The House We Love

from The Snow Ballad by Ali George

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It’s a place I love so well,
Just where the mountains swell.
By a little village stream lies a house….

Past Christian mountain shrines
(Where candles always shine),
Up a crooked cobbled lane,
There she stands.

It’s the house we love:
A place to cherish
(With golden sunlight on her homely stones),
Hidden from the world.

She leads me up the stairs.
There’s cobwebs everywhere.
There’s dust upon the floor.
The room’s very bare.

Then she gets out the broom.
She starts to sweep the room.
When I open up the shutters
There’s gold in the air.

It’s the house we love:
Our Aegean tower
(With golden sunlight on her homely stones),
Waiting for our love.

That’s the sound of tapping feet
On a stone floor, in the heat.
That’s the sound of my woken love,
Come to see me.

And the garden’s very bright.
And I feel at peace inside.
And the mountains keep us safe,
In the shade.

It’s the house we love:
A place to cherish
(With golden sunlight on her homely stones).

Hidden in the hills,
It’s our lost domain:
Waiting for our love.

Hidden in the hills,
Hidden from the world:
Waiting for our love.

© Ali George 2011

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from The Snow Ballad, released November 15, 2013

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Ali George Bath, UK

Ali George is a British singer-songwriter with a distinct fingerstyle guitar technique, mellow vocals, and an earthy songwriting style. Inspired most deeply by Bon Iver, Nick Drake, and John Martyn, he has been active in the southwest English folk scene for 20 years. His new album “Watchful Days” will be released in July 2023. ... more

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