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Simmer Dim Waltz

by Art Davis

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1.
You'll Be Okay 07:04
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A boy nine years of age Slips on a curb slick with snow Mother’s dreams beginning to fade Facing a hard row to hoe Facing a hard row to hoe Sister’s on the other side of the street Mother looks on full of weariness Father’s been gone eight years this week Daughter’s shows too much experience Daughter’s shows too much experience Close your eyes, fly over the fields Shifting left, shifting right Out of touch with how you feel All’s left to do is hang on tight All’s left to do is hang on tight Walk away, turn your back Nothing left to do, no right to say Ignore things that you lack Make it over the pass, you’ll be Okay Make it over the pass, you’ll be Okay Special order screwed up again Father’s attention is of no use Made him crawl plumb out of his skin When he rolled the second duce When he rolled the second duce Lost his wage once again Nothing to send to the wife and kids The man said no more money will I lend Desperation circles what he did Desperation circles what he did Close your eyes, fly over the fields Shifting left, shifting right Out of touch with how you feel All’s left to do is hang on tight All’s left to do is hang on tight Walk away, turn your back Nothing left to do, no right to say Ignore things that you lack Make it over the pass, you’ll be Okay Make it over the pass, you’ll be Okay Looking over the edge far below The river slips through jagged rocks Surely there’s another way to go All he’s got to do is simply stop All he’s got to do is simply stop Mother tents fingers at the table Sister sits alone staring at the sky Brother hopes he is able Father turns for home as cars slip by Father turns for home as cars slip by Close your eyes, fly over the fields Shifting left, shifting right Out of touch with how you feel All’s left to do is hang on tight All’s left to do is hang on tight Walk away, turn your back Nothing left to do, no right to say Ignore things that you lack Make it over the pass, you’ll be Okay Make it over the pass, you’ll be Okay
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Song For Kathryn 05:04
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Simmer Dim Waltz 05:12
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Echoes of ancient days Off the northeast shore of Scotland It remains a hard life On the scattered isles of Shetland The sun never sets On warm slope-current days The light won’t leave you alone Holding on to old ways Faces turned up to the sky Need for dreams at an all time high How long has it been Got to get back to when The stars are salting the sky And the moon is hiding her eyes We’ll step hand in hand We’ll listen to the band And do the Simmer Dim Waltz We’ll slip off to sleep Together our hearts will beat The morning will come And with breakfast all done We’ll do the Simmer Dim Waltz Herding midnight sheep The hauling peat breaks your back Blackhouse stares out to sea In summer there’s no slack Not closed my eyes since July It’s been three weeks since I stumbled to sleep The gods sense weariness Shadows stir in the deep Faces turned up to the sky Need for dreams at an all time high How long has it been Must get back to when The stars are salting the sky And the moon is hiding her eyes We’ll step hand in hand We’ll listen to the band And do the Simmer Dim Waltz We’ll slip off to sleep Together our hearts will beat The morning will come And with breakfast all done We’ll do the Simmer Dim Waltz Waves stroke the shore Steady breath of eternity Clouds cross the sky Jeweled stars in ebony The lighthouse braces against the wind Silver light reaching for the lost Laced windows, worried eyes Fearful of the cost Faces turned up to the sky Need for dreams at an all time high How long has it been Got to get back to when The stars are salting the sky And the moon is hiding her eyes We’ll step hand in hand We’ll listen to the band And do the Simmer Dim Waltz We’ll slip off to sleep Together our hearts will beat The morning will come And with breakfast all done We’ll do the Simmer Dim Waltz
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Blues For Reynard 03:15
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Tao 02:33
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Simmer Dim Waltz EP features five new tunes, two songs and three instrumentals by written and performed by Art Davis. All were recorded, mixed and mastered in Art Davis Studios. The title song, Simmer Dim Waltz was inspired by the Ann Cleaves Shetland novels that are set on the Shetland Islands north of Scotland. Simmer Dim is a term used by the locals referring to the perpetual twilight that occurs in mid-summer.

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released March 27, 2018

All music written and performed by Art Davis in Art Davis Studios. ArtDavisStudios.com.

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Art Davis Dripping Springs, Texas

Art Davis is a composer, fingerstyle guitarist, and pianist living in the Texas Hill Country. Art’s music is an open invitation to daydream.

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