...wrote this 10 days ago after listening to some of Steve's songs...initially intended it as a kind of homage to the great songwriter, but the song took its own course. I contacted Steve (https://soundcloud.com/spanishlies) the next day to find he'd just returned from the hospital. So glad you're well, Steve, and hope you like this little musical offering. Your music inspires me...thank you!
Another Walks Beside (Brian Peters)
The blind shall lead the blind
I only know what’s left behind
I deucedly follow the arrow of time
I can do no other
And I grow my grain
In the wind and rain
And I harvest the pain
For my fodder
Whate’er befall, whate’er betide
Another walks beside
[short interlude 1]
A crying falcon glides
I leave undone to where she hides
The craggy shore behoves a guide
For foe or brother
And I blow my horn
To the onward storm
Fold my fingers fastly on
To the rudder
How long the road, how rough the ride
Another walks beside
[ragged harmonica solo]
Forsake the marriage feast
The unchaste bride, the knowing beast
The drunken bellicose great high priest
Takes a lover
[short interlude 2]
May love abound, may faith abide
And another walk beside
