Vals Cabin (YouTube video) - youtube/watch?v=JAX_oJAbtqQ from True Stories, Rounder Records 0300 I thought that now were in the throes of summer, Vals Cabin would be a good song. Written about the Stanislaus River in Northern California, I send it out this year to the Tuolumne in anticipation of our raft trip in September. Shortly after I recorded this, someone sent me a map to Vals cabin, so now I could find it any time. I play guitar out of G, with the capo on the second fret. Verse 1: When I was a kid and the summers were free Wed pile in a car with no A.C. And point it east into the heat Across the Central Valley Wed drive our mama near insane Til shed pull off of that big four lane And we started up the winding road To Vals cabin Verse 2: About half-way to the mountain top Wed pull off the road and come to a stop By a rustic cabin with the shutters locked Sure, it was cooler, but still damn hot But the pine and scotch-broom were in the air The river was just a few miles from there Just a ways down the winding road Past Vals cabin Chorus: And the river runs through all my memories Twisting and plunging be-tween the trees Sliding past great granite boulders smooth and warm as giants shoulders Now theyve chained her and theyve changed her So the fish cant even claim her And I cant find the winding road To Vals cabin Verse 3: On a long and dusty old dirt track Wed walk to the river and then trudge back Stopping to talk to every horse, Every friendly dog, and every cat In the water ditch along the road Wed hide from the sun and dangle our toes Then wed start up the winding road To Vals cabin Chorus Verse 4: Now twenty years later Im climbing that hill Roaring up the highway past Soulsbyville Its an oven outside, but its cool in here In this air-conditioned automobile Its four-lane concrete all the way Theyve straightened the curves and smoothed the grades Theyve covered up the winding road To Vals cabin Chorus
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:28:03 +0000
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