This is one from our "younger" period but re-arranged to incorporate a dramatic opening and some fine guitar work by our friend Piers Hogg. Miri is a character who features in two more songs, yet to be recorded.

Lyrics

Miri’s Nation (Pastoral Sons)

Miri was a single girl
A simple mind within a world
Inhabited by much imagination
Miri talked to falling leaves
Who boasted of their histories
Of tales that filled her heart with adulation

There were times she would make avid conversation
Times when she was alone
Times when tall trees would tender their emotions
Times the earth was her own

Miri sought her sanctuary
Beyond the normal boundaries
A traveller in dubious locations
People live within a dream
Shun her choice of company
Fail to hear the hark of Miri’s nation

From the elves who mastered the art of reservation
Creatures craving the sun
From the eyes of woodland the ears of corn and barley
Pastures, pastoral sons

Miri saw her kingdom come
The promise of her will be done
Evoke a sense of hope and tribulation
Miriam - the single girl
Miriam forsook our world
Enchanted by a whispered invitation

There were times she would make avid conversation
Times when she was alone
Times when tall trees would tender their emotions
Times the earth was her own