Name: Old Crow on the Wing (demo)
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Description: This is a demo I recorded at home.

Old Crow on the Wing (demo)

by Charles de Lint

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Don’t know where I am, don’t know where I’ve been
Nothing ever seems to stay the same
Don’t know what I want, don’t know what I got
There’s times I can’t remember my own name
I’m an old crow on the wing, flying down the holler
The angels all got new skins, I can’t tell one from the other
From the other

Guess I used to be, somebody you would see
Never had a need to be excused
Got myself to blame, for how things have changed
But it’s nothing nobody’d ever choose
I’m an old crow on the wing, got nothing left to barter
The angels all got new skins, I can’t tell one from the other
From the other

Lord I had it all, back before the fall
Now I’m like a bird with dirty wings
People I once knew, shining bright, haloed too
Got no time to help with anything
I’m an old crow on the wing, everyday I fall a little farther
The angels all got new skins, I can’t tell one from the other
From the other

But I can’t let ‘em keep me down
I ain’t gonna stay here on the ground

I’m an old crow on the wing, everyday I’ll rise a little higher
The angels all got new skins, I tell myself it doesn’t matter
It doesn’t matter

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

Tamson House Records

Recorded in Ottawa, ON, Canada
May 30, 2004

Cover photograph by Charles de Lint.

© 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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