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Written In Stone

from New Kind of Blue by Joe Flood

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Written by Joe Flood and Jim Weider

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Red sky evening in an old river town
Things get quiet as the sun goes down
Till it's just you and the night
And the moon on the hill
And the wisdom of the water
Running deep and still
It tells a story from the mountain
That talks about the sea
A water song sung in rocky harmony
Of every raindrop that's fallen
Every wind that's blown
It's the story of the river and it's written in stone
But it's getting hard to hear that river any more
For the highway's hum and the engine's roar
But high in the mountain
Where the wise man goes alone
Every river tells a story
That's written in stone

It's carved out its record through the rock and sand
With the gentle touch of a loving hand
Of how it's served and preserved us
As our own life's blood
Left us dry as a bone and lost in the flood
And how we've used and abused it
And turned it to rain
That burns the leaves off the trees
That once stood on its banks
And how we threaten our children
And filthy its flow
And I've heard that river saying
We'll reap what we sow
Now I'm no Moses
And there's no burning bush in sight
But I've seen the waterfall in its shimmering light
And high in the mountains
Where the wise man goes alone
Every river tells a story
That's written in stone

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from New Kind of Blue, released July 10, 2010
Diego Voglino, drums; Dom Richards, double bass; Bob Packwood, B3; Jon Graboff, pedal steel; Mary Lee Kortez, background vocals; Eric Ambel, 12 string, baritone guitar; Joe Flood, acoustic guitar, vocal.

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Joe Flood New Haven, Connecticut

Joe Flood is a songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist who has performed, written, and recorded with many of the great names in American roots music, among them The Band, Blues Traveler, Dr. John, Bottle Rockets, Laura Cantrell, Eric Andersen, Happy and Artie Traum, Jim Weider, Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, Jono Manson, and the list goes on! Please visit www.joefloodmusic.com for more information. ... more

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