nealonsongs

This morning Beth and I participated in a service of lament. Lament for injustices. Lament for tragedies. Lament for our personal griefs. We played a set of tunes (two jigs and a reel) I composed for a quiet prelude, and late in the service we sang a song I wrote yesterday for the occasion. The words were framed by a description of the Lady Justice statue atop our local courthouse, and some ancient words of lament and then a faint ray of hope.

Here are the words.

Bronze Woman

I saw her again at the courthouse
…

Wrote a song that takes place over the decades. None of the milestones, only the little moments. We never knew why we were where we were. But there we were. 

http://nealonsongs.com/samples/s/moonlight_dancing

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Yardwork

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