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Wanderin' Star

from Wanderin' Star by Kira Small

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Words & Music by: Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Lowe (Chappell & Co. ASCAP)

My dad loves music from westerns. He also loves road trips (probably where I got it from). The soundtrack from the movie "Paint Your Wagon" was on heavy rotation in the car when I was growing up and I grew to love it. "Wanderin' Star" - an ode to wanderlust - was sung inimitably by Lee Marvin in the movie but I couldn't resist finding my own version and recording it.

Road trip, anyone?

lyrics

I was born under a wanderin’ star
I was born under a wanderin’ star
Wheels are made for rolling, mules are made to pack
I never seen a sight that didn’t look better looking back
I was born under a wanderin’ star

Mud can make you prisoner and the plains can bake you dry
Snow can burn your eyes but only people make you cry
Home is made for coming from, for dreams of going to
Which with any luck will never come true

I was born under a wanderin’ star
I was born under a wanderin’ star
Do I know where hell is – hell is in hello
Heaven is goodbye forever it’s time for me to go
I was born under a wanderin’ star
A wanderin’, wanderin’ star

Mud can make you prisoner and the plains can bake you dry
Snow can burn your eyes but only people make you cry
Home is made for coming from, for dreams of going to
Which with any luck will never come true

I was born under a wanderin’ star
I was born under a wanderin’ star
When I get to heaven tie me to a tree
Or I’ll begin to roam and soon you know where I will be
I was born under a wanderin’ star
A wanderin’, wanderin’ star

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from Wanderin' Star, released September 1, 2003
Kira Small - vocal, electric piano
Chris Maresh - bass
Brannen Temple - drums
Scott Neubert - pedal steel

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Kira Small Nashville, Tennessee

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“...like a neat glass of single malt in a world of Michelob Ultra” - Mike Reid

Kira Small is a nationally touring singer-songwriter & in demand Nashville session vocalist. She also makes lemons out of lemonade. Kira’s June 2016 release 3 AM is one of those albums where an artist, in making sense of a time of personal upheaval, almost accidentally crafts a career masterpiece. ... more

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