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"I kind of did it for myself to help myself fall asleep when I really worried, like when I was homeless and I'd fall asleep in my car,"
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Raven
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Fly like a raven, black honey into the night
Soft like the air beneath, a swan in her flight
Then return back home to bed
And bring the dancing stars
Sleep and dream of a white wolf howling
And know that I am near
Shhhh, close your eyes, don't ask why,
Let's dream, together, you and I
Oh, close your eyes, we will fly,
Dreaming, together, you and I
The moon has sailed in a silver gown of stars
That's long, but not forever
Soon her love will rise as mine
And sing to the shadows
Tomorrow we shall rise with the dawn
Kiss the flowers and bloom
But, now, lie still as the wind and listen
For I will come to you with the foot steps of morning
Shhh, close your eyes, don't ask why,
Let's dream, together, you and I
Oh, close your eyes, we can fly
Dreaming, together, you and I
Dream, dream, dream, dream...
- Written by Jewel Kilcher
- Produced by Jewel
- Additional production by Jason Freese
- Engineered by Ken Halford
- Mixed by Chris Rowe
- Mastered by Hank Williams, Mastermix
from Alan Bershaw, Jewel's archivist, on the EDA Mailing List
Jewel does have a vintage song called "Raven". And although Jewel often considers many of her early songs in the batch of "1st songs she wrote", Raven REALLY IS one of the 1st songs she wrote. It's one of her 1st 1991 Interlochen original song demos.
At the time it was referred to as "Lullabye" but is the same song. "Raven" was in Jewel's common repertoir before she moved to Poway, CA after graduation from Interlochen & it occasionally popped up during some of the earliest Innerchange gigs.
Although dropped from performance repertoir in 1994, "Raven" surfaced again (usually as an encore) in a few early 1996 shows, including the Febuary 96 Santa Cruz gig Tom is remembering above.
I often see "Raven" mislabelled on some of those early 1996 circulating fan recordings as both "Footsteps Of Morning" or "Together, You & I". I attribute these mistakes to people guessing the title (as those words are included in the lyrics).
It can be easily identified by the 1st line of the song which is: "Fly to me Raven, Black honey into the night".
She's not performed it since 1996, although it was recorded again late last year during the "Spirit" sessions. Maybe on some future box set someday! ;-) Alan (MrBB)