In silence and darkness
But I can't hear anything
Just the murmur of the flower.

LOST IN TIME

Written during the pandemic, this song explores the complex themes of self-reflection and the feelings associated with the state of being lost and set adrift.

LYRICS/MUSIC:DONNA GREENBERG
ARRANGEMENT:MARK KIESWETTER
RELEASE DATE:NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Lost in Time Lyrics

Lost in time
Floating down
the ‘round and ‘round,
No fixed point
On the compass;
You’re long gone
And I’m still here
Picking up the pieces of my life.
 
Lost in space
Whirling through
The here and there,
No design,
No purpose,
Gotta find
Some way
To anchor myself,
Still searching for my lifeline.
 
A light cool breeze
Carries me away,
No pain,
No sorrow,
Just happiness;
Time stands still
I’m lost within it
Beyond everything,
Everywhere,
Sublime.
 
Lost in the now
Tumbling through
Ups and downs,
In sync,
Out of sync
You and I;
Memories drift me by,
Still searching for my lifeline
Still searching for the sublime.

Rome & Summer Peaches

When I was a young university student, I traveled to Rome one steamy summer. My meager budget allowed for a breakfast consisting of a huge juicy summer peach, and a bitter espresso. Before the Roman heat rose to its full oppressive glory, I’d start each day with this refreshing bittersweet.

Time Travel 20 years forward:
A frigid, snowy February Toronto Sunday, one of the bitterest days in many years, and I’m sitting in a huge church listening to a great Dixieland band playing jazz New Orleans style.

20 years back:
Rome, fuzzy orange-golden mouth-watering summer peach

20 years forward:
A handsome someone strumming on the banjo. 

Romance, sensation, appetite, discovery ….

All the way home on the subway, the words and melody for “You’re My Summer Peach” kept strumming in my inner ear. 

They traveled out of my head to the scrap paper on
which I scribbled in bright red ink.

Across time, across an ocean, heat-waved evaporating winter woes.

A song was born.

REFLECTIONS

WINNER Best Music Video Award & Audience Award Winner Third Runner-Up at The Cutting Edge International Film Festival 2017

Direct Monthly Online Film Festival December 2017 (USA): Best Music Video of the Month) & Mindfield Film Festival 2017 (USA): Official Selection

CD Stuck on You is NOW OUT!

I’m thrilled to announce the launch of my newest and fifth CD Stuck on You, an all-jazz album with nine originals by me and arranged for jazz trio by Mark Kieswetter, These pieces are performed by Mark himself on piano, Jordan O’Connor on bass, Ben Riley on drums and of course vocals sung by me. Sample the CD now at https://donnagreenberg.com/discography… “Reflections” Music Video can NOW be viewed online! As part of the launch of my newest CD Stuck on You, I’ve released a visually splendid video of “Reflections”, one of the tracks from this album.

The video was created by Duygu Basmaci.