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Summer of the Fae

from Goddess Kiss'd by Mama Gina

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Written on the way to Grandmother Elspeth’s 81st Birthday Greensong Festival near Dahlonega, GA

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The Summer of the Fae

22 miles on a mountain road - Up and down and around we go
My brakes got hot and I had to slow - In the middle of the day
The world grew misty and the air grew green - Doubted my direction ‘neath this canopy
Of oak and ash and maple trees - Well, I thought I’d lost my way

Hey oh, winding my way, hey oh, in the middle of the day

Right about noon, I broke down - On a tricksy road so far from town
A rusty shack on uneven ground - And I called Triple A
No one home but a dog that barked - And a circle of stones in their front yard
I drifted to sleep and I dropped my guard - And my dreams began to stray

Hey oh, winding my way, hey oh, into the middle of the Fae

A star awoke before my eyes - And another and another until the sky
Was wings and teeth and poisoned flies - Conspiring I should stay
Old wood carved by rain and snow - Quartz and crystal and dead things’ bones
And I slept there betwixt the stones - And the faeries had their way

Bridge (reverse pattern)
They plucked my eyes right from my head and boiled them in the sun
They stuffed my ears with dandelions and ripped away my tongue
They said that I was none of this and deaf and blind and dumb
I was closer to the brilliant soul that I was to become

Hey oh, losing my way, hey oh, it was the summer of the Fae

I died right there in the summer sun - And the soul I’d thought hard-earned and won
The Faeries, well, they had their fun – till I faded into light
There was nothing left to call my own - Then they gave it all back, and how it shone
They said, “Remember this,” and my eyes flew open – and the tow truck was in sight

22 miles on a mountain road – Up and down and around we go
And I won’t look back, ‘cause I’m going home – But I’ll remember this day

Hey oh, winding my way, hey oh, in the summer of the Fae
Hey oh, finding my way, hey oh, in the summer of the Fae
22 miles on a mountain road, in the summer of the Fae

© LaMonte 6/2011
On the way to Grandmother Elspeth’s 81st Birthday Greensong Festival

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from Goddess Kiss'd, released May 28, 2013

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Award winning singer/songwriter & wanderlust ... fearless story-telling ... bluesy vocals ... humor ... straight-ahead, rhythmic, 12 string acoustic guitar ... djembe ... frame drums ... all weft and warp of the soul of this bard

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