Laura Meyer - "This Land" (US Tour 2009-2010)

THIS LAND
Words and Music by Laura Meyer

Dont know if this land was made for you and me
In the night sky of New York shines the torchlight of Lady Liberty
Of course I cant see through the orange of the high rises lining every street
But I believe that shes watching over all of us tossing in our sleep

Dont know if this land was made for you and me
So I set out on this great blue highway trying to see
Sunrise pours out on the horizon like a Georgia peach
When the juice of the fruit and your dry tongue finally meet
And in the rearview mirror, the skylines swallowed by the trees

Dont know if this land was made for you and me
As I glide through the high ground and the grassland of Tennessee
Low fog left from nightfall starts to lift as I leave her soggy peaks
With the sunlight behind me I follow shadows cast from back east
Whats left of buffalo roam the pastures like a passing dream

Dont know if this land was made for you and me
In the flatlands of Nebraska I can feel my whole body breathe
The wind moves like water through the prairies painting pictures in the wheat
Like sand along the shorelines, the switch grass is dragged out to sea
The sweet warbling of a meadowlark fades in the breeze

Dont know if this land was made for you and me
Across the Rockies, further west, and in the desert I hear the silence speak
High noon in Nevada and the sand dunes listen as they gleam
Not a movement as they heed the hush and I wonder why cant we
Dust spirals on the highway then scatters like a laugh thats free

Dont know if this land was made for you and me
When I reach California the sun leads me straight to the beach
The Pacifics like a skillet as the light sizzles out of my reach
The stars rise like steam in the twilight between redwood leaves
Ive searched for answers in this land from sea to shining sea
I watch the water take the sand and bury my two feet

© Laura Katherine Meyer, January 2009
Tour videos from fall 2009-spring 2010 by Laura
For more information and upcoming dates: www.laurameyer.net

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[laurameyer]

@glennosmansdeiros thanks for watching! :)

[glennosmansdeiros]

very good!!! :-)