Name: You Work Too Hard
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Description: This was inspired by something I heard Heather Alexander say once...

You Work Too Hard

from Under The Gripping Beast by Echo's Children

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This was inspired by something I heard Heather Alexander say once...

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Dally, sweet singer, come settle and rest.
The great redwoods whisper the secrets of green.
Too long have you labored at hardship's behest
Scratching a living too bitter and lean,
Too much on your mettle, too long on your guard. . .
Heather, you work too hard.

Living your life like a vagabond child
Learning to quiet the hunger that burns
With snatches of music and song-snippets wild,
But the sweetest song fades and the silence returns.
Harried and heartsore, weary and scarred,
Heather, you work too hard.

Enter our fairy ring; here you will find
Melody twined in the songs of the Sidhe.
Glad ears to listen when you're so inclined,
Voices to join you in time and on key
Gallants just waiting to waltz with a Bard. . .
Heather, you work too hard.

Quicksilver laughter that slips through your fist
You'd always have joined us if only you could.
Follow our song and step into the mist.
Your friends and your family will find in the wood
Your footprints fade out till the dew lies unmarred. . .
Heather, you work too hard.

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from Under The Gripping Beast, released October 1, 1997

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In 1995 Cat Faber and Callie Hills teamed up to form Echo's Children, a duo known for well crafted harmonies and interesting lyrics about science fiction and fantasy subjects. They worked together until 2003, when Cat Faber moved to Tennessee and the group broke up. ... more

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