From the recording Looking out a Picture Window
"My girlfriend Susan (my co-writer and partner) noticed how in love I was with the 300 or so Canadian geese that flew over our house every day when we lived in Loveland, CO. She wrote down these words for me to work with... a match made in heaven!"
Bill Nash (guitar and lead vocals)
Dave Nachmanoff (viola, mandolin, and bass guitar)
Megan Kleven (harmony and OOos vocals)
Bart Van Der Zeeuw (percussion)
Lyrics
Track 2 - On the Wings of Geese – Susan Miles/Bill Nash - DGDGAD Tuning – Capo 5
A flock of geese flies in a V formation
High above my home, throughout the day
I sometimes find I wish that I could join them
But I’m here on the ground with feet of clay
Sometimes we don’t stay the same forever
Things happen and can change us where we stand
If we’re lucky with our lot our hearts get bigger
And we learn to grow and thrive right where we land
On the wings of geese my soul leaves my window
And I am perfect as I once was long ago,
There are no limits to this body or it’s shackles,
For I am flying on the wings of geese I go
When I see those geese above me in a blue sky
I wonder where they’ve been and where they’ll go
When the winds bring the bitter cold of winter
They fly to places I will never know
I know a woman who is living in a wheelchair
She did all the things an active person does
A sickness came and took away her power
And everything she ever thought she was
But on moonlit nights her soul leaves her window
She is graceful as she once was long ago
There are no limits to this body or it’s shackles
For she is flying on the wings of geese she goes
There are those who know our bodies don’t define us
It’s what’s inside that makes us who we are
For when we carry love along this journey
Although earth bound, we will have traveled far
And this story finds me joining many others
As my body struggles just to walk or stand
But in my dreams I’m moving like I once was
And I’m looking for that one last place to land
And on frosty nights my soul leaves my window
I am just as I was once long ago
There are no limits to this body or it’s shackles
For I am flying on the wings of geese I go