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Other Side of That Hill
(kathy hussey)

Everywhere I go it stares me down
Unconquered high ground
Everytime I'm freshly spellbound
Straight to the top for the best view
What have we got here?
It's not the last, it's just the next frontier

What's on the other side of that hill
I don't know
What's on the other side of that hill
I don't know
That's why I've got to go

Goodbye darlin one more time
You know I hate to see you cry
So just smile and kiss me goodbye
No, it's nothing you did wrong
Its just time to move along
Some faces I don't know and some new song

What's on the other side of that hill
I don't know
What's on the other side of that hill
I don't know
That's why I've got to go

I think it's all a grand design
It's more a circle than a line
And I'll be coming back this way sometime
Cause I know that's the way it goes
Every high has its low
And a goodbye can't help promising hello

What's on the other side of that hill
I don't know
What's on the other side of that hill
I don't know
That's why I've got to go

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The Story:

September 1 2002

This is a song about wanderlust, plain and simple. My family moved so often
when I was a kid, that I guess I feel somehow out-of-balance unless there's
some sort of a trip in my near future. I love HOME - I also developed maybe
even an excessive appreciation for having one place to return to...but you'll notice
I said "return to" and not "live in"...there you go, it's in every fiber of my being.

This song is also about my love for the mountains - any mountains - and for
exploring in them. I do have a tendency, when walking anywhere, to keep pressing
on just a little further, to see around the bend, or get to the top - and most of the time,
once I'm on the top, I see another hill and wonder what's on the other side of that one...

Though you can't really hear the influence (I don't think), I wrote this after listening to
Steve Earle's "Ft. Worth Blues"...love that song. It made me want to pick up my guitar
and play - this is what I played.