Ripplin' Waters

Thursday; August 14, 2008

Ripplin’ Waters

lyrics & vocals by: Jimmy Ibbotson
music by: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Editorial Note:
These words are beautiful .. but you have to listen to the recording to receive all it’s splendor. You can download it from any of the online Music Sharing sites .. or you can purchase the album / CD entitled Symphonion Dream … The song starts out as inaudible rain in the distance .. getting closer .. so give it a few seconds at the beginning …

1

I got rippling waters to wake me

to the morning, my woman and love

and tall pine trees are pointing us easily to heaven above.

Blue spruce flaming on the grate in the evening

takes the chill away fine.

Cut the telephone line and the story's the same

2

There's a worn red chair by the window

that we found at a sale down the way

when some old women said that they needed more room for the winter.

People like pulling out the stuffing when they sit down

and so it passes the time.

Cut the telephone line and the story's the same.

Hook

Blow like a bubble on a windy day

Start to flutter when I hear you say

That you feel to good to go away

And you make me feel fine

And you've made my world a warmer place

By the sparkling of your diamond face

On a frayed spot, put a little lace

And you make me feel fine

Warm as the mountain sunshine

On the edge of the snowline

In a meadow of columbine

3

Oh, little Jennifer, I'd give a penny for

what you've got on your mind

it seems like most of the time you're lying there dreaming.

Maybe in your vision you’ll see how our mission
is slightly less than divine.
Cut the telephone line and the story's the same.

4

And now rippling waters flow through pipes

in the walls and they're keeping me warm

and the closest I've been to my family for days is my music.

But to silently stare in the morning sky

it's like hearing her calling my name.

You cut the telephone line and the story’ might’ change.

Repeat Hook

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