From the recording Summer of Storms
Lyrics
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="font-family: 'AR BLANCA';"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">SHADY LANE</span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="font-family: 'AR BLANCA';"><span>(c)2013, 2017 Greg Vadimsky</span></span></p>
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<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="font-family: 'AR BLANCA';"><span>Drums, Piano, Accordion, Strings, Fretless Bass, 12-String Acoustic Guitar, Ghost Voices, Birds Through The Window, Summer Breeze, Lead Vocal</span></span></p>
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<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>I believe in the trees outside my window</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>Here on Shady Lane they're all my friends</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>Said goodbye to someone very special</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>She was one of a kind I'll never find again</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>Don't need much in this life to make me happy</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>But finding those few rare things is hard</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>Each and every day I'm always searching</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>Aware of steps that I make, in or out the yard</em></span></span></span></p>
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<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>Finding some safe place where we can hide</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>preferably together from the cold outside</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>Be it sand or be it rain, whatever makes us feel the same</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>Forgetting everything we've lost or we've tried</em></span></span></span></p>
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<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>Swaying Spanish moss above the river</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>Old houses, characters, who have seen some things</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>Said their own good shares of goodbyes, like me</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>They must be kept alive for what they bring</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>Spirits savoring all our conversations</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>Sometimes they're hiding inside the fireplace</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>Like learned elders at my graduation,</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>knew that boy would soon take up the chase</em></span></span></span></p>
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<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>Darkness falls, but it's just a friendly blanket,</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>helps me rest my eyes and slowly heal</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>Shady Lane says one more sweet goodnight</em></span></span></span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="CENTER"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span><em>She makes me sad, but she always keep me real</em></span></span></span></p>