Story Behind The Song
Utopia dangles there slightly out of our reach.
Song Description
Uptempo acoustic rock like Joni Mitchell with testosterone. From the CD Sketches by Jim Barbaro.
| Song Length |
3:44 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Welcoming, Delighted |
Subject |
Existence, Dreams |
| Similar Artists |
Bruce Springsteen, Joni Mitchell |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
YONDERVILLE
We want blue skies with manicured clouds
All in a land of bright eyes and inverted frowns
Peace, love, and paradise.
All our lives we try to build utopia
We see the vision turn into myopia
(We get) swallowed up in our lives.
We only see yonderville
In a night of dreams.
We talk about it till we're blue
Another wild blue yonder scheme.
We never go beyond that hill
To yonderville.
Paint the night white, you got a brand new day.
Why can't life be easy that way
Just blue moons and rainbows.
Trapped in this fishbowl of insecurity
We choose to live with our impurities.
We always forget our dreams.
Hear the lullaby of the cradling waves.
Dive deep into the fountains of sleep.
Play your harp against the sunset
Let your smoke rise like a prayer
To yonderville.