THE GIRL WHO LIVED ON THE MOUNTAIN

from Leslie Medford's Charm Offensive by LESLIE MEDFORD

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Track: 3
Title: The Girl Who Lived On The Mountain
Performed by Leslie Medford’s Charm Offensive
Authorship: Douglass/Medford
Arranged & Produced by Medford & Douglass
Publishing: BrowBeat BMI
Recording date: March 1991
Recording place: Oakland and Concord, CA
Engineered by: Leslie Medford – TEAC 3440 4-track reel-to-reel
Remastered by Carl Salbacka & Leslie Medford
Running Time: 04:13
First appeared on: Leslie Medford’s Charm Offensive
First released 17 August 2021

Wallace “L’ace” Douglass : guitar
M. Roderick “Ricky” MacBride : bass
Sean “Stag” O’Lee : drums
Leslie Medford : voice

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THE GIRL WHO LIVED ON THE MOUNTAIN

Once upon a time
Before this land was paved over
There were families.

And in one of these
A growing rain was falling,
Nurturing ideas.

The green arrived.
The green became incandescent.
The earth itself warmed to the sky.

The bucolic scene…
The lateness of the hour…
Path is beckoning…

The day is done…
But that is not what I’m thinking.

I said Hi to the girl who lives on the mountain.
It seemed the proper thing to do.
I have a load I want unloaded.
Could you help me out with that?
I know one who wants a flower.
Would you do this for me?

She’s too sweet for words
But I will try to describe her:
Wisdom is her thing.

She has read the dead,
And she is brightly shining
From those burning coals.

Just what she knows…
Her mystery goes without saying.

I walked up to the girl who lives on the mountain.
It seemed the proper thing to do.
I have this load I want unloaded.
Could you help me out with that?
I know someone who wants a flower.
Would you do this for me?
Then,
Before the sun
Hit the sky
I
Found myself another queen.
You
Wouldn’t believe
Everything that she did to me
That was done
‘Fore the sun
Kissed the mountain.

I walk up to the girl who lived on the mountain.
It seemed the proper thing to do.

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from Leslie Medford's Charm Offensive, track released June 30, 2021

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LESLIE MEDFORD Oakland, California

Leslie Medford is a dude from a world that no longer exists!The two bands he led 1984-1991 have their own bandcamp pages under The Ophelias and HighHorse. Medford was a busy fellow during his pro period (1982-1992) and this site covers solo things & side projects from as early as 1975 and as recent as 2004.There is tremendous variety here, of a high standard of idea, if not always execution.Enjoy! ... more

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