Life In Song #331, “Summer Storm (America The Beautiful)
A song about discovery, coming of age and running away.
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Hey Folks
Once upon a time… When I was in High School in the late 1970’s, it was a rite of passage for many of my friends to take an epic trip across country from New York to California.
One set of friends hitch-hiked. Another set had a car. Since I was never a fan of car trips or hitch-hiking I traveled with them in my IMAGINATION…
Before cell phones there was only the public pay phone. If you didn’t have money you could call collect… and let your folks know you were ok.
Later on my step daughter (from my ill fated 2nd marriage) followed the same California call and triggered this song.
This is a song about discovery, coming of age and running away.
Life In Song #331, “Summer Storm (America The Beautiful)
In the face of the hard winter of 2022 with the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, this tune kept nudging me to sing it.
I hope it provides a few minutes of peace and wonder for you. Thanks for watching/listening!
– Mark
Lyrics:
(America The Beautiful)Song #331 | 5/19/2003 | Recorded Winter 2022 | Tuning: EABEBE
There’s a summer storm from the West
Bringing rain and a cooling breeze
In the Eastern sky, There’s a rising moon
Aching for release
There’s an interstate that knows both our names
Can you hear it calling us?
So I dare you to come with me…
Let’s leave the East coast in the dust
Refrain:
And the spacious skies above the plain
And the waves of amber grain
“America, The Beautiful” how does a kid restrain
This urgency to see it all from Sea to shining sea!
So you got to let me know if you’re coming with me…
They don’t have to know that we have gone
Until we are too far away
This is the summer of our freedom
So what do you say?
Can you see us crossing the Golden Gate
3,000 miles away from Maine
So let’s turn the key. Engage the gears.
We will not be restrained
Refrain:
Can you taste the rain steam off the road
After the the thunder squall
And in a week or maybe two
the road will start to fall
Towards the coast highway where we’ll find a phone
And make a collect call
Just to let them know that we are safe
And we will be back in the Fall…
Refrain:
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There’s a summer storm and a cooling breeze…
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