By the Side of the Lake - Wes Weddell (HQ)

4/11/10: Full WW Band at Nectar Lounge in Seattle, WA; release concert for "By the Side of the Lake"

WW: guitar; vocal
Alicia Healey: bass
Brian Hoskins: electric piano
Dave Bush: drums
www.wesweddell.com

"By the Side of the Lake"

Well, it's that time of year
When the weather turns 'round,
And, despite all the promise,
You want out of town
You'd trade all you have,
Do whatever it'd take
To pick up and move
By the side of the lake

When I was a kid
The world just was that way
It was mine to discover,
It lay frozen in place
And when I saw the chance
To choose what road to take,
I'd follow the one
By the side of the lake

The soft-spoken hillside,
The smell of the pines,
The flash on the water,
The sun in your eyes
Can lift you above
Whatever's at stake
It's hard to be down by
The side of the lake

These days I watch
And I wonder aloud
Just where on the timeline
We find ourselves now
Has this all been coming
As steady as rain?
Or are we now authors of
New rate of change?

'Cause with each passing day
And the spread of the news
It's same as it ever was,
Maybe times-two
Off'ring mem'ries to new fam'lies
Out on the take
Who can score themselves spots
By the side of the lake

The growl of the diesel,
The lock on the gate,
The shiny new fiberglass
Bought out-of-state
Was I just a lucky one
Stumbling through fate?
'Cause now it's hard to be down
By the side of the lake

(C) 2010, Dusty Shadows Music
www.wesweddell.com

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