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Another gem from that wonderful Scottish bard, Archie Fisher.

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Border River


Often when I think of you I see a border river
Changing with the melting snow both there and gone forever
You're the river I'm the road that runs along your ridges
Giving you the right-of-way and always building bridges
River ramble as you will the road's a cruel hard master
But I can't change the water's flow or travel any faster.

I know there's a crossroads on this road I'm bound to travel
Straight ahead's a long smooth way, the others dirt and gravel
And the hardest thign you'll ever learn to bear as you grow older
Is to watch a dear friend walk away without the turn of a shoulder
And I can be as hurt as you although I seldom show it
I'm so easy going that I'm gone before you know it

One day you will reach the sae and I'll be on a mountain
Running out of old dirt track beside a flowing fountain
Wondering is this the place where everything got started
The well-spring at the road-end for the lost and broken-hearted
And I'll become the river and the road I know will lead me
Back to where you made the turn that showed you didn't need me

And everywhere the heron flies the winding river follow
Then in turn she claims the skies and stalks along the shallows
And often when I think of you I see a border river
Changing with the melting snow both there and gone forever.


© Archie Fisher

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from Fields of Dreams and Glory, released June 23, 2005

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Dan McKinnon Halifax, Nova Scotia

Blessed with a glorious baritone voice, a graceful mastery on guitar, and a hearty laugh that delights any room, Dan McKinnon has carved out his own unique, musical path. From early beginnings in the coffee houses, pubs and bars of Atlantic Canada, to yearly tours throughout the UK, Dan’s performances reveal an enduring respect for the past, tempered by a profound attachment to the present. ... more

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