MY OASIS (my love song for Huntington village)

Frederick Chipkins Musical Diary

My Oasis" is a love song dedicated to Huntington Village in Long Island, NY — the place that has always been my sanctuary. As a child, I spent weekends there at my parents’ ceramic store, surrounded by creativity and community. Years later, I introduced my wife to the village, and one of my most cherished memories is serenading her in Heckscher Park when we were dating. Today, Huntington remains my refuge — a place I return to whenever I need peace, inspiration, or a touch of zen. This song is both a tribute to the memories that shaped me and a celebration of the timeless beauty of my favorite place on earth.

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00:01In my thoughts the streets are still the same

00:07But people tell me that things will always change

00:13And they tell me that my memories will pass

00:19But in my heart I know they'll always last

00:25Short cuts taken down alley streets

00:28And at your park where we used to meet

00:31The lake's still there and it still calls out me

00:36Where sad is song, sweet sir and Nathan

00:39Times stretched out and plant would they leave

00:43Come so far you'd come out here again

00:47For the sweet streets of Huntington Village

00:53Times moved on but the feeling's still the same

00:59And the wind has carried its own

01:04But in my heart he'll always remain

01:09As it turned the corner on top of the street

01:12My carrying stone not there to breathe

01:15But I close my eyes and it's still standing there

01:19There's surrounded shoppers and oases

01:23With stoneware pots and crackling blazes

01:26The store is gone but the heart comes home again

01:29All those sweet streets of Huntington Village

01:35Times moved on but the feeling's still the same

01:41And the winds have carried its own

01:42And the winds have carried its own

01:47But in my heart he'll always remain

01:51And the winds have carried its own

01:55In it.

01:56The plower shop's vanished into air

01:59And the music's still no longer there

02:01And the bookshop has moved so far downstream

02:04Time's moved on but things have changed

02:08Things have changed, but my love for you is still the same.

02:12For things have gone, but the heart comes home again.

02:17All the sweet streaks of Huntington Village.

02:22Times moved on, but the feeling's still the same.

02:28And the winds have carried us home.

02:33But my heart below you is still the same.

02:38All these water-colored memories.

02:42Casting dreams of all I've known.

02:47And the winds have carried us home.

02:52To this place that I call the Lord.

03:03To this place.

03:13And the wind is vague.

03:19And it's the same.

03:22Yeah.

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