"drought song-nfa-burning woman" genre: Americana
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	a three-song jam, suggestive of the Grateful Dead. I changed the words to nfa because to me, love is more about giving than demanding
	Credits: drought song and burning woman by Martin Holsinger, nfa by Buddy Holly (used by permission), additional lyrics by mh
	Story Behind the Song drought song started as an observation about the climate, both meteorological and political; nfa seemed like the song that answers the questions raised by drought song, and burning woman seemed like a logical segue to that. Burning woman is a meditation on love, old age, sickness, and death. After writing it I ran across Gautama Buddha's "fire sermon," in which he says "the body, o monks, is burning." and yes, drought song has echoes of "he's gone" and burning woman relates chordally to "sugar magnolia Lyrics DROUGHT SONG When the forest’s gone, then the water goes The willows die when the creek don’t flow Thunder rolls, but the rain don’t fall The country’s quiet, no birds call Chor: It’s gonna get dry, dry, dry, dry It’s gonna get dry, dry, dry, dry Flowers bloom, but the bees don’t buzz Why is this so? Because, because This world’s been bent to the ways of men Something’s gonna give, it ain’t if but when Chor. I can’t tell you just what’s gonna be But it’s gonna get tougher, just wait and see Or better yet, don’t wait at all Start listening for your inner call Don’t be afraid to ask for help And when you can, help out yourself Chor. Maybe this earth will be green again Maybe we’ll learn to live as friends Maybe we’ll just hit the wall I think it’s way too close to call Whatever happens, let it feed your soul Work on your part, remember the whole Chor 2x nfa let me tell you what i'm gonna do i'm gonna give my love to you i'm gonna love you night and day love for real and not fade away your love for me has got to be real you're gonna know just how i feel love for real and not fade away my love is bigger than a cadillac i try to show but you drive me back love for real and not fade away BURNING WOMAN I love a woman she’s a burning woman I’m gonna love her just as long as I can And she loves me, my burning woman She loves me, I’m her burning man I love her body though her body’s burnin I love her soul though it’s only passin’ through I love her heart, love her heart that holds me I love to hear her say “I love you” Some days the heat just drives us crazy Some days it’s a white-hot glow We love to mingle in the heat of the moment Catch a little fire and let it go (break) Some days the heat just drives us crazy Some day it’ll all go cold Dance in the fire, in the embers in the ashes Dance the slowin’ rhythm of growin’ old Bye, bye, bye, my burnin’ woman We’re here together and we’re already gone Bless your, bless your, heart for holdin’ me Bless the fire that joins us and bless this song Flesh gonna sag, gonna fold, gonna wrinkle Flesh gonna melt in the twinkle of an eye Bones gonna crumble, gonna burn down to ashes Ashes gonna scatter in the wind, in the sky

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