Name: Life in the Country (demo)
Duration: P00H03M03S
Description: This is a demo I recorded at home. The song was written for my brother-in-law Jim and his wife Hanny about their life in the cabin they built in Bouchette, Québec. Everything in the song is true, even the last verse.

Life in the Country (demo)

by Charles de Lint

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This is a demo I recorded at home. The song was written for my brother-in-law Jim and his wife Hanny about their life in the cabin they built in Bouchette, Québec. Everything in the song is true, even the last verse.

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We’ve got a little place, up the hill, round the bend
take the road from town, till that road just ends
we’ve got a chicken in the tree, and a dog in the yard
there’s a bear in the woods, has us breathing hard

refrain:
that’s life in the country, we’re feeling pretty good
in our little log cabin, in the middle of the woods

there’s a lake down the road, and a sliver of a moon
there’s frogs in the spring, and the call of the loon
crows in the corn, where they shouldn’t oughta be
mice tap-dancing, it’s a sight to see
refrain

we’ve apples in the orchard, grapes on the vine
making cider in the morning and jellies and wine
we’re bringing garlic and squash, from the garden beds
the cat’s left us something, on the bedspread
refrain

we’ve got raspberries, currents, herbs of all kinds
rows of veggies and they’re doing just fine
we’re chopping wood and stacking wood, and burning wood, too
to see you through the winter, it’s what you’ve got to do
refrain

people from the city don’t know what they’re missing
they never have the time to just stop and listen
the sky’s so big you can touch the stars
and there’s something spooky howling out there in the dark
refrain

I remember a night, it was a while ago
we saw an eerie light, maybe a UFO
we got out of bed and went and stood on the lawn
but it just went away, it didn’t bother us none
refrain

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released December 22, 2020
Charles de Lint - vocals, guitar, harmonica

Tamson House Records

Recorded in Ottawa, ON, Canada
May 18, 2004

Cover photograph by Patrick Harris.

© 2004 Written by Charles de Lint (Socan)

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Charles de Lint Ottawa, Ontario

A full-time writer and musician, this author of more than eighty adult, young adult, and children’s books has won the World Fantasy, Aurora, Sunburst, and White Pine awards, among others. Modern Library's Top 100 Books of the 20th Century poll, voted on by readers, put eight of de Lint's books among the top 100. De Lint is also a poet, artist, songwriter, performer and folklorist. ... more

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