From the recording Carol Anne
Back around 1996 or so. I was playing music in AZ with a Country Band called Loose Change. Yes.....Penny & The Loose Change Band. The lead guitar player, Darin, and I had been friends for about 15 years, and we had played music together for about 7 of them. Needless to say, we are pretty good friends and I know his character.
Darin had been telling me about a recurring dream, where he was a Confederate Soldier running through the woods, with a rifle. He jumped over a fence and came face to face with a Union Soldier. Both Darin and the Union Soldier drew their rifles. They stood there aiming at each other. Both Soldiers realizing at the same time, there was no one else around, so why kill each other. Without a word, each man lowered his gun and Darin continued running... through the woods.
One night Darin said he went to a party. Walked in the door, and a guy sitting there, he didn't know, looks at Darin and said "I know you from somewhere", Darin said "Yea, I know you from somewhere too". This went on most of the night. Towards the end of the night, the guy said "I know who you are! You were the Confederate Soldier!", Darin said, "You were the Union Soldier!!" They each then told each other the same dream.
I was so struck by this story. I wanted to write a song about it, and I wanted to be the person running thru the woods. I wrote a three-page story and called it Dejavue. I changed it to Carole Ann. The story is inspired by Darin's experience.
Lyrics
CAROL ANNE
Penny Menze, Michael Shipley, Alan O’Bryant ©1998
Verse:
A cloud of smoke, ‘neath old growth tree’s
In a one room cabin, you’re in my dreams
A child with child, without a man
‘Cause he’s off fighting, for the Southern land
Chorus Carol Anne, What do you see
Running through the Backwoods
Of an endless dream
Carol Anne, Through your eyes
A memory of a man
From another time
Carol Anne, could it be, that you were me
Verse:
I see you there, the past unfolds
I can feel you tremble, from the winters cold
Your heart aches, and mine does too
For the love of a man, that we both knew
Chorus Carol Anne, What do you see
Running through the Backwoods
Of an endless dream
Carol Anne, through your eyes
A memory of a man
From another time
Carol Anne, could it be, that you were me
Bridge
I can feel the passion, running through your veins
I can hear the blue coats coming through the rain
I can see a man reaching out for me
I watch him fall, and it brings me to my knees
Chorus Carol Anne, What do you see
Running through the Backwoods
Of an endless dream
Carol Anne, through your eyes
A memory of a man
From another time
Carol Anne, could it be, that you were me
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