![]() The Animal Years (2006) [ larger cover art ] |
I still remember that time when we were dancing
We were dancing to a song that I'd heard
Your face was simple and your hands were naked
I was singing without knowing the words
But I started listening to the wolves in the timber
Wolves in the timber at night
I heard their songs when I looked in the mirror
In the howls and the moons round my eyes
So long, so high
So long, so high
So long, so high
So long
Then winter came and there was little left between us
Skin and bones of love won't make a meal
I felt my eyes drifting over your shoulder
There were wolves at the edge of the field
But I still remember that time when we were dancing
We were dancing to a song that I'd heard
Your face was simple and your hands were naked
I was singing without knowing the words
So long, so high
So long, so high
So long, so high
So long, so high
Then one day I just woke up, and the wolves were all there
Wolves in the piano, wolves underneath the stairs
Wolves inside the hinges, circling round my door
At night inside the bedsprings, clicking 'cross the floor
I still don't I don't know how they found me, I'll never know quite how
I still can't believe they heard me, I was howling out that loud
So long, so high
So long, so high
So long, so high
So long
At times in the frozen nights I go roaming
In the bed she used to share with me
I wake in the fields with the cold and the lonesome
The moon's the only face that I see
I still remember that time when we were dancing
We were dancing to a song that I'd heard
Your face was simple and your hands were naked
I was singing without knowing the words
So long, so high
So long, so high
So long, so high
So long, Oh
| MrKite (An Isiltir) | Posted: Jun 08, 2006 - 08:20 Saw him in Amsterdam last week - he was amazing - what a gig! This song was one of my highlights. |
| artmaven (A cultural wasteland by the sea . . .) | Posted: May 26, 2006 - 11:32 ploafmaster wrote: Soooooo dull. Ho hum. Ho hum indeed.
No, no, no -- you guys aren't getting it. Here, maybe this will help. Darrooon wrote: Josh popped up on NPR last week. Nice interview. Nice guy.
(click here) artmaven wrote: This guy and his music are really something special. Thanks for that link. Here's one for you in return.
World Cafe from WXPN. Josh Ritter, Atypically Talented May 23, 2006 ยท Josh Ritter's new release, The Animal Years, is the kind of folk album that should connect with a much larger audience, while also giving his faithful following something to celebrate. And this is the set list: "Girl in the War" "Wolves" "Thin Blue Flame" (an extra super special treat) |
| ploafmaster (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Feb 28, 2006 - 11:18 Soooooo dull. Ho hum. Ho hum indeed. |
| squidish (Under the sea) | Posted: Feb 28, 2006 - 11:18 Sooooo dull soooo dull sooooo dull |
| pigglywiggly (mid-America) | Posted: Feb 15, 2006 - 12:11 Josh Ritter is going to be touring with HEM in the next couple months, really looking forward to it, although this song is just OK. |
