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Life Magic & Love

from Earth Rising by Chris Conway

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Life, Magic & Love
I met a grey lady, out on the highway
If you were telling this story years ago
You might call her a sorceress, or maybe a witch
Today you'd maybe just call her crazy, I don't know
She just started talking and her eyes were kind
She was witty, strange and pretty
And she spoke into my mind and

She talked about life, like it was a real thing
She talked about magic, like it was a real thing
And she talked about love, like it was a real thing
Because it was a real thing, long ago

She took me up a mountain to see the beautiful valley
The river and the forest far below
She said, "I'll show you this valley the way that it was
Twenty thousand years ago".
I opened my up eyes. I wasn't too surprised
When the scene was still the same
She said, "Nothing here has changed!"

She talked about life, like it was a real thing
She talked about magic, like it was a real thing
And she talked about love, like it was a real thing
Because it was a real thing, long ago

She said, "I'll show you this valley
a thousand years in the future".
I opened my eyes. I cried out loud
Gone was the river, gone was the forest
There was just a desert and a dark black cloud
She took me back to the present
She said, "We cannot change the past.
The future's still in our hands but we've got to act fast"

We talked about life, like it was a real thing
We talked about magic, like it was a real thing
And we talked about love, like it was a real thing
Like it was a real thing, long ago

And we went on talking late into the night
About how to right all that was wrong
And when I woke by first morning's light
She was gone, and the years rolled on

I met a young lady, out on the highway
If she was telling this story years ago
She might call me a sorcerer, or maybe a wizard
Today she might just call me crazy, I don't know
But I just started talking
Everything just seemed to flow
And I took her up that mountain to see the valley far below

I talked about life, like it was a real thing
I talked about magic, like it was a real thing
And I talked about love, like it was a real thing
Because it was a real thing once again, once again

credits

from Earth Rising, released February 2, 2000
Chris Conway - vocals, acoustic & electric 9 string guitars, keyboards
Debbie Robinson - vocals
Roger Wilson - violin
Neil Segrott - bass
Clive Bunker - drums

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Think David Crosby on a journey taking in Ireland, a jazz club, and Outer Space.

"Songs of Love & Peace & Outer Space" is his slogan and that sums it up well.

He has toured with ex-Monkees Peter Tork, played with members of Jethro Tull and Fairport Convention as well as Vikki Clayton, Martin Carthy, Sally Barker, Pete Morton, Cathy Lesurf, & Tommy Emmanuel and Talvin Singh. ... more

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