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Blindman's Waltz

from The Storm in Our Head by Kathleen Dunbar

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Blind Man’s Waltz
By Kathleen Dunbar
Copyrighted by Kathleen Dunbar

inside the darkness
it’s velvet and deep
I feel the stars in my bones
and I weep
I walk on ice
every day that I move
reckless as nightmare
and fickle as love

I cannot carry
color and shade
in my fingers the shape
of your dear face is laid
my hands are my eyes
to my hands I am bound
I send you my love
with a touch and a sound

Chorus

flight of a bird
I feel in my dreams
movement unfettered
in colorless wind
I’d not give the diamond
I’ve found for your eyes
what I’ve mined of myself
in the dark is my prize

bitter as poison
and selfish as prayer
the hell of the heart
when there’s no kindness there
I judge not your face
your beauty my dear
is your sweet whispered word
and the salt of your tear

Chorus

love is the balm
for our own trembling bones
when we’re afraid
what is kind takes us home
we hunger for comfort
all of us blind
darkness our supper
and longing our wine

credits

from The Storm in Our Head, released March 23, 2012
Kathleen Dunbar/vocals, Gawain Mathews/guitars, Dan Feiszli/standup bass

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Kathleen Dunbar San Francisco, California

You may notice my songs are about angels and devils, birth, life, death, about creation and crumbling destruction—the troubles we humans get ourselves into and the choices we make—some of them funky, some of them ending in the dark, others rising into the light of morning. Touching, humorous, spellbinding storytelling—my songs brings you into the irony, the tragedy, and the possibilities of life. ... more

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