[ProtectOurFreedom]

So sad. I really like “Across the Great Divide” and “Boots of Spanish Leather” (1993, “Other Voices, Other Rooms”).

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I've been walkin' in my sleep
Countin' troubles 'stead of countin' sheep
Where the years went I can't say
I just turned around and they've gone away

I've been siftin' through the layers
Of dusty books and faded papers
That tell a story I used to know
It was one that happened so long ago

It's gone away yesterday
Now I find myself on a moutainside
Where the rivers change direction
Across the Great Divide

What a perfect metaphor -- she's gone across the Great Divide.

Across the Great Divide

[allblues]

“Across the Great Divide” was written by Kate Wolf, a wonderful singer-songwriter. If you are not familiar with her you’re in for a treat. I was fortunate enough to see her several times before she died of leukemia in ‘86. She was only 44 and had been performing for just 10 years.