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In which the dangers of building a home on a sand dune are revealed.

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Castles of Sand

No other place was mine it was the closest to
Wherever my deepest self was found
I could be running blind, from the craziest escapade
And always there was a sense of solid ground

But that was the strangest thing, there was no solid ground
For my place was built entirely of sand
On an earthquake fault, sand as white as salt
Sitting on the edge of the bay

You know it’s not just black or white
Or day and night, or dark and light
Or what you give, or what you take
Or how you move, or what you make

They built her house, of redwood trees
Ancient ones, 500 years or more
And anchored it with ocean stones
That held it through a thousand storms

The winds had tried their very best
To blow the thing right out into the waves,
Yet wood and stone had stood their ground
And time and time again she was saved

You know it’s not just black or white
Or day and night, or dark and light
Or what you give, or what you take
Or how you move, or what you make

Dreams are shaped by shifting tides
Hissing waves, the seagull’s cry
The haunting mists, the lion’s call
The brilliant sunrise through the fog

And what comes must surely pass
We like to think we’re constant as the moon
And yet by nature ever changing
And lonely as the calling of the loon

You know it’s not just black or white
Or day and night, or dark and light
Or what you give, or what you take
Or how you move, or what you make

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from Edge of the World, released March 20, 2008
Music and Lyrics by Maggie McKaig

Maggie McKaig--lead vocal, guitar
Luke Wilson--harmony vocals, 5-string banjo
Murray Campbell--cor anglais
Michael Zisman--electric bass

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Maggie McKaig Nevada City, California

I'm a singer-songwriter, guitarist, accordionist, composer, poet, essayist, playwright. Since 2009 I've led World music quartet Beaucoup Chapeaux. With my partner of 45 years Luke Wilson we raised two sons, made seven albums, and grown veggie gardens and fruit trees on five acres of never ceded land once occupied by the Nisenan Tribe near Nevada City, CA.
Photo by LeeAnn Brook. ... more

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