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A Forest Trail in Autumn

from The Wolf Who Snared The Moon by Norman Lamont

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Where I was brought up the forest was just over the back garden fence, so twilight in a forest is a familiar feeling to me, and this song just spun out of that atmosphere. But I picture it in the woods along the Queensferry coast rather than those woods of my childhood in Ayr. I liked the idea of a random gesture destroying his life.

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It was in autumn time
The wind was a dusty line
Shifting the broken leaves
Under my feet

I walked a forest trail
The afternoon sky grew pale
A woman with grey-black hair
I chanced to meet


She had a stranger's eye
Started to pass me by
I reached out and stopped her short
My hand on her arm

The wind whispered through the wood
I knew she understood
Better than me
I'd do her no harm


We held each other's gaze
As daylight began to haze
Maybe an hour had passed
As the light turned to grey

The wind became restless then
I came to myself again
'God protect you' she said
And turned away


All through the winter freeze
Into the late spring breeze
I searched that forest trail
For a glimpse of her face

All through the summer's light
I hid in my room till night
I could not sleep I could not eat
I went back to that place

Under a tree I sat
Close to that very spot
Where I once reached out my hand
I still don't know why

Under the broken moon
Winter is coming soon
Under these falling leaves
I come and I cry.

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from The Wolf Who Snared The Moon, released January 4, 2004
Norman: guitars, bass, sequencing

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Norman Lamont Edinburgh, UK

Norman Lamont has been delighting audiences on the Edinburgh songwriter scene since 1990. His trademarks are the diversity of his musical styles, emotionally honest lyrics and a droll sense of humour.

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