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The SparesChapel of the Winding Road Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana

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From The Spares' CD "Beautiful and Treacherous Thing"

Down at the chapel of the winding road
There’s an angel of mercy at the bar
With an empty glass and a flower dress
All alone in the corner
All the battered souls pass by and pay respects
In the back there’s a card game
A guy hollers from a table clear across the room
Wonders if she feels like gambling

They drive west all night with the windows down
In his ancient El Camino
He’s got his arm around her and they’re singing along
With the country songs on satellite radio
And it feels all right
And it feels all right

They’re telling stories while the sun comes up
Driving through the mountains
Stories that might be funny if you saw them on TV
But had them in ruins
They’re laughing anyway, and it feels good
To find someone who can see you
They hit the coast and don’t want to stop
So they turn right and cross the border

They would drive all night with the windows down
In his ancient El Camino
He’s got his arm around her and they’re singing along
With the country songs on satellite radio
And it feels all right
And it feels all right

Bridge: They’re by the water when she tells him she loves him
Sees him in the glory of the setting sun
Says, ‘You’re as good a man as I could hope to find
Living on the run’

He drives that night through the Puget Sound
To the Emerald Queen in Tacoma
He picks a table but doesn’t see his play
There’s no opening, no getaway
Just a long road home
With an angel of mercy x

Song Comments

Bare Thread II
... and the thread winds through the "Chapel of the Winding Road...

The Talent Searcher
Is this song beautiful ? I think so .So straight to the point, voice, guitar and little else and the song is sustained all the way . The Spares are special, no doubt about it.

Got Music?
We here at Got Music? don't talk enough about lyrics. Listen as the Lewis-Hendershot team break rule after rule about the need for rhyming, meter and storytelling content generally. Lewis' elliptical phrasing gives this hopeless-couple odyssey the oddest of appealing qualities. (thh). I love the almost whispering vocal track. It adds an intimate feel for this delicate and beautiful song. (awr)