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Landscape of Dreams

from Hard as Nails by Alex MacDonald

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This is an affectionate reflection on growing up in a remote area of the Highlands, before leaving and finding light in the city.

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LANDSCAPE OF DREAMS

Sheep and sheepdogs, shepherds and kings
Bows and arrows, and swords and slings
Hills and pine trees, rivers and streams
Just the landscape of childhood dreams

Ninety and nine and one lost sheep
Psalms and hymns, still waters run deep
One who corrupts and One who redeems
Just the landscape of childhood dreams

Bruce and Wallace and stories of clans
Cowboys and Indians, and blood on our hands
Jungle doctors and African schemes
Just the landscape of boyhood dreams

Fields of glory and rivers of song
There’s a world out there but you don’t belong
Someone you know isn’t all that he seems
Just the landscape of boyhood dreams

Songs of wild rovers and patriot games
The times were changing and so were the names
The strength of strings and echo of screams
Just the landscape of teenage dreams

Girls and fast cars and blood on the track
Put your hand to the plough and don’t look back
If you’re not careful, you’ll come apart at the seams
Just the landscape of teenage dreams

It’s cold and it’s dark on Union Street
Been trying to stand on your own two feet
Serving two masters and going to extremes
Just the landscape of a young man’s dreams

But it took a star to open my eyes
Lift up my head and point to the skies
Saw the light dawning, saw the Son’s beams
Just the landscape of a young man’s dreams

© Alex J MacDonald

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from Hard as Nails, released November 19, 2021
Alex MacDonald - vocals and acoustic guitar
Cailean Morison - piano
Olivia Ross - fiddle

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Alex MacDonald Edinburgh, UK

Grew up in Kildonan Strath, Sutherland, where I loved the psalms and hymns and the old folk songs my father had learned from his drover grand uncle.Went on to Cash, the Clancys and Corries, Tom Paxton and Dylan. Started playing guitar and writing songs in my teens, but only started recording this century with my rock band sons! Either solo or with my band, I've played all over Scotland. ... more

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