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Song Information:

Written by Stuart Walker. I recorded my Fender Esquire through Delay pedal into my amp and recorded 3 tracks, guitar and vocal at one time onto 2, and added a little guitar picking on another track. Not a lot of fiddling with Stu's song. He said it was good to post. I think it's sounding sort of Daniel Lanois-like. Hence the reverb, but then again it's about dreams, I guess. I love this song, and this is the quick version, because I could hear a lot of more production on it, but I didn't want the moment to get away.

Song Lyrics:

there's cattle out lowing there's the last of the frost
and the sun going down on the stubble and the cross
and the shadow falling down out in front of the house
The shadow of the Last Tree Standing

I buried the dream of our house and our land
buried the dream of my children
buried my dreams and the things I'd planned
The shadow of the Last Tree Standing

we worked this field and we worked this hill
we worked the byre and we worked the till
worked til the sun went down all still
and the shadow of the Last Tree Standing

I buried the dream of my neighbours smile
buried the dream of the last long mile
buried the dream of growing a while
The shadow of the Last Tree Standing

Well the revenue came and the revenue went
bills to be paid and the money all spent
food on the table or paying the rent
and the Shadow of the Last Tree Standing

And I dreamt one night of this hillside steep
dreamt of the forest both wide and deep
and the laughter of children jumping the leap
In The shadow of the Last Tree Standing

2007 Sg Walker