SONG!
This One’s The Dreamer (Norm Hacking-Michael Smith)
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Jamie O’Reilly, vocals
Nia O’Reilly Amandes, vocals, harmonica
Meg O’Reilly Amandes, vocals, guitar
Michael Smith, guitar
Recorded live at RootsFest IV, August IV
by Ron Lewis, WNUR, the Folk Show, on his I-Phone!
Norm Hacking
This one’s the dreamer
This one’s the dreamer,
This one’s looking for the heart of the matter
This one’s a lonesome traveler,
Long time gone
Who listens to the different drummin’,
And sometimes to a wind that’s hummin’
In the pines… tho’ the trees are still
Can you hear it?
This one’s the dreamer
Drawin’ a map like the lines on his face
With a pen that’s dipped in whiskey, blood
And sweat from his brow.
Who kneels at the supper table,
Whisperin’ grace while he is able
Sleepin’ as the thunder howls…
Can you hear it? Can you hear it?
The wider your rivers, I will cross them.
The longer your highways, I will ride.
The farther off your mountains,
I will be there to climb them,
the clearer the view,
The more I see, the more I love you.
This one’s a coal dust voice,
A lumberjack’s laugh that topples the forest
Saw an’ fiddle and a banjo chorus,
Long time gone
Who joins in the native dancin’
To celebrate the harvest and the sweet romancin’
Song of the land sings
Can you hear it?
This one’s the dreamer
This one’s young and free and raw and reckless
Like a wild stallion, runnin” across the plain
That hears the midnight whistle,
Clackety-clack of the wheels on the trestle
Rollin’ neath the prairie moon.
Can you hear it? Can you hear it.
What a beautiful song! Please let us know when a recording is available.