So It Goes

My Favorite Spring

 

Story:

Off the latest Tim Grimm disc, THANK YOU TOM PAXTON-- a 12 song tribute to one of Tim's major influences.

Coyote's Dream (Live Recording)

 

Story:

I woke up one morning in Chicago and wrote this down. I then recorded it in a small cassette recorder. I was anxious about an up-coming flight. I hadn’t flown in 4 years – I’d given it up. It was September 8th, 2001 and the next morning I flew into New York City. I was scheduled to fly out 9-11.

Lyrics:

Last night I had a dream- it started with a coyote’s scream
Maybe you’ve heard a coyote’s cry- sounds just like a baby’s gonna die
Out of these hills there rolled a mist- a fog so thick you could drown in it
Around the world, all the lights went out- like something in the Bible was going down
Nothin’ would work if you plugged it in- nothin’ would start or drive again
Nothin’ would shoot, nothin’ would fly- all the little screens went dead inside

But the sun still shone and the wind still blew
Nothin’ had changed between me and you

Men in business suits who had never prayed-
cursed the Lord and spoke his name in vain
All day long you could hear their screams- thinkin’ they were livin’ in a devil’s dream
I’ll tell you what God had done- he’d leveled the field for everyone
He’d gotten tired of the few runnin’ the game- left the rich and poor all the same
He’d gotten tired of the killin’- tired of the waste- tired of the smoke blown in his face
Tired of the children eating alone- tired of the nurserys and the old folks homes

But the sun still shone and the wind still blew
Nothin’ had changed between me and you

The grass grew long, the clouds rolled in- life in the meadows got wild again
Water in the streams got clear to drink- with nothin’ plugged in you had time to think
Yeah, time to think, time to sigh- time to kiss your babes goodnight
Time to sit on the old porchswing and look out on the world as a holy thing
Last night I had a dream- it started with a coyote’s scream
He was over the hill, maybe a mile- I opened my eyes and began to smile

But the sun still shone and the wind still blew
Nothin’ had changed between me and you

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