play Beautiful Valley

from Paradox of Grace - Cogtone 010 - 2001

beautiful valley. beautiful desert.
san juan mountains. the sangres, too.
me and this banjo are gonna play a little music.
we sure are happy to be here with you.

there's a grande ole river...starts in the valley.
telling it's story everywhere it goes.
it's sneaking past taos. holding back texas.
jumping the border down into mexico.

and there's a big volcano down in antonito
named after my father and i sure like that.
you can move away to boulder or out to california.
even new york city, but you keep coming back...

to the beautiful valley. the beautiful desert.
san juan mountains. mysterious light.
me and my banjo are gonna pick a lot of music.
we sure are happy to be here tonite.

Credits:

Bill Braatz: drums and percussion
DonCon: all other instruments and some percussion, vocals
Ellis Paul: other vocal
Stephanie Gutz, Jessie Holladay: vocals on "This Land is Your Land"

Recorded by John Kurgan...Brilliantly...at Hungry Goat Studios

Don Conoscenti
Published by Desert Muse/SESAC

This Land Is Your Land excerpt  Woody Guthrie

updated 3 years ago

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