Where the Wind Blows Tenderly

from The Return of the Lonesome Coyote Patchwork Pulpit, and Sundry Other Tales from the Rainbow's End by Rollaway

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On broken wings, the wind she brings a song for me
She howls and moans, my spirit groans, yes she longs for me
Oh but I long for one who lives beyond my memory
In this life I know, the wind she blows not tenderly

Oh Maria of the Wind, oh my Mary weep
Your siren song is sweet and long, and it carries me
O'er the sands of time to the lands akin to me
Lo, I go where the wind blows tenderly

Once I knew what love can do to the likes of me
So I gave her peace in the earth beneath the cypress trees
Oh fool am I! Love does not die with the skin or the teeth
A shadow walks, my name she talks not tenderly

Oh Maria of the Wind, oh my Mary weep
Your siren song is sweet and long, and it carries me
O'er the sands of time to the lands akin to me
Lo, I go where the wind blows tenderly

So listen well, friend, and do not pretend you don't believe
Once I was so, now behold my ghost on this hallowed eve
Take heed these words you have well heard, lest it end like this
And seek you a place the wind does grace with tenderness

I seek the saviour with the crown
I've not the strength to turn these steps around
A dream paid and lost at the price of bone
Where my heart belongs no longer known
Oh Maria, let me go
Go lay down alone

Oh Maria of the Wind, oh my Mary weep
Your siren song is sweet and long, and it carries me
O'er the sands of time to the lands akin to me
Lo, I go where the wind blows tenderly

On broken wings, the wind she brings a song for me
She howls and moans, my spirit groans, yes she longs for me
On these canyon walls, in blood I scrawl the last in me:
"In this life I knowed, the wind she blowed not tenderly."

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from The Return of the Lonesome Coyote Patchwork Pulpit, and Sundry Other Tales from the Rainbow's End, released November 27, 2010
written by Benton Roark

Benton Roark: classical guitar and vocals
Adam Tryczynski: electric guitar
Sarah Wolfman-Robichaud: backup vocals
Adam Jones: electric bass
Brian Nesselroad: drums
Martin Reisle: pedal steel guitar and backup vocals

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