Meet the Composers: Stephen Powell with Ricky Ian Gordon: A Horse with Wings, 2/2

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Stephen Powell and Ricky Ian Gordon discuss "A Horse with Wings" which they perform together on GRAMMY®-nominated album "American Composers at Play: William Bolcom, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, John Musto"--on Acis APL00689.

Track 29, A Horse with Wings (1995)
Text: Ricky Ian Gordon

I wanna cry, I wanna feel the world around me whirling by.
I wanna cry for those that live and those that die. You sing a lullabye.
I wanna cry.


I wanna pray that all my wishes could come true after today.
And should I put a word for you in, should I say an extra Kyrie?
I wanna pray.


I wanna lie. I wanna think that things are better than they are.
I wanna think we’ve gotten further, and that far is just an inch away.
I wanna lie.


A horse with wings; I wanna think of things like that, and other things.
I want two brothers, one who laughs, and one who sings,
I hope the future brings a horse with wings.


I wanna know the things they told me way back when were really so.
I wanna make a little mark before I go, not barely just get by.
I wanna fly!


Engineering and Mastering, Kevin Bourassa
Producer, Geoffrey Silver

Session photography and video primarily by Ken Yanagisawa, kiyphotography.com

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