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Martha Scanlan — The West Was Burning
Album: The West Was Burning
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Released: 2007
Length: 4:54
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Was the year the west was burning, I
was on a mountain sleeping I
woke up a-dreaming
about you
I was walking down a road of dust and bones and ash and following a burning set of tracks that led to you

I still see the fire in your stare
I still think I coulda burned up there

Out the window there are fields of wheat in Kansas that
roll out forever under ever underneath the sun
if I could lie there for a moment I
could feel your arms around me I
could feel the spinning round the spinning
sun

Roll on through the wheat and roll on by
Touch of green against a deep September turquoise sky
(you and I)

When all the glory you could somehow shove inside
a bottle doesn't seem to fill the empty cup inside
your soul and all the winding roads you used to
follow never seem to get you halfway where you
want to think you need to go

Times of trouble, times of grace and ease
Mama always said there'd be days like these

And if wishin' was a-walkin
and a-thinkin
was a-talkin
I'd be walkin', and a-talkin'
back to you
And if I could be a river winding down a mountain I
would twist and curl and turn and tumble
down to
you

Tell you stories told by mountains and tall trees
Tell you maybe this is one of these

Was the year the west was burning, I
was on a mountain sleeping I
woke up a-dreaming
about you
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 elliotgoettelman wrote:
<snip>.....longlive the storyteller.. <snip> 

 

{#Clap}
Quite a rhythm to her delivery.
Never heard her before, nice. She reminds me some of Mary McCaslin
She makes me like country music.
Speaking of Martha Scanlan, just heard a different song of hers, "Seeds of the Pine" on the Listener Review Channel.  Hope hope hoping it get's added to the playlist, because ... oooh wow do I like it.  BeSIDES sounding perfect, the lyrics knock me down:
You're a slow ride down a country mile
You're the smell of apple pie to the blind
You're the last light on a July western sky
You're the center of the watermelon
You're a sweet, sweet smile
And there's more.  Who isn't stopped in their tracks when a woman tells her secret?
I could tell you not to come in from the storm
I could tell you not to be so kind
I could tell you not to close the door
I could say I never wanted you for mine
Yessir, she fell hard alright.


ssg wrote:
That's Martha singing or is the playlist broken?
oh it is broken.
That's Martha singing or is the playlist broken?
amazing song writer, she should just get someone else to sing her songs...sorry but I find her voice a little olive oily...
WHAT THE HELL?
i am so proud to see martha scanlon on radio paradise. I also used to see her with reeltime travelers..........she has a few songs that have absolutely stolen my heart..... great songwriter.........longlive the storyteller.. steelbridgefest.org
Moving from NJ to GA several years ago the local music was the hardest adjustment. This fits well with the local music, not sure if I would dislike it as much if it did not...
i thought this was ane brun... nothing really spectacular or worth having its place on the playlist...imho
Sounds like I'm there at the recording session! Would be very pleasant live. Will stand further listening well too I'm thinking.
Oldtimey. And quite nice.
So sorry I missed this. But very happy it got played!
Talented and beautiful. She was in the amazing old timey string music band The Reeltime Travelers. Sadly not longer together. Bill, play some Reeltime!
Tomcat12 wrote:
I have never heard her before, but I LIKE it, I really LIKE it! At first she struck me as a more melodic, less twangy, Stacey Earle. Nice phrasing, nice spare arrangement, and I am a sucker for anything with steel guitar.
You like steel guitar in great arrangement, try HEM.
I have never heard her before, but I LIKE it, I really LIKE it! At first she struck me as a more melodic, less twangy, Stacey Earle. Nice phrasing, nice spare arrangement, and I am a sucker for anything with steel guitar.