From the recording Looking out a Picture Window
"I woke up in Taos one morning while we were living there, and this little voice came in my head... it said, 'Wow... you're still breathing!' I got out my paper, pen and picked up the Larrivee guitar and proceeded to describe everythng I saw out our picture window in this song."
Bill Nash (guitar and lead vocal)
Dave Nachmanoff (mandolin and bass guitar)
Megan Kleven (harmony vocals)
Bart Van Der Zeeuw (percussion)
Lyrics
Track 1 - New Mexico – Bill Nash – Standard Tuning - Capo 3
Every day I wake to find I’m still breathing
It always shocks me I’m still here
To take a waking breath again is very comforting
Another day, another sky so clear
The sun chokes are blooming everywhere
Funny what a little rain can do
Jack rabbits and prairie dogs are quite a pair
And the hummers are all here too
Chorus
It’s a lovely morning, a great day to be alive
Trees are dancing in the wind
Lizards are making the cats cry
He’s hoping for a glimpse of their Cheshire grins
It’s a lovely morning in New Mexico
Birds are chirping, and eating well
The sugar water is all ready to go
It’s a wonderful place to dwell (2X)
Autumn will return on some near future date
The elk come down to blare their trumpets
They come each year to find their mates
And it’s almost like they use a compass
With winter snow, it gets quiet as a mouse
And the star canopy at night shows everything
We’ll stay inside our comfortable house
Drink our coffee, and hold on for spring
CH