For me this is a song about choosing love in the face of uncertainty. There's space in the song for the listener to imagine the story that's happening outside the frame.
@kcflower's goal for FAWM is to perform and record 14 of our songs. Seven Summers is Kathy's 8th recording. We're calling the Album Get to Yes.
Seven Summers
Nancy Cunningham / Kathy Klopp
You headed up the hill in the springtime
When you left the wheat was poison green
You headed up the hill in the springtime
When you get back, you’ll tell me where you’ve been
Mama says she heard you went to prison
Daddy thinks you shipped out overseas
Mama says she heard you were in prison
All I know’s you’re coming back to me
Seven summers picking in the hot rows
Seven winters spinning in the cold
Seven summers picking in the hot rows
It’s hard to cotton to all that I’ve been told
I think I wanna be out in the open
I think I wanna feel the soaking rain
I think I wanna be out in the open
So I can see you walking down my lane
Seven summers picking in the hot rows
Seven winters spinning in the cold
Seven summers picking in the hot rows
It’s hard to cotton to all that I’ve been told
I’m not looking for a letter
I’m not waiting for your call
I don’t know what plans you’re making
Maybe you’re making none at all
But you headed up the hill in the springtime
When you left the wheat was poison green
You headed up the hill in the springtime
When you get back, you can tell me where you’ve been
@liz561 Apr 2022
When you get back, you can tell me where you've been-I'm so left wondering if he ever returned. You really got me invested in the story!
@elainedimasi Mar 2022
Oh, I love the verse vocal melody that kicks this off! And it's really powerful the way the first verse is just a scene setup and then the second verse tells harsh things and the "I" steps in so sure of itself.
The "be in the open // see you walking down my lane" is lovely. Enjoying all the guitar work as well. And then when we get to "hard to cotton all I've been told" the other show has dropped, but so softly...
@nadine Mar 2022
Lovely picking and a good vocal phrasing which makes this song catchy.
Interesting that you participated as a band and hit the 14 songs. Congrats!
@bobjestes Feb 2022
Nice story! Sort of like life, the entire story is up to interpretation. The details are collaged together to leave a intriguing tale. Very nice guitar!