Even When the Sky Is Stone

Music: Connor Macareavy. By Cornelius Lyons. Sequenced at Ancient Music of Ireland.

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Even when the sky is stone The earth is free to sing; The best potatoes know the songs That season every spring. Even when the wall is dry The paint is not asleep; Some foul-mouthed cuckoo keeps it up With jokes that make us weep. Even when a frog is free It may not know the dance; What good is it to have the right And leave the choice to chance? Even when the water's clear Things aren't what they seem; To understand the simplest words There is a need to dream.