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Backstory:

Jack Sundrud came in to our writing appointment lamenting the state of the music business. At some point in the conversation, he said he felt like the modern day blacksmith...and we were off and running. It took a couple sessions to finish the song...we finally holed up and finished it up at Jack's cabin at the lake. 

Lyrics:

                                                  
MODERN DAY BLACKSMITH
Danny Arena/Sara Light/Jack Sundrud

He stands beneath the hickory tree
His mighty arms ‘a swingin’.
Sparks fly, sweat drips from his eyes
His steel hammer singin’.
He holds a fire-red horseshoe up.
The crowd begins to cheer.
They just love the slice of life from yesteryear.
And the tour guide says, follow me.
There’s so much more for you to see.

A woman at a spinning wheel
You can hear it hummin’.
Another works behind the loom
Her harpist fingers strummin’.
Weaving homespun memories of a different time
Before their jobs were taken by assembly lines.
And the tour guide says,

That’s the way it used to be.
Life was so much simpler then.
Once the wheels of progress pass you by
They don’t come round again.

I pick up my old guitar
And slowly start to pickin’.
Play a lick, get out my pen,
Do a little scribblin’.
A couple lines of words and rhymes
From deep down in my heart
I tap into the magic where the music starts.
And the tour guide says, that’s how it used to be.
In the days before we got it all for free.

That’s when I woke up. 
And started to wonder if
I’m the Modern Day Blacksmith.


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