As my mother lay dying she called me to her side
My time draws near my dear so listen close my child
Someday you will find yourself on some beaten path
Some well-traveled highway with deep and narrow tracks
You'll wake up and realize you don't like where it goes
Land of broken promises and streets of fool's gold
All of your companions will fear the unknown
You will have to travel light for you will go alone
Though I cannot see I know the path's in front of me
Though I cannot see I know just where I'm bound
Woods will be so deep and thick you won't know what's ahead
So dark that you can't see beyond your next step
You'll look up at the heavens your map in the stars
Yes my dear you'll be guided by the compass in your heart
When you reach your new home on some sunny day
Slowly others will follow on the trail that you made
On their dark journeys they won't be so afraid
For you traveled not by sight but by your certain faith
credits
from Gut It to the Studs,
released February 2, 2018
Alex Lacquement - upright bass
Patrick McAvinue - fiddle
Dan Ryan - electric guitar
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