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we are the day
(kathy hussey)

you are sun warm
cloud soft
clover sweet
you are bird song
grass green
And I am yours
And I am helpless
And I am free

I stretch out longer like the shadows,
the light goes golden in your eyes
We're rooted in this ground and we are sky high
We are the day going by

You are rain fresh
sky clear
still water deep
You are dream rare
Earth real
And I am yours
And I am helpless
And I am free

I stretch out longer like the shadows
The light goes golden in your eyes
We're rooted in this ground and we are sky high
We are the day going by

we are morning and twilight
We are darkness and highlight
we are silence and thunder
we are moments of wonder
the sun moving through the sky
We are the day going by

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The Story:

 

This started as a little guitar riff in DADGAD, and it felt to me like a sweet scene - and a lighthearted love story.

It was March 2 of 2003, according to the work tape, and I guess I was feeling like I needed a good dose of laying outside by a stream...I played around with this guitar part ALL DAY and have the work tapes to prove it. This string of words was the first stream-of-conciousness thing I typed after I came up with the hook "we are the day going by"

true real here familiar honest clear whole nice bright kind rare dream leaf dew frost earth

"you are tree-tall, bird swift and sweet as water" was an early lyric that didn't end up in the song

I recorded more of the working out process on this than usual...there's lots of experimentation...