Avalanche from The Glimmer by Mark Lipman

I want to write a folk song in the dirt
Right where it belongs
Right where it hurts
I want to hear the words tumbling free
Like an avalanche
all around me

I wanna know how and what it feels like to run
Beneath the storm cloud like a son of a gun
Rising just like the sun

Come on boy keep your head up
Don’t let your past turn you into dust
Come on boy keep your head up and trust

Got one foot facing round the bend
And the other one in the quick sand
It’s me and the trickster hand in hand
Once again and you’re making plans

I want to know you as distinct from my past
Because it’s so true I never learned how to
Make a good thing last unless I put me last (I just put me last)

Don’t let your past turn you into dust
Come on boy keep your head up
and trust in moving on
trust in moving on

I want to write a folk song in the dirt
Right where it belongs
Right where it hurts

• Americana
• Folk
• acoustic folk pop
• folk rock
• folk-soul
• singer-songwriter
• Boston