For the love of nomadic life on the steppe, with the sacred deer (the boog!), and the holy Altai Mountains where for countless generations Mongolians have only looked and honored from afar and held these peaks as holy ground.
lyrics
Open Road/To Corral
by Diane Patterson
Little boog sitting on a hill
Watching all creation
Jig and Reel, Jig and Reel
Watching all creation
Jig and Reel, Jig and Reel
Starlight, sunrise, living on an open road
Rainfall, hoof fall, living on an open road
Moonlight, mare’s wine, Living on an open road
Over high mountain pass
Following an endless sea of grass to corral
With songs in our throats and stories of old, told
Living on an open road
Altai magtal
Living on an open road
Swallow’s flown, seeds sown, living on an open road
Bird song, moving on, living on an open road
River song, while I’m gone, living on an open road
Over mountains and seas now,
Following songs, on our long ride home
Because every ride out is a long ride home
Living on an open road
Altai magtal
Living on an open road
credits
from Open Road,
track released February 23, 2018
Diane, guitar and vocals
Drums, percussion, Terence Higgins
Bass, keys, Todd Sickafoose
Guitar, Al Torre
Production, Mike Napolitano
Folkgoddess Diane Patterson sings the world awake with powerful voice and revolutionary lyrics. Her sincere spirit and roots
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