winterbadger | lovely evening!

I took another short break from painting and took a walk in the park. Very pleasant, warm evening with lots of kids out playing watched by cheerful parents. I took my mp3 player with me, that I've not had a chance to listen to in a while, and enjoyed some Dougie MacLean. And that leads me to another installment of my musical day, being reminded of this, the love song that inspired me so much in the past and still tugs at my heart every time I hear it.

CHORUS
Ah but let me tell you that I love you and I think about you all the time
Caledonia you're calling me and now I'm going home
But if I should become a stranger you know that it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had

I have moved and kept on moving proved the points that I needed proving
Lost the friends that I needed losing found others on the way
I have kissed the ladies and left them crying, stolen dreams, yes there's no denying
I have travelled hard, sometimes with conscience flying somewhere in the wind
CHORUS

Now I'm sitting here before the fire, the empty room, the forest choir
The flames that couldn't get any higher they've withered, now they've gone
But I'm steady thinking, my way is clear and I know what I will do tomorrow
When the hands have shaken and the kisses flow Oh I will disappear

My moods and my plans seem to spin around like a pinwheel in the wind, but for me the wind always seems to blow to the east...

And now, more music while I keep painting. I burned the last gift card from work Friday night at Borders picking up some CDs and a book (DKG's book about the Lincoln cabinet). No surprises here: a Billy Bragg and an Al Stewart neither of which I had, and CD replacements of Cat Stevens, Jethro Tull, and Dire Straits albums.