In the introduction to this series of posts, I claimed that I don’t really listen to lyrics. Well, now the second song that I post is a story song. My issue with lyrics has its limits; songs that tell a story clearly are an exception to that claim. I enjoy it primarily for the story that Dar tells in the song.

I have a friend of almost 40 years who was a huge fan of singer-songwriter Dar Williams back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and he turned me on to her. I’m not much of a live music fan, but we moved from Austin to New Jersey for a few years in the 1990s, and this long-time friend timed a trip to visit us with a live performance that Dar was giving close to us in New Jersey, so we saw her there.

Dar Williams a great songwriter and performer. This song is a brilliant example of both. It makes me happy due to the positive message of reconciliation in the story told in the song.