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Thought You Had A Home

from Not About Nightingales by Eric George

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I remembered a song that I used to sing
Reminded by eyes as blue as the sky
'Twas about the moon making ravens wing
Beating on the wind make the valleys ring

It's something I just can't explain
Like a flash of sun in a drop of rain
As the day begins to break its back
It's turned to the home

You thought you had a home
On the mountain so high
Where cloudless is the mind
As you laugh and you cry
But down there in the valley
On the cradle there's a crow
Waiting for your son to grow

Treading heavy through the
Leaden hours of dawn
Through the afternoon
The moon's the ghost of the sun

Behind the cold horizon
There's a home where you'll rise
And the songs are as sweet
As a heart is bright

But something down inside the soul
Like lightning makes the thunder
Oh my God is this what we have made
Is this the place

You thought you had a home
On the mountain so high
Where cloudless is the mind
As you laugh and you cry
But down there in the valley
On the cradle there's a crow
Waiting for your daughter to grow

Feels like flying my friend
From dreams of ghosts in my head

It's something I could never know
Til I pulled on the string of the bow
It's a friend that's gone the Lord's child
A song that makes the Devil smile
You know you thought you had a home

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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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