Jim Bottomley
Author of "Hypnotizing Lions"
Lyrics & Poems
Rhythm is everything. A regular concert-goer over the years, loving bands as diverse as The Grateful Dead to Radiohead and admiring Bob Dylan, Jim writes lyrics and co-writes songs with other musicians. He plays harmonica and sings less well than the other members of the song-writing cooperative, Well Spaced Trees. Based in Jasper National Park, Well Spaced Trees founding members include Mike Day and Matt Cushing, co-writers with Jim for the songs Dan Harkness quotes in HYPNOTIZING LIONS (Jim – lyrics, and multi-instrument Mike – music). Other revolving members of the Trees include Pat Mcleod, Randall Purvis, Mike Mitchell, Steve Blake, Jesse Lent and Tony Mastrianni, with guests including Brian MacMillan, David Ronald, Mike Landry, Da’Ari Lisle and Dave Tolley, former drummer for Xavier Rudd.
SONGS FROM HYPNOTIZING LIONS
As an active member of the Sooke Writers’ Collective, Jim examines the difference between song lyrics and poetry. His song poems appear in Sooke Writers Collective Anthologies and in the seven-poet collaboration ALL THE ELEMENTS.
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A LONELY TOUCH OF HEAVEN
Release a million butterflies into the sky
Dance on a beach naked before you die
Kiss a baby and then learn to fly
All history
when I see you cry
It’s a lonesome touch of heaven
Just to see you smile
It’s all how you look at it
We all have scars
I’m searching for heaven
But I’m lost in the stars
You’re a lonely touch of heaven
But you’ve yet to see it shine
I can’t hope for nothing
Please smile again sometime
Hike the rainforest trails and see eagles fly
Kayak the Salish Sea and hear whales sigh
Squeeze the hand of an old man
remembering time gone by
All history
when I see you cry
It’s a lonesome touch of heaven
just to see you smile
It’s all how you look at it
We all have the scars
I’m searching for heaven
But I’m lost in the stars
You’re a lonely touch of heaven
Please smile again sometime
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