I recently purchased a new Dell computer. In the Windows Media Player, there is a list of songs they use to demo the computer's sound system. One of the songs supplied is "Love Me Like A Song," a duet from Kimmie Rhodes and Willie Nelson.
I had never heard of Kimmie Rhodes prior to clicking on this song. So I was quite surprised to hear a beautiful melodic voice the likes of Jewel. I do not own anything from Willie Nelson but I have to admit that I greatly enjoy listening to his voice on this track. Their voices compliment each other nicely and their harmony is gentle. Their voices caress each other like lovers discovering one another for the first time.
Both Rhodes and Nelson play the guitar on this song. The guitar work, likewise, is hypnotically melodic and clear. Together with the beautiful lyrics, Love Me Like A Song is a new found treasure.
Here are the lyrics written by Rhodes:
put your arms around me
listen to my heartbeat now
if you want to love me
baby, i can show you how
love me like a song
sweet as a melody
learn all the words to me
and sing along
find the harmony
the rhythm and the rhyme to me
on and on
all night long
love me like song
i want to be the melody
you can't get out of your head
think of me as words of love
a poet might have said
Kimmie Rhodes CD of the same title features 13 new songs, including duets with Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Beth Nielsen Chapman, and Benmont Tench
