Cold Wind
words & music by w. porter
I don't want to watch the life run out of you
shine on, fading star
oh the cruel things some people do
sometimes I wonder if they're listening at all
and you cannot tell your father or your mother
they will not understand
you're thirty-two years old, still they wonder
why you haven't got a girlfriend
it's just a cold wind, blowing through the trees
it's just a cold wind, Lord help us please
and the lines you've drawn, were never traced or stenciled
but these works of God like you and i
are all written down in pencil
and the anger grows, so unrestricted
bad news gets around, and your friends withdraw
and you find you've been convicted
by the cold wind, blowing through the trees
it's just a cold wind, Lord help us please
i don't want to watch the light shut off in you
shine on fading star
(i) don't believe this is a cruel thing
don't believe it's something God would do
but sometimes i wonder is He's listening very hard
but no matter what, you are a friend to me
i won't abandon you, not over hiv
it's just a cold wind, blowing through the trees
it's just a cold wind, Lord help us please
From Willy Porter, Dog Eared Dream (1994)
Although some cuts are better than others, this is one fine CD, and relatively unknown though it's been out a few years. This particular track is just Porter with his acoustic guitar and a haunting melody....just a great, powerful piece of music. In the background is the sound of the wind....and, the liner notes say that this was recorded in a small studio on the East side of Milwaukee, punctuated by the sounds of a church bell from a nearby church and children from a nearby school playing at recess. I'm not sure if it's the church or something the musicians put in there, but toward the end of this track, you can hear through the sound of the wind what sounds like a church bell.....
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