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I Was Trying To Describe You

from Not About Nightingales by Eric George

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To describe you I looked at the mountains
Doubting that those shades of blue could define you
To describe you I dug through the tomb
But all the riches in that room live inside you

I could say you look like sweet Liza Jane
And I could say you look like Barbara Allen
But your face is timelessness traced
On to times of no telling

Cedar groves and just a little bit of honey
Sweet corn rattling in the sun
Steeping leaves and butter for the bread she made
The lake speaks of endless waves

And the feeling in brings
When there's a bird that hears another singing
Listens on to the song that glistens
Oh, makes the distant hills ring
Make the hills ring

When the spring brings the rain
That slips through my fingers
But I hold out my hands anyway
Up above me the morning dove's done grieving
Just to listen to the blue jay

That is how you look to me
That is how you look to me

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from Not About Nightingales, released August 23, 2017

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Eric George Burlington, Vermont

Eric George is a Vermont-based songwriter, sound engineer, and performer of original music and poetry. One of the most prolific folk musicians of the Northeast music scene, he is intent upon maintaining the integrity of American folk music while taking a contemporary approach to songwriting. ... more

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