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Lady Sky​-​-​2021 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 that had full instrumentation in the original version, but which I've been playing a bit in solo acoustic shows here in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where I moved in 2015. I thought it would be fun to capture a new version that was more like what I've been doing in solo piano performances.

The lyrics were inspired by the John Irving book "Last Night In Twisted River," where the character of Lady Sky makes her entrance as a naked Amazonian sky-diver who is rescued from an errant landing in a pig sty by the protagonist, and later comes to represent the possibility of redemptive love, even late in life. What a nice idea!

Here's the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=faHqy10gAy4

Click here for the original version of the song: walterehresman.bandcamp.com/track/lady-sky

lyrics

Lady Sky
(© 2009 Walter Ehresman)

Through the thunderhead--a sunbeam shining,
and our Lady Sky is flying;
Hope or guardian? (An angel sometimes);
Love to see her up there gliding.

[chorus]
It's a world of accidents, and things we can't control;
And who hasn't wished for someone to walk with us down the rabbit hole.

See her stride through the blinding blizzard;
See her walk out of a raging sea;
See her crawl out from the deepest abyss;
See her always be there for me.
See her heart so big, it folds my space/time;
See her arms so wide, the world is smiling;
See her eyes so bright, Calcutta glistens;
See us walking in the daylight laughing.

Through the thunderhead--a sunbeam shining,
and our Lady Sky is flying;
Hope or guardian? (An angel sometimes)
Love to see her up there gliding.
See her stride through the blinding blizzard;
See her walk out of a raging sea;
See her crawl out from the deepest abyss;
See her always be there for me.

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from My Back Pages, Revisited (With No Blonde), released July 11, 2022
Walter Ehresman: vocals, keyboards.

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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