This Fire
People who have sat in little dark rooms with me for 35 years-worth of concerts now go on a piece of that same ride. When we gather âÂÂround that fire thereâÂÂs no telling what stories might be told. Songs of love and politics, courage and forgiveness, parody and pathos, somehow they are not unrelated.
When I gathered the songs for this collection they captured a small piece of time in a long life of trying hard to pay attention. They seemed to remind me of some small truths IâÂÂve learned. If hard times canâÂÂt have humor we wonâÂÂt survive them. If old love doesnâÂÂt have some memory of youthful passion it, too, will fade. And the many stories of ordinary people responding to ugliness with beauty continue to fascinate and thrill me.
Politics, love and other small miraclesâ¦all fueled by this same fire.
Hope Dies Last (John McCutcheon) 4:56
Not Me (John McCutcheon) 3:30
Simple Man (John McCutcheon) 4:43
FiddlerâÂÂs Last Dance (John McCutcheon & Paul Reisler) 4:19
Dick Cheney (John McCutcheon) 2:08
Waiting for a Miracle (John McCutcheon) 4:39
Forgive Us (John McCutcheon) 4:13
SuAnne Big Crow (John McCutcheon) 3:51
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy (Pete Seeger) 3:17
Oprah Seat (John McCutcheon) 4:00
Twenty Todays Ago (John McCutcheon) 3:42
Drive All Night (John McCutcheon) 4:48
Boob on Our TV (John McCutcheon) 2:30
The Other Side (John McCutcheon) 4:06
This Fire (John McCutcheon) 3:47