Brown Canyon Ranch, You Take Me Back almost fina
I wrote this as an exercise for a songwriting forum and it turned out pretty well. I got some good suggestions on the forum. In this almost final version, I've changed a few words and I've dropped the key(s) down 1 1/2 steps.
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Story behind the song
It's about a preserve in the Coronado National Forest.
Lyrics
verse:
I stand on the porch where many have stood.
and admire the pond from the house of rough wood.
Plastic pipes where once there were iron
The water still springs from high up the mountain.
Where the wilderness is marked with a sign.
Back then the wilderness had no line.
The signs warn us now: stay away from the mine.
The house below disappeared over time.
A rusted old oven, some steps, broken glass
And the garbage from those who have passed.
If we listen and watch we could still see a deer
Or the footprints of a bear.
We climb higher and higher, leave the city behind.
Though not far away, we're in another time.
We rest a while by the gentle stream,
Each of us lost in our dreams.
We descend to the car and drive away
To return to the present day.
chorus:
Brown Canyon Ranch, you take me back
To homestead days and long before that.
Though the work was hard and some didn't survive.
I long for that simpler life.
