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When The Wind Is At My Back

from EXILE (digital) by Steven Gray

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WHEN THE WIND IS AT MY BACK


There was an AC on the wall
a woman in the bed,
we’re kissing with an air-conditioned
breeze, and so I said

THE COUNTRY MAY BE OUT OF WHACK
MY LIFE IS BEATEN BLUE AND BLACK
BUT I AM NOT COMPLAINING WHEN
THE WIND IS AT MY BACK

I drove out to the desert and
I know it isn’t dead,
the windmills of the future on a
hill and so I said,

THE COUNTRY MAY BE OUT OF WHACK
MY LIFE IS BEATEN BLUE AND BLACK
BUT I AM NOT COMPLAINING WHEN
THE WIND IS AT MY BACK

I was sailing with a friend,
it’s dark and we were headed
for a port and couldn’t see
the shoreline, but he said

THE COUNTRY MAY BE OUT OF WHACK
MY LIFE IS BEATEN BLUE AND BLACK
BUT I AM NOT COMPLAINING WHEN
THE WIND IS AT MY BACK

The trees are moving back and forth,
and folks are full of dread,
a hurricane is coming and we’re
leaving town. I said,

THE COUNTRY MAY BE OUT OF WHACK
MY LIFE IS BEATEN BLUE AND BLACK
BUT I AM NOT COMPLAINING WHEN
THE WIND IS AT MY BACK

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from EXILE (digital), released September 9, 2022
guitar & vocals: SG
flute: Erin Vivero

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Steven Gray Stonington, Connecticut

Steven Gray lived in San Francisco since before there were computers and people would communicate by sending smoke signals with their cigarettes. He’s a writer & musician whose recordings have been episodic, “occurring occasionally and at irregular intervals.” He read his work all over town for many years, but using 2020 vision he moved to the coastline of Connecticut where he stares at the fire. ... more

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