Tumbaga was the name given by Spaniards to a non-specific alloy of gold and copper which they found in widespread use in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and South America.
Tumbaga is an alloy composed mostly of gold and copper. It has a significantly lower melting point than gold or copper alone. It is harder than copper, but maintains malleability after being pounded.
Tumbaga can be treated with a simple acid, like citric acid, to dissolve copper off the surface. What remains is a shiny layer of nearly pure gold on top of a harder, more durable copper-gold alloy sheet. This process is referred to as depletion gilding.
Tumbaga was widely used by the pre-Columbian cultures of Central America to make religious objects. Like most gold alloys, tumbaga was versatile and could be cast, drawn, hammered, gilded, soldered, welded, plated, hardened, annealed, polished, engraved, embossed, and inlaid.
The proportion of gold to copper in artifacts varies widely; items have been found with as much as 97% gold while others instead contain 97% copper. Some tumbaga has also been found to be composed of metals besides gold and copper, up to 18% of the total mass of the tumbaga.
Page Tommy
From The Heart
Can't Get You Out Of My Mind
(Written by Tommy Page and L. Russell Brown)
I fall to pieces when I hear your name
Well my concentration somehow isn't the same
I think about you from the moment I rise
I see visions of you when I close my eyes
No baby I, I can't see
Living my life without you next to me
Chorus
Oh girl, I can't get you outta my mind
Can't get you outta my mind
And I can't get you outta my mind
Sometimes I wish that we could run away
So we could be together every night and day
I'd love to spend my whole life through
On a tropical island all alone with you
Oh we were meant to be
In each other's arms for eternity
You know that I'll love you forever
Wherever you are, no metter how far
(Written by Eric Carmen & Rachmaninoff)
No use pretending things could still be right
There's really nothing more th say
I'll get along without your kiss goodnight
Just close the door and walk away
Chorus
Never gonna fall in love again
I don't want to start with someone new
'Cause I couldn't bear to see it end
Just like me and you
No, I never want to feel the pain
Of remembering how it used to be
Never gonna fall in love again
Just like you and me
At first we thought that love was here to stay
The summer made it seem so right
But like the sun, we watched it fade away
Picture this: You and me
Walking down a white sand beach
We're holding hands the warm winds blow
We're all alone
All these dreams are fantasies
They're not real, not reality
And now I cry over you
Nearly die over you
And all the bits and pieces of us
That I try to find
Are only paintings in my mind
Faded memories of another place and time
We were happy as can be
You were loving me
And now it's just an image that I find
Like the paintings in my mind
When you left I fell apart
I was torn, you broke my heart
And now I cry over you
Nearly die over you
And all the bits and pieces of us
That I try to find
Exist as paintings in my mind
Faded memories of another place and time
We were happy as can be
You were loving me
And now it's just an image that I find
Like the paintings in my mind
Impressions of the way it was
Long ago, somewhere back in time...
Are only paintings in my mind (paintings in my mind)
Faded memories of another place and time
We were happy as can be
You were loving me
And now it's just an image that I find
(Written by Tommy Page, Peter Wolf, & Ina Wolf)
Stay, we'll deal tih the world
Just a little later
Now, as I'm holding you girl
I pray it lasts forever
Together, you and I
Our love will lift us high into the sky
We'll guide these dreams, into time
Chorus
I've got you, written all over my heart girl
You're written all over
I always knew it was right from the start girl
I've got you written all over
Without you, I would be falling apart
'Cause I've got you written all over my heart
I've got you written all over my heart
There's a place, deep within my soul
I'll always hold it for you
And you should know, wherever I may go
Your love will always shine through
Shine through the lonely nights
And comfort me when everything goes wrong
I'm blessed to have a love so strong
Oh there's something in your touch that drives me crazy
And I can't get enough of you
Every time I hold you, every time I touch you
Feel your warm embrace and, feel my heartbeat racing
Baby when I'm with you, I just want to kiss you
Wrap my arms around you, I'm so glad I found you
I'm falling, I'm really falling
You told me you loved me just yesterday
And now you tell me you're leaving, I beg you to stay
Our love started growing when I looked in your eyes
And now I feel like dying 'cause we're saying goodbye
Hold on, hold on
We can make it happen if we try
Don't give up on love this time
Don't give up on us
'Cause true love is so hard to find
Let's remember how it always was
A one in a million gift from above
Don't give up on love
When I look at your picture hanging on my wall
The memories start flashing and tears start to fall
'Cause deep down inside, I've been trying to hide
This smile on my face is just a disguise
Hold on, hold on
We can make it happen if we try
Don't give up on love this time
Don't give up on us
'Cause true love is so hard to find
Let's remember how it always was
A one in a million gift from above
Don't give up on love
Hold on, hold on
We can make it happen if we try
Don't give up on love this time
Don't give up on us
'Cause true love is so hard to find
Let's remember how it always was
So don't give up on love this time
Don't give up on us
'Cause true love is so hard to find
Let's remember how it always was
A one in a million gift from above