Miki Girts returned to the WRFA studios to discuss the 2023 Whirlybird Music & Arts Festival with Arts on Fire host Anthony Merchant

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Arts on Fire - Miki Girts of the Whirlybird Music and Arts Festival - July 14, 2023

Cheap pack of indian smokes
In the snow on the side of the road in Painted Post
Ditched my tribe for a ride on the wild west express
I just had to get out before I get older and wonder
Did I leave my best times behind?
Did I ditch the risk for the comfort


Of home?
It’s the love that you will always know


Buy a cheap fan at the drug store behind the precinct
On a hot night in the city dream of dragon flies in the cool countryside
And at night the sky the sky the stars are bright my poor sight
And now we see the light

Of home
It’s the love that you will always know

Older and Wonder

When the innocence starts to fade
When in my mind I hope that it stays
Never far away from me
If I get bothered by the ins and outs
the petty things, my little doubts
Will you come and stop me

If you go far away
We wont start to fade
Cause we won’t lose the innocence

If I find myself travelling
in the same old patterns
Making my own disasters 
Don’t let me complain
Instead we could shake it like a can of paint
We could push it to the edge of insane
Break bottles of champagne

If you go far away
We wont start to fade
Cause we won’t lose the innocence

We cannot live forever
But you could make that case to me
And I would believe you
Unless the innocence starts to fade

If you go far away
We wont start to fade
Cause we won’t lose the innocence

Innocence

Son, Son, theres some things that you should know
Theres some places you should never go
For your safety
But if you make it through safely
You can Ride the Wave

You can ride the wave
Past the things you cannot
You cannot ever change
Nothing stays the same
But its okay, yea, its okay

My dear daughter, theres some things that you should know
theres a place that you can always go
if you’re lost and low
its called home

You can ride the wave
Past the things you cannot
You cannot ever change
Nothing stays the same
But its okay, yea, its okay


Friends may come and love may go
I know this to be true
As long as you have love my dear
I’ll ride the waves with you

You can ride the wave
Past the things you cannot
You cannot ever change
Nothing stays the same
But its okay, yea, its okay

Ride The Wave

Morning comes slowly out from the eastern skies
There is no warning for wanting to say Goodbye
This hellish weather is pushing us further inside
How long can a summer bird stay the winter and still be alive?

You can build me up
But you can’t tear me down
These stairs are made of stone
I won’t be kicked around 

I have seen many seasons and learned things that opened my eyes
But even the wise ones find heart to be stronger than mind
These wheels must move forward can’t sift through the dust that’s behind
How long can a summer bird stay the winter and still be alive?

You can build me up
But you can’t tear me down
These stairs are made of stone
I won’t be kicked around

Build Me Up

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