Name: Dandelion by Kelly Wallin/Girls With Guitars
Duration: 4 min 35 s
Description: A 2023 demo version of a song I wrote in tribute to my fellow military brats. Fortunate enough to have Beth Nielsen Chapman singing back-up vocals on this one.

A 2023 demo version of a song I wrote in tribute to my fellow military brats. Fortunate enough to have Beth Nielsen Chapman singing back-up vocals on this one.

Dandelion

"The Beautiful"
music & lyrics by Jessica Smucker, copyright 2022
produced by Peter Rydberg & Jessica Smucker
recorded, mixed & mastered by Peter Rydberg at Studio 1935

Jessica Smucker: vocals, piano
Mike Bitts: bass
Steve Brown: drums
Peter Rydberg: acoustic guitars, mandolin, piano, vibraphone, string arrangement & programming

Special thanks: Chad Kinsey, Matt Ramer, Paul Murr, Trixi Greiner, Nathan Landis Funk


The Beautiful

Here comes that helpless feeling again
This is how it goes when power festers in the minds of dusty men
You forced your beat into my womb
You left my child in a barricaded room
with your revolving lies
Sometimes I think I want to die
but I’m alive
The wind still blows
The sky is a mess of clouds
and this land won’t let me go

There’s no way out but through
so I put you on like a ruby shoe
There’s no place like home to turn me blue
I am stronger than the night
I’m sharp as a broken arrow
and soft as dawn’s early light

Hey, can you see what you’ve done?
You’re flying too close to the sun
with all the world in tow
Holding our breath as you puff up your waxen wings
and what can I do but fall into the fog
and let the weight of everything press in
but I’m alright
the moon’s still bright
the sky is a swarm of shadows pressing on in flight

There’s no way out but through
so I put you on like a ruby shoe
There’s no place like home to turn me blue
I am stronger than the night
I’m sharp as a broken arrow
and soft as dawn’s early light

The Beautiful

A fun breezy summer song. Written by Seth Eric Cutler and Sarah Sloan. Background vocals Kevin Fisher Produced by Kevin Fisher

Dandelion

Kelly Wallin/Girls With Guitars

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