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Rocks and stones

from Powder of the stars by John Meed

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lyrics

This song is for Charly
We meet up in this shingle beach each evening
And we talk and talk for hours
In this land of wonder
Where the sweet spring water trickles down into the sea
And pigeons drink from showers
Charly brings me rocks and stones he’s stolen from the ocean
They glitter in the evening light like pearls
And aren’t we just like rocks and stones, fashioned out of minerals
Rearranged by each wave that unfurls

Charly is an artist
Though his eyes are tired from trying to catch the setting sun
And his fingers hold no pastels
He still paints his pictures out of words
And the clouds race south across the sky and the sun sets
By the tour de la Massane
Charly says these rocks and stones are powder of the stars
Gold and silver in the hands of artists
And aren’t we just like rocks and stones, we fell to earth so long ago
To twinkle on this shore like stardust

And Charly tells the story
Of the local man who laid the dry stone terraces
Around these mountain vineyards
Who was woken by the crying of a misfit stone
So out of place that it could not hold the hillside
Charly says these rocks and stones have stories they would tell us
If we would only take the time to listen
But aren’t we just like rocks and stones, packed so tight yet so alone
We wait for someone to see us glisten

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from Powder of the stars, released January 12, 2006
John Meed: Guitar and vocals
Lester Lloyd-Reason: Lead guitar

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John Meed Cambridge

John Meed is a singer-songwriter who lives in Cambridge, UK, and writes and performs in the folk and acoustic traditions. His songwriting has been compared to that of Al Stewart, Leonard Cohen, Christy Moore, Jacques Brel and Richard Thompson. He has released eight albums and his music has been played on national and local radio. See johnmeed.net. ... more

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