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Old Smokey's Lullaby

from Darkling by Sue Harding

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I am fascinated by the liminal and ambiguous. This is another visit to my imagined Americana dreamscape.

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Old Smokey's Lullaby

If it's a blossom you're looking for,
Oh my darling be so careful what you do.
Perhaps you can't rightly tell any more
How I am not like you.

She says, the bone white winds they call
And you can't come with me.
I'm leaving for the high dry places
And desert territory.

Your stubborn old heart it still follows her;
She has so many homes.
Then you find the same old marrow
running through the same old bones.

Just when you think you have it
And all that glory can't be far,
You'll find my soul as subtle as
The remotest ice bound star.

Come sundown you might catch a rustling,
As dusk makes sweet love to the dark.
Does it mind you of my silks and satins a whispering
To your weary hungry heart?

Or you might find yourself surrounded
When your blood's too tired to leap,
In a drift of sandalwood and woodsmoke,
As you fall so sweetly into sleep.

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If you want me, you'll find me in the night she says.
I'm everywhere you've ever been.
I'm every heartache you could not keep
That calls you like smoke in the wind,

That calls you like smoke in the wind.
Don't it call to you like smoke in the wind?

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from Darkling, released October 28, 2021
Vocal and Guitar: Sue Harding
Slide Guitar: Josh Clark
Music and Lyrics: Sue Harding

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Sue harding Frome, UK

Sue harding is a singer songwriter and guitar player from Somerset in the UK. Her background is in Acoustic, Indie and Folk. Her first album, Flight was released in 2016 to critical acclaim and she is about to release a second album of original songs, Darkling. Visit her website www.suehardingsongs for more information. ... more

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