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The Fires of '17 (Phil Lawrence with Greenhouse)

by Phil Lawrence Mandolin

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Song by Phil Lawrence (lyrics, mandolin) and Michael Rofkar (music, guitar, vocals) that tells the story of the fires that devastated Santa Rosa on October 2017. In the style of an Irish ballad with Michael's band, Greenhouse, backing up.

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On the North Bay Fires of 2017

On the night the devil escaped from hell
the winds began to howl;
the fire danced, the smoke swirled,
The air was black and foul.

When the flames began to lick the trees,
They trembled and they burned;
The sparks flew wide, the fire spread,
Then it twisted and it turned.

Now the devil's child leapt and cried
With sinister delight,
While families slept, inside their homes,
And Fire ruled the night.

The conflagration raced down hill
And trampled through the town.
The sirens screamed, as brimstone rained
On rooftops all around.

Now the bellow-winds cracked their cheeks
And Fury whipped the flames.
Terror shrieked, as people ran,
Desperate to be saved.

In the darkness and the reddish glow
They panicked and they fled,
While all around, the monster grew,
And Fire reaped the dead.

When the morning dimmed, an acrid smoke
Arose and choked the Earth.
Like blackened snow, the ashes fell;
As if the land were cursed.

When the seventh day had come and gone
The rain began to fall,
The fire died; we looked around—
There was nothing left at all.

Among the dead and badly burned
The Devil growled and grinned.
He’d had his feast; he’d come to glut;
Then he withered with the wind.

And where was God in all of this?
Asleep, awake, or bored?
As the devil rampaged on the earth
And Hell began to roar.

credits

released August 16, 2021
Phil Lawrence--lyrics, mandolin
Michael Rofkar--music
The Greenhouse band--backing tracks

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Phil Lawrence Mandolin San Francisco, California

Phil Lawrence plays all different styles of music: bluegrass, folk, rock, jazz, reggae, and even klezmer. He produces independent recordings of his original compositions. In 2004 worked with David Grisman as an assistant instructor at The Mandolin Symposium where he performed on stage with Chris Thile. He performs with It's A Beautiful Day Acoustic, featuring David LaFlamme on violin. ... more

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