Memoirs in a Song...
Stories, Stones and Bones is a name given to me in a dream some 10+ years ago. I used the title for my first book of lyrics when I sent it to be copywritten... This blog is a compendium of my book of lyrics, from 1996 to present.
The name holds a sense of ancient wisdom, which I hope begins to seep thru my songs: What are the stories the earth tells, that are written on our ancestral bones? What is the deeper pool of knowledge that we can drink from as we birth ourselves into creative evolutionary beings? Where are our roots? What is the journey we have taken, personally and collectively?...
And so begins the story, woven in song, as fallen through the lyrics of my music...
More lyrics will be coming soon (I've written well over 100 songs!)... In the meantime, I hope you enjoy!
[Please note that you will want to read from bottom to top (in reverse). The "archive by date" list on the lefthand side will help your journey - which begins in March of 1996, when the first song flew out of my lips... You can also search by THEMES: the songs which I like a lot or are in current performance rotation are in the theme of *favorites*]
It might be surmised by the "...gonna kiss ya" line that this is a romantic song. Be assured that though that's a sweet thought, I don't personally have that 'thing' for women. This song honors all the beautiful ways that women connect. For me, this song is simply an honoring of womenfriends - though we've culturally often been kept apart by competition or fear, there can be such sweetness and support when we open to love one another...
Sweet sister, how I missed you
Sweet sister, one of these days I’m gonna kiss ya
Oh sister, mmhmm
So much love inside
All these years I hide
Afraid to look you in the eyes
Oh sister...
(Chorus)
It’s been so long
We gotta be strong
Gotta keep on singin’ our song
Oh sister...
(Chorus)
I’m a woman, I’m a little girl
I’m a crone and a mother
I could be your lover
Sweet as any other
I will be your friend
Holdin’ your hand
...
© June 1997, Boulder, CO
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