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Landlocked

from Now to Recall by Timothy Zieger

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Landlocked

She walked down through Leesburg
on an east wind in spring.
I had mud on my shoes,
I had mud on my knees,
As I stood in the low field
and watched her aghast.
I thought, what kind of lady
in April would pass all alone?

All nature needs tending
and there’s no time to roam
With a garden for mending
and children at home.
Yet I soon found she’d come
from the great northern lake.
She was a rare kind lady
who had sailed many days on her own.

Now, I’d heard of the Erie, and I’d heard of the sea,
But I’d never seen more than Lee’s lonely creek.
I’d been landlocked since birth—all my days:
A young buckeye tree rooted in place.

Love grows like a violet,
creeping and frail.
Its blooms appear early,
when summer is pale—
Like a leaf under leaves
that’s starved for the light—
Like I was when I heard
the tale of her life on the sea.

I followed her north
before the grain reached my knees.
My land and my home
were just an anchor to me
While she drew me on
like the wind to my sail.
Forward the world shone
just like the grail on the waves.

Now, I’d heard of the Erie, and I’d heard of the sea,
But, I’d never seen more than Lee’s lonely creek.
I’d been landlocked since birth—all my days:
A young buckeye tree rooted in place.

--INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE—

I still hear her voice in the foam and the spray.
I still see her face like I saw it that day—
Just under the water, while the storm in my head
Rages on with no mercy
Drowning out all the words she had said.

And I can’t explain why the waves left me here,
But I’ve given my all to their service and fear.
If one day they take me like the woman I loved,
I’ll sail with her there on the wide-open ocean above.

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from Now to Recall, released May 21, 2020

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Timothy Zieger Factoryville, Pennsylvania

When it comes to music, I try to write better songs than I used to and make better sounds than I used to.

I have kids, house projects, chickens, a '98 Toyota Tacoma, and a that'll-do home studio.

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