When I See Your Face
An upbeat love song with a happy ending.
Recorded in New Zealand, Mixed in Australia and Mastered in the USA by multi Grammy Award engineers Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone.
The story line is about reconnecting with someone you love. Time has passed and the world has changed during the Covid-19 pandemic, but there is still a longing to reconnect. The inspiration came from thousands of lovers separated from border lockdowns. As the borders are open up around the world millions of people will start reconnecting with loved ones and this is one of those stories.
The Music video release takes it artistry and direction from New Zealand’s own music guru the late Dylan Tait.
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Song Lyrics
When I See Your Face by Merv Pinny ©
When I see your face
it makes me want to smile
Cause I ain’t seen your face
for many years now
You said when you went away
That you won’t be coming back again
When I see your face
it makes me want to smile again
I heard that you fell in love
And he knocked you off your feet
Your mum was so proud
But she didn’t like me anyway
Then he ran away
He broke your heart and left you crying
When I see your face
It makes me want to smile again
I heard about your little girl
She is only five years old
It must have been real hard
All them days in lockdown babe
I watched you playing
and I seen the love in your eyes
When I see your face
It makes me want to smile again
Maybe just you and I
can catch up on old times
because I ain’t seen your face
for many years now
Oh and it makes me want to smile
Oh and it makes me want to smile again
I know that you are feeling sad
And it may take a little while
But when I see your face
it makes me want to smile again
Merv 2021 solo tour
An 8-week tour of New Zealand
Starting in Whangarei on the 11th of June
Covering Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch, and Queenstown
Merv Pinny is an alternative rock artist with a unique style of music. He grew up in New Zealand and was influenced by a mix of different genres. After his song OB, can you hear the children cry went viral on Facebook in 2016. Merv’s Facebook page has now reached more than 80 million people and his music has been streamed over 30 million times on different platforms. His music has made the music charts in Brazil, Canada, USA, Europe, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Ukraine and in late 2020 he had his first global hit when he made the Amazon world music charts with his song Amazing.
Music Reviewers and bloggers from around the world have compared him to some of the greats in rock and roll history, for creating songs with deep meaning and emotional appeal to the listeners. While fans have been wooed by his powerful vocal tone and emotional performance. Winning praise and Awards for songs that touched on today’s humanitarian and social problems.
His Global growth in popularity in the last five years has been impressive and now it’s time for New Zealand to experience one of their own success stories. Merv is setting out on a solo tour of New Zealand to pave the way for his international band to tour here next summer. He says the tour is like a reconnaissance tour to target smaller venues throughout the country where he can rock the locals with his acoustic set and have fun playing live once again.
