Songs:Esmee By The River (100800)
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"This song is a letter back to a friend."
-- Danny Schmidt
Lyrics
ESMEE BY THE RIVER Esmee by the river, a face like a blue jay A kiss for a shiver was a pretty brave trade Knowing too little, but hands know their own way And hoping that the river might just purr a bit more Hoping that the river might just purr some more Now it’s been ‘most a year and I still sometimes wonder Did I step too far or run too soon? Til you chased both our fears off with rose-petal thunder And lit up the river with a heart-sized moon Esmee by the river, a face like a rainbow Butterflies growling, but what does the gut know? Bourboned and prowling for faces or footholds But I could see through your eyes like the storm-pane was gone I could see through your eyes like the storm-pane’s gone And I knew I was moved that you stood so open And I saw I was drawn to peek inside Was the glass so pure or the window broken? But the river reached up and it carried me on Esmee by the river, a face like a memory Patient and pissed like a black man’s song I carved you a poem from rosewood and ebony And threw it to the river to carry along I hope when she brings it all slinky and sly That you’ll slide on in it and taste of its verse You ask will I write you, and of course the reply Is that rivers of honey they sing “Honey, of course” Rivers of honey they sing “Honey, of course” Copyright 2004. Words and music by Danny Schmidt
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 | Whole Wheat House Concert 152 items |
 | Acoustic 9,383 items |
 | Solo vocalist 9,800 items |
 | Acoustic Guitar 8,019 items |
 | Live 1,891 items |
 | Guy With Guitar 1,079 items |
 | Folk 5,008 items |
 | Poetic 79 items |
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on the album Whole Wheat Radio House Concert - Sept. 19, 2005
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