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Kimberly J

I Dream a Highway – Gillian Welch’s Song of America Explicated

I could die happy after writing a song like “I Dream a Highway” by Gillian Welch. It’s personal, cultural, spiritual, and historical. The lyrics are at the end of this post. One of my poems has a line that goes “you, that fourteen minute song in my head…” That’
Kimberly J 15 Jan 2010

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