Green pastures, still waters, burning canyons
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"I always say there's one song on every record that's a gift."
Emmylou Harris
I was lucky to see Emmylou Harris last night.... I'm still just blown away
today... I'm so lucky to have a new love to take me away to these things, to give me a new
life...
So many of Emmylou's songs kill me dead.. they remind me so much of last year
when I got no sleep on the couch... taking care of my Barbara listening to the Zune....
listening to angels like Emmylou to fill my soul with turbulent peace.
Back then, there seemed no way out... no hope. I was buried in canyons of
hell with no choice but to watch my poor Barbara get sicker and wasting away
everyday.... it seemed like Emmylou's voice could carry me away to green pastures and
escape just a little from it all. Having a crush on her since I was a kid doesn't
hurt.....
And so last night a year later from that awful time, I got to see her, like an
angel with that silver hair glowing and reflecting iridescently in the hot colors of the
stage lights. Reminding me of how in times past she set me free of my bondage, if only
through music, and how those old Roots songs set the tone for the adventure of the
Dragonfly story... the background.. the soundtrack of those last days as I told Barbara
how that Dragonfly revealed to me how there is a place that's safe for her to crossover, a
place filled with still waters, a place with green pastures where she can rest, safe
without fear. And I know that too when I take that ride as well.
Finally Emmylou sang "From Boulder to Birmingham" and sent me to heaven
and back, from the burning canyons, to the man in the moon, back to my new lovely lady,
and into her arms... where I am safe now.
Jeffrey
These songs are her gift to me:
Sailing round the room:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WzuHUx3LJI&feature=related
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Currently listening : All I Intended to Be By Emmylou Harris Release date: 2008-06-10  |
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