From the recording Songs From A Dry River
Based on a poem by Tucson poet and songwriter, Terry Pollock. Recording began in May 2023 and completed in November 2023. Mastered by Anna Frick at Ally Mastering. All instruments played by Diamond Jim, except Hugo Lee (Australia) on tenor sax, and drums programmed in EZ Drummer 3
Lyrics
Someday you may call
in a voice soft enough
to be heard in the small-space
my heart found to hide.
i might answer silent
if words are too tough
or with favors I’ve saved
from the luminous side.
oh love, do treat her kindly
oh love, do treat her sweet
oh love, you break hearts so blindly!
see how she laid all her love at my feet.
come and see how she
laid all her love at my feet.
if the quiet is wide
I can open my cloak
and share every secret
I've gathered for you
there's a pocket of mercy
and sandalwood smoke
a shipwreck-of-silver
and a teacup tattoo
oh love, do treat her kindly
oh love, do treat her sweet
oh love, you break hearts so blindly!
see how she laid all her love at my feet.
come and see how she
laid all her love at my feet.
your blessings, your love
I can't claim to deserve
too precious to gamble
too wild to preserve.
so be graceful and swift
if you need more and more
for the world is wide open
and so is the door.
oh love, do treat her kindly
oh love, do treat her sweet
oh love, you break hearts so blindly!
see how she laid all her love at my feet.
come and see how she
laid all her love at my feet.