NEW SONG ALERT!
Written a few hours ago…
It’s not normally my practice to comment on the images that accompany my blog posts but yes — that really is the town where I was born in the image above… as represented on an orange crate label from the Orange Fuit Co. And, yes, I remember the town when vistas like that were still possible. Of course the sky was often that color, too… the smudge pots were brutal and even then the smog drifted down into Orange County from LA.
But the orange groves wrapped around the low hills and rows of eucalyptus did the sentry thing and… after the rain… the mountains would glisten with snow against a brilliant blue sky and it was… just… beautiful.
This first version of the song is very rough. The vocals and, ha ha, harmony are particularly shaky. Not that my saying so will make them sound better… I just want you to know that I know.
A Land So Far Away
lyrics
A Land So Far Away
I was born so long ago
between some forgotten wars
times were different then I know
it’s the one thing that’s for sure
There were cows across the road
I can still feel the dairy smell
where it’s only houses now
and they stretch all the way to hell
and back then I never thought
I would ever hit the road
but before I knew what was what
there was nowhere else to go
ch and right now I know I want
to find this place called home
I don’t know where it is
and I don’t know where to go
I was born between some wars
between the mountains and the shore
in a land so far away
you just cant
get there anymore
I saw the world there’s a lot to see
and sure I was impressed
lots of hope lots of fear
and lots of girls undressed
lots of bar rooms lots of dreams
lots of lifelong friends
lots of pals you’ll always love
and never see again
ch right now I know I want to find…
I was born so long ago
between some forgotten wars
times were different then
it’s the one thing that’s for sure
and back then I never thought
I would ever hit the road
but before I knew what was what
there was nowhere else to go
ch and right now I know I want
to find this place called home
I don’t know where it is
and I don’t know where I have to go
I was born between some wars
between the mountains and the shore
in a land so far away
you just cant
get there anymore
2007-04-29
(C)2007, TK Major
