Ontario Song

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4. Ontario Song
© Maria Dunn, 2002

Half a tank of gas ago
I left you in Ontario
I wish that setting sun would slow
The songs on my radio
Relentless passage of my car
Not content with where we are
Too intent on getting far
Before the day is done

Oh My Sweet Child
I miss you more and more
But we learn to cheat the miles
Always did before
Always did before

The mitten hand of Michigan
Propels me northward once again
All I can foresee now, friend
A yellow line without an end
Miles and miles of ragged rock
Hours and hours taking stock
If I believe the dashboard clock
I’ll never make it home

I pass through every kind of land
Start to sea the sky expand
My mind a rubber band
Stretched by Creation’s hand
A tiny dot just moving through
Connect the one from me to you
What’s a thousand miles or two
On the lifeline?

Someday I’ll be settled close
My rambling days a distant boast
We’ll gaze upon the same coast
The stars above the one host
For now it seems we’ll make do
With telephones and “how are you?”
Won’t be long ‘til I’m back through
Singing on your porch

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from Joyful Banner Blazing, released January 29, 2021
© Maria Dunn, 2002
Horns arranged by Jeremiah McDade
Song arranged M.Dunn, A. Hillhouse, S. Johnson, S. McDade

Maria Dunn vocal
Curtis Appleton harmony vocal, banjo
Joel Gray trumpet
Andy Hillhouse acoustic guitar
Jeremiah McDade saxophone
Solon McDade upright bass
Audrey Ochoa trombone

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Maria Dunn Edmonton, Alberta

2022 Juno Winner for Joyful Banner Blazing! A true preserver of the spirit of folk music, 3x Juno-nominated Maria Dunn is often compared to Woody Guthrie for her keen social awareness & unvarnished melodic songs about ordinary people. On 2016 Gathering & 2021 Joyful Banner Blazing, she celebrates the love of family, community, humanity that fires our actions to make the world a better place. ... more

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