In the Stillness of the June Night

Lately I have been thinking of how we all just move through time. How tangible time truly is. And how precious our time truly is. And how things happen for reasons and how time teaches us in time what those reasons are. With those thoughts in mind, I took out my trusty old guitar and composed this song....

For Your Listening Pleasure:

In the Stillness of the June Night

in the stillness of the june night
i took a walk on memory's shore
toward a strange beckoning light
whose shadows did implore
me to move through time
just as i move thru an open door

i'm a gypsy i'm clairvoyant
tho’ i cant even read between my lines
and im late for my appointment
on the other side

and i saw all my lovers
all my friends and enemies
gathered in a circle as they hover
on the calm bedeviled sea
that rocks me like my mother
that lifts me up like my daddy

i'm a gypsy i'm clairvoyant
tho’ i cant even read between my lines
and im late for my appointment
on the other side

and the measure of a man, son
is in how he gets up
from the struggle and the fatigue, son
and the storms that do erupt
and how he clings to happiness, son
and gives it back to the ones he loves....

i'm a gypsy i'm clairvoyant
tho’ i cant even read between my lines
and im late for my appointment
on the other side

in the stillness of the june night
words and music by william bates
t21music 2008