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Flood the Empty Quarter​-​-​2022 version

from My Back Pages, Revisited (With No Blonde) by Walter Ehresman

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[A MESSAGE FROM WALTER]

ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON MY 2010 ALBUM "WELL......LET'S LOOK AT YOUR TRACK RECORD, SHALL WE?".

This is another one, along with "Shadow of a Love," that I always had a secret notion could have been a popular song out in the world (or, as we know, some kind of alternate universe version of the world with a very different music industry......). They both seem like songs that could be malleable to different artists in different genres. But anyway......

This is another example of a song that has been a mainstay of my solo acoustic sets over the decades, such that I thought it would be nice to capture that simple stripped-down approach here. The only instrumental overdub is the Irish bouzouki solo.

Here's the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsMuBPVxrVU

Click here for the original version of the song: walterehresman.bandcamp.com/track/flood-the-empty-quarter-2

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Flood the Empty Quarter
(© 2010 Walter Ehresman)

They say the best laid plans are subject to the law of Murphy,
and that countin' chickens early leads to havin' none at all.
So be careful what you wish for, or your hopes will all be emptied,
and I would not wish this feelin' on a man too proud to fall.

I could see no signs of fault lines; I could feel no earthly tremors;
To me, our love's foundation seemed so solid all way down;
And just because we stumble doesn't mean our legs are broken,
but the California earthquake brought the whole thing to the ground.

[chorus]
If I had one speck of silver for each moment that you hurt me,
they would find me buried under a shining mountain to the sky;
Just one tiny drop of water for each time you made me cry--
I could flood the Empty Quarter, and my river won't run dry.

I had visions of us walking hand in hand through life's duration;
I would wake to see love sparkle from the depths of your blue eyes;
But your feeling for me faded like a sun-bleached sign in Pecos,
and the day you chose to tell me was the day you said goodbye.

credits

from My Back Pages, Revisited (With No Blonde), released July 11, 2022
Walter Ehresman: vocals, acoustic 6-string guitar, acoustic Irish bouzouki.

p. 2022 Walter Ehresman. Snipe Bog Records.

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Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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