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brother martin and the intangibles

psychedelic semi-acoustic folk rock with a conscience, a beat, and a smile

There's nothing I'd rather do than play music. I write my own songs, but also enjoy playing the work of Kate Wolf, Richard Thompson, the Grateful Dead, and many other musicians too numerous to mention. The songs I write tap into the same veins of insight, inspiration, and ecstasy that my favorite musicians channel so well.

Song Info

Genre

Beats • Beats General

Charts

Peak #1,174

Peak in subgenre #71

Author

Martin Holsinger, BMI

Rights

martin holsinger

Uploaded

December 13, 2008

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.9 MB • 128 kbps • 4:14 minutes

Story behind the song

a lifetime ago in california, something wonderful almost happened...

Lyrics

i met you in the summer of love
the mountains and the deep blue sea
your eyes said yes
and my heart said yes
you were the woman for me

we went
swimmin in the midnight
hikin in the hills
watched' that old red sunset
went dancin' through those magic doors
twas a time i'll never forget

then i journeyed east
while you stayed west
and one road led to another
last i heard was a letter from you
said you were gonna be a mother

you had a cabin up in the hills
a sweet, wild wonderful guy
i read your letter
felt a little chill
and i gave you up with a sigh

now it's a whole other century
but your laugh still haunts my mind
i wonder where you are in this big old world
if i found you, who would i find?

are you still  holdin out in the mendocino woods?
or did you fall back to the city?
have you grown hard with the trials of age?
or are you still soft and pretty?

do you ever go dancin' through the magic doors
still sit and watch the sunrise
or are you in a big ol' hurry
or are you even alive?

and would i know you if i saw you
or would i just walk on by?
and do you remember me
remember me at all
my my my how time flies

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