Brown Canyon Ranch YouTake Me Back (FINAL final)
This song started out as a songwriting exercise. I got a lot of suggestions and made some changes. Then I got more suggestions. I've added an intro and changed how I do the key change. I think this is now really the final version.
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Story behind the song
About a place where I like to hike in the Coronado National Forest. I can't help thinking about the history of the place when I'm there.
Lyrics
intro:
There's a place where we hike and go back to the past
From the twenty-first century to the one before last.
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 sometimes see 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.
