Lynn Miles - Wonderful Songstress
Lynn Miles is known for her melancholy songs about loss and heartbreak. She has won a Juno for 2003’s Unravel, a whole album of dedicated to sad matters of heart. I didn’t know about her music until recently when a friend shared some of her songs with me. I thought the music was really nice and I appreciated that she is a talented song writer but this Saturday when my friend surprised me with tickets to the Lynn Miles concert in Hamilton. When I listened to her singing and playing the guitar and the piano live, my appreciation grew many times over. There was an opening act for the show and the opening singer was okay but his singing just cast a greater contrast upon Lynn’s talents. He was an okay singer while she was a very expressive singer. She moved her audience with her voice.
Here is a sample for you: Lynn Miles Sings “Rust”, a song she wrote for her dad.
Every line in your face is a road you’ve been down
It’s a freight train you hopped
It’s a night in a strange town
It’s a joke that you told, it’s a tear that rolled on
a sad story you heard, or a lover who’s gone.
It’s the scars on your hands
the hard work that you’ve done
It’s the skin that you touched
all the wars that you’ve won.
It’s the baby you cradled, it’s the letters you wrote.
It’s the time you held on, it’s the time you let go.
And the footprints you leave are perfect and deep
And your soul is a place that is tough but it’s sweet
And the shadow you cast is straight and it’s true
But the lines and the scars are what I love about you.
The rust in your voice, that’s the dust and the rain
It’s the choices defended again, and again, and again
It’s the life that you’ve led
It’s the friends come and gone
It’s the highways and the truck stops
And the cold grey dawns
And the footprints you leave, they are perfect and deep.
And your soul is a place that is tough but it’s sweet
And the shadow you cast is straight and it’s true
But the lines and the scars and the rust are what I love about you.
ps If you ever go to Hamilton you should try Affinity Vegetarian Restaurant…it is very good and has a fabulous assortment of vegetarian dishes.
April 11th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
We should be proud of our wrinkles…they are very well deserved; every one tells a story and we should be proud of each one. I say be grateful and proud of one’s longevity and be thankful you have made it thus far, as there are many who have been far less fortunate.
A daughter’s unconditional love for her dad….beautiful…thank you for sharing.