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I Can Close My Eyes

from Story Songs (2002) by James Hersch

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For my wife, whose song is in my ears when I'm gone. Recorded with my son's guitar.

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When I'm lonesome and I'm far from home
And in the night some whistle cries
I get real quiet and I think of you
And I can close my eyes
Out on some wind blown interstate
Where the eighteen wheeler flies
I think of you, I hear you laugh
And I can close my eyes

When the day is full of stranger's faces
And angels in disguise
It's then I know you would be proud of me
And I can close my eyes
I walk the streets, my shadow falls
The sun sets low in the sky
My rambling rolls me right back to you
And I can close my eyes

Sometimes my heart runs away from this life
But your love knows where it hides
Calls me back, holds me now
So I can close my eyes
I wake up scared, sometimes I do
Feel the worries in me rise
I hear the song that you sing to our children
And I can close my eyes

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from Story Songs (2002), released June 30, 2003

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James Hersch Minneapolis, Minnesota

I live on this piece of prairie. I'm passionate and dedicated to writing songs in hopes of singing them for people. I don't think I could continue without both ends of that process. Create then hope. It's here I write songs, and here I wait to sing them for others. ... more

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