Reflections: Memo

this picture does not relate to the song. just something to look at.

People, I present to you first submission of our 2.0 theme, "Reflections"...

a song

created 

and performed 

by my sistafriend, the gorgeously talented *helen*

Cheers!

memo

if it had been a year like this the well would've dried up
 the fields would've burned up
 like a love getting old

 if it had been a year like that the creek would've raised up
 we could've made up
 like a prophesy told

 taking back the lines that we were sure of
 and the dreams we knew of
 and the weight of the world
 winning in the life we made to hold us
 like a rush of gold dust in a dust bowl

if it had been a day like this the debt would've rained down
like a flood in the low ground
and you're froze to the spot

if it had been a day like that our feet would've floated
and our guns would be loaded
and a round never shot

taking back the days that made us older
when the fires burned colder
 and the bridges were burned
 at the river where we stopped to drink the water
 the fire burned hotter
 in the dust bowl

 if you had been a man like this the road could've sprawled out
 in a ribbon of self doubt
 that takes more and more

 if i had been a girl like that the clouds would've swollen
 dances stolen
 hearts on the floor

 taking back the lines that never broke us
 in a world of mistrust
 and promises broke
 in the canyon where the wind will rip right through you
 keep your eyes in front of you
 and your hands like stone