Name: Cabin Called Lonely
Channel: Brian Thomas
Description: This song is a fairytale story of a young lady who lives alone in the woods, waiting for her king to come and take her away. It's a folk ballad with strong celtic and classical influences.

Cabin Called Lonely

Brian Thomas (Can)

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This song is a fairytale story of a young lady who lives alone in the woods, waiting for her king to come and take her away. It's a folk ballad with strong celtic and classical influences.

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Brian Thomas (Can)

Celtic-folk songs with guitar, hammered dulcimer, piano, recorder, badhran, djembe, and other classical instruments.

Brian's blend of folk and Celtic music has endeared him to fans around the world. His debut CD, Storybook, received these acalades from fans: "The songs are so amazingly beautiful," "A lyrical masterpiece," "Incredibly inspiring, so unique, it’s amazing," "Enchanting ... incredible artistry and sheer beauty." Storybook, Dancing in the Desert, and his brand new CD Prairie Rain, chronicle Brian's journey of healing.

Song Info

Genre

Acoustic • Acoustic Folk

Charts

Peak #486

Peak in subgenre #73

Author

Brian Thomas

Rights

2003, BTMS Publishing

Uploaded

November 24, 2003

Track Files

MP3

MP3 6.9 MB • 128 kbps • 7:29

Story behind the song

I wrote this song in the spring of 2001, when I was going through a very difficult time in my life. The song was birthed in pain, but is full of hope. The idea for the story, the melody, and most of the lyrics came while I was on an afternoon walk. I carried a small notepad with me and jotted down the lyrics as I went, and had two of the verses already by the time I got home. I finished the rest by the end of the afternoon, although some adjustments were made in the following months. 

This was the first song I ever recorded. The version here is the second recording I did of it. My hope is that everyone who hears this song can be encouraged by it, and gain hope in true love.

Lyrics

Deep in the woods, in a cabin called Lonely 
A young lady lives, far away from the city life 
Walks through the days, making friends with the trees, 
Singing songs with the birds til the coming of night 
Then alone to her cell of four walls and a window 
A table and chair, and a dim reading light 
In a small dresser drawer was a gown that she'd never worn 
Hidden til one day she'd be someone's bride 

"Someday I'll wear it," she says with a little smile 
"Someday I'll wear it and look like a queen 
And someday a king will come ride up beside me 
A king who will take me away from this cabin called Lonely"

One day she thought she would take her dress out 
Just to see if it still matched the colour of her eyes 
She went to the dresser, pulled out the drawer, 
And let out a gasp as she saw inside 
For a musty scent passed through the walls of the dresser 
And dust had invaded the soft silken folds 
She took it away to the edge of the river 
To wash out the stains and then to bring it back home 

"The dress must be perfect," she said with a sad smile 
"Or no one will think that I look like a queen 
And I want a king who will ride up beside me 
A king who will take me away from this cabin called Lonely."

She took off her shoes on the rocks of the bank 
And then waded knee-deep in the swift-flowing stream 
And as she was washing the dust from her dress 
A man rode behind her on a golden-brown steed 
"Who are you?" "I'm the one who lives deep in the woods" 
"All alone?"  "I am friends with the trees."
"What are you washing?" "The dress for my wedding day." 
"Who'll be the groom?" "I won't know til he asks me."
"May I help with your task?" "I am fine, but I thank you."
"Then when you are done may I give you a ride?"
He took her up onto his horse and they rode away 
Back to the cabin, and as he waved good-bye she sang 

"Maybe one day I'll wear this dress for him 
And maybe he'll tell me I look like a queen 
And is he the king who will ride up beside me 
The king who will take me away from this cabin called Lonely."

Many days passed, he visited always 
And one day he asked her if she'd be his bride 
They went to the little church, made all their promises 
And she wore her dress for the very first time 
Then back at the cabin, as evening was falling 
He untied her dress, it fell to the floor 
She reached for the darkness to cover her shame 
And knew that she couldn't wear that dress anymore 

"Come let me dance with you," he said to his new bride 
"Don't you know that you look like a queen?"
"And I am the king who has come alongside you 
Together we'll change the name of this cabin called Lonely."

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