SJ Tucker: Storm

Lyrics:

People treat you differently
when they believe you've gone where they could never go
and seen beyond the kind horizon
of the only life they know

The minute you get back to town
your family's turned upside-down
it's better just to keep going
to where no one's eyes are cold
better off just following your footsteps on

I am far from the southland, where I was born
growing steadily care-worn (be the river, not the stone)
Blessed be the bold magnolia, far away from home
dancing in the eye of the storm

Sometimes it's easier just to keep driving;
saunter up to that horizon.
Let nobody's town become your own.
They see a woman on a mission
with a song for anyone who'll listen,
and when the sun is rising, she is already gone.
By the time the dawn has broken, she's as good as gone.

Far from the southland where she was born,
growing secretly care-worn (be the river, not the stone)
Blessed be the bold magnolia far away from home
dancing in the eye of the storm

Better to be the river, not the stone in the middle.
Best to be the changing water, not the pebble dragged along.
Cross the sky; cross the water. You are Mercury's daughter,
and the world will envy you your gypsy song.

Cross the sky; cross the water. You are Mercury's daughter,
and the world will envy you your gypsy song.

You'll be far from the southland where you were born,
growing stubbornly care-worn, (be the river, not the stone)
but blessed be the Bold Magnolia far away from home
dancing in the eye of the storm.

Credit goes to the following:
Released 31 October 2006
Lyrics, music, guitars, bass, and vocals by S. J. Tucker
Track mixed by Jay Kenney, Audiologic Inc, Seattle WA

Category:

Music

Tags:

• sj
• tucker
• sooj
• sirens
• storm

[snowybp]

Gotta love this song, this is my favorite cd of hers. Thanks for posting :)

[IrishTactical]

@snowybp You're welcome.

[RowanWolf22]

I love this song.. It makes me feel peaceful, and I want to play it whenever someone is mean. Such emotion.. im 14, and love these songs so much. She sings beautifully.

[AnnabellaChase]

Such a meaningful song--there's so much emotion in every word, every note.

Blessings and Love.

<3

[Katinala]

This speaks to me so much. I'm from the southland and home is never peaceful. It is just better to keep going and do your own thing elsewhere

[veggiepagan]

Some songs drag up intense nostalgia in me for a place and time I have no real memory of. This is one of them.

[cyrodilicbrandy]

@AnnabellaChase I agree! You can really tell she's singing about something meaningful. It's lovely.

[IrishTactical]

@9496tull Same here!