REASONS FOR HOME - Song Page
words & music by Annie Wilson
(from CD Music of the Emma Chase)
Album Note: This song is a collage of images and experiences that symbolize "home" to many of us in the Flint Hills. Wildlife, native plants, horses, cattle, kind neighbors - all make me feel lucky to live in this place and are "the reasons I never will go."
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LYRICS:
The striped turkey feather by the tracks of a coon
The butterfly milkweeds on the hillsides in June
The soft purple glow of the redbuds in bloom
The young coyote’s siren to the bright quarter moon
The splash of my dog as he jumps in the creek
Then shakes himself off all over my feet
The gentle clean sound of the creek water flow
These are the reasons I call this place home
The sway and the rhythm as my horse moves along
His shiny black coat and his muscles so strong
The bittersweet smell of the leather and sweat
It’s the best place to be - that I know of yet
The brown dots of cattle beneath sun rise
The shimmer of dew on the grass till it dries
The blue pitcher sage in the fall Indian grass
This is the place where I’ll let my years pass
The cloud shadows racing across the green hills
The ancient stone spearhead we found in the field
The meadow sweet smell of a new bale of hay
A thunderhead building on a hot summer day
The fireflies flashing in the dark summer night
The moon breaking through a dark stormy sky
The hoot owl’s clear call in the evening’s pink glow
These are the reasons I never will go
The buckeyes in flower in the first days of spring
The long lonesome whistle of a hawk on the wing
The doe’s gentle glide as she clears the top wire
The crackle and blaze of a night prairie fire
The church baby shower and the young mother’s eyes
As she kisses her baby and the ladies all sigh
The old timer’s tales as he opens the past
I know this is why in this place I will last
Yes, these are the reasons I call this place home.