I Must Go was a standard in the early days of Brookfield (North). It was a fun song about moving from traditional folk and exploring other styes. This recording is from the The Brook’s Sister’s album, The Carport Sessions, I think our daughters did a much better job of it. So here’s their cover version of our tune.
This week’s poem, Passage, is from Horizon. It celebrates the Brooks Sisters tour of Europe - (understanding the connection between those at home and those so far away).
Katherine and Caroline Brooks - Vocals
Caroline Brooks - Acoustic Guitar
Jeff Brackett - Acoustic Guitar
Stevie Brackett - Percussion
Wesley Cheang - Bass
Recorded by Graham Cornies at Yale Music
Mastered by Adam King, Graham Cornies and Katherine Brooks at 424 Productions
Re-mastered - Fredrick Brooks
<Click here to listen to I Must Go>
I MUST GO
I found love in my heart tonight
A curtain call with friends
This song and dance we held so true
Will show us through to the end
Chorus
So don’t tell me you feel like going back
When the turn of the cards cry no
Cause it’s darker - closer than you see
And I must go
It’s all in order our time’s in hand
In folklore we cry no more
It’s a secret from no one
Just a kind old friend
Has passed the door
Chorus
(c) Fredrick Brooks 1992
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PASSAGE
Flying over the continent
Moving towards sunrise
Our passage reveals a seam in the Earth’s magnetic morning
Our vessel floats beneath the shimmering heavens
Like a tiny cell in a vast blue sea
It is hope – it is beautiful
Our summer bird
A speck floating across the great abyss
Tips its silver wings
Levels - engines quiet
Softly landing in the rain and mist of a new world
It is hope – it is beautiful
We are joined, by the vast space between us
Invisible threads that have been woven by the test of time
Our unmistakable hearts deny the distance
Understanding the passage
It is hope – it is beautiful
For Caroline and Katherine
© Fredrick Brooks
