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I always wish that I could be quiet enough to hear the history that nature could tell me if I only knew how to listen. This song was written sitting on a beach in Cape Cod, MA, USA

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SEA SHELLS ON THE SHORE

Rough and crusty on one side
The seashell on the shore
Tells a tale from far-away
From long-ago, no more.
The inner side is pearly blue
Dazzling in the sun
Gleaming through the quiet waves
Content, needing no one

The quiet shore, the summer sky
The lazy August sun
The waves that gently lap the sand
Content, needing no one.
It’s true that there are sea storms
That roll and lash the land
The wind that whips up suddenly
When rain clouds pelt the sand

And in the land of poetry
You know I am that shell
A side of me a peaceful blue
The other a storm from hell!
Rough and crusty on one side
The seashell on the shore
Tells a tale from far-away
From long-ago, no more.

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from Days of Honey, Days of Onions, released April 1, 2021
Joanie Calem guitar and vocals, Tom Boyer Rhodes piano

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Joanie Calem Columbus, Ohio

Joanie Calem is a folk musician, singer/song-writer, storyteller and inclusion advocate for audiences of all ages. Joanie writes songs and sings about life's different twists and turns, angles and perspectives, telling stories through her songs of the ups and downs of reality. She performs regularly at festivals, retirement homes, shelters, libraries and schools throughout the US and abroad. ... more

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