Closer

This year I went again to the Indiana Fiddlers Gathering for more uninterrupted music (and more torrential rain!). It was another great weekend, despite rain and fire ants, with opportunities for all the things I need to recharge. I discovered several great new tunes, including most of the tunes on the album "Idle Talk and Wicked Deeds" by Portland musicians The Flat Mountain Girls.

I may write more about the festival and the musicians I met, but for now, I just want to include the lyrics to the current favorite song in our house (and car). It's called Closer to the Mill, and I know the Flat Mountain Girls didn't write it, but I don't have the CD case handy to tell you who did. I find this profound in a very deceptively simple way. You want something? GO GET IT.  I aspire to get closer all the time!

Closer to the Mill
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If you want some heat, gotta draw a little flame
If you want something sweet,  you gotta squeeze a little cane
If you want a little wheat, raise a little grain
And get a little closer to the mill

Well it might sound funny, but as sure as I sing
If you want some money, gotta sell something
If you want a little honey, take a little sting
And get a little closer to the mill

Yodelayeeeeeee
Here's a little secret in the words that I sing:
When it comes to lovin', gotta take what you bring
Gotta get a little closer to the mill

Well if you wanna be a buyer, gotta have the price
If you wanna roll high, well you gotta throw the dice
If you wanna take a try, cut you off a slice
And get a little closer to the mill

Well it ain't no crime and it ain't no shame
If the gold is fine, well you oughta stake a claim
If you wanna be mine, you better do the same
Better get a little closer to the mill

Yodelayeeeeeee
Here's a little secret in the words that I sing:
When it comes to lovin', gotta take what you bring
Gotta get a little closer to the mill