Been so alone since you first left our home
All of the neighbors hearing me wail and moan
Just like a ghost in a burned out catacomb
A pile of old white stones we call bones
I can remember when you said to me
That we are the ones who could set ourselves free
You said there's a place where one day we'd go
Where the sun sets red on a valley of gold
I guess it's unknown
If our lives are our own
Or spun by the fates
And written in stone
But I had a dream
And it seemed so real
The kind where you wake up
But inside you still feel
And you were there and I was there
Growing old on a porch
And you looked at me and said baby
I still carry that torch
We sat for a while watching our children grow old
As the sun set red on a valley of gold
Where will we go I can't say i know
But I can see you and me baby
In a valley of gold
credits
from Love Travels Light,
released January 7, 2021
Words and Music - King Commoner
Guitars and Keyboards - King Commoner
Bass Guitar - Billy Edwin
Drums - Hubert Payne
Mandolin - Sari Stricke
Pedal Steel - Brandon Bankes
Vocal Engineering - Claire Morison
Mixing and Mastering - Brandon Bankes
Recorded in my dining room and at Bedrock.LA in Echo Park
On “Meet Me By the River,” Dawn Landes’s self-described “Nashville record,” buoyant country melodies settle deep into lush instrumentation. Bandcamp New & Notable May 7, 2018