In Burbank, CA, in 1957, Bonnie Raitt turned eight and got a guitar for Christmas. She took it to summer camp in the Adirondacks, where I think she must have made an impact on the other campers. She swept the Grammy awards in 1990 with her tenth album, which she called her “first sober” one. How she kept going through the low sales of the first nine is a mystery, as it is that any of us keep going, keep shining our lights.
lyrics
so glad you came
back to camp this year
i thought about you and your guitar
i wanted to sing by this fire with you
but i was too shy to go that far
but now I've seen a curvy, freckled girl
can play guitar all night
and even the older kids will
sing along and we all feel so right
i just want to say
you gave that to me
and i can see that you will
give it to the world eventually
count the stars
as their light surrounds you
i know your own feels
small tonight
keep your faith
shine it around you
the world will turn
until we need your light
you cleaned up good
for this show
in the nick of time:
now they know
you poured out your heart nine times
in eighteen years
and now at the tenth time
they're ready to hear
i'm tuning in
from afar
remember when
i saw your star
count the stars
as their light surrounds you
i know your own feels
bright tonight
keep your faith
shine it around you
the world will turn
until we see your light
the world will turn
and the hour grow later
until it's dark enough
that we see your light
parts
tjw: electric guitar, bass ukulele, synth drums, vocals
crickets: recorded by MessyAcousticApocalypse666
image: Campfire 4213 by Dirk Beyer
