Dawnings

don’t need

By Nicholas Hooper

don’t need no big photo of me
hanging on the wall
don’t need no loads of praise
to stop me feeling small
don’t need no loads of money
tripping me up each day
don’t need no loads of worry
’bout what I’ll have to pay

I just need love
inside
just need love

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About Dawnings:
“Every morning at around 5am I get up and go down to my studio. After a short meditation I write down whatever is in my head, giving myself fifteen minutes to do so. Then moving over to the piano (or a more portable instrument like my Ukulele when I'm away), I improvise and record a piece of music inspired by whatever words I just wrote. It is a great way of keeping both my writing and my composing going and I call these small creations Dawnings. They are mostly unedited, like sketches, so that they keep that fresh feeling of an early morning discovery.”

— Nick Hooper