To celebrate Earth Day on 22nd April, Greg has released a live performance video of Gossamer Wings, filmed last autumn at Purbeck Folk Club, whilst being accompanied by Nigel Ratcliffe on keyboard. The song was originally released on his ‘Bricks & Dust’ album. It has been described by Philip Lymbery, the CEO of Compassion In World Farming as "a beautiful, poignant and haunting song”.
The song's message gets more and more important, as nature, and our time left to act, both slip silently away.
GOSSAMER WINGS
I thought I saw a bumble bee
Busily buzzing by
It seemed to me when I was young
They filled the whole of the sky
I thought I saw a butterfly
With beautiful gossamer wings
But it’s been awhile
Since I’ve seen
Either of these things
I thought I saw a beautiful sight
A meadow full of flowers
We used to play there everyday
All of our waking hours
But I guess it’s just a trick of the light
Reflecting off the corn
If you shield your eyes
It breaks the disguise
And the colours are all gone
I remember the song thrush singing
Waking me up at dawn
I remember watching them catch
All the worms upon my lawn
But that was many years ago
And now they’re all long gone
I thought I heard a song thrush call
But I guess that I was wrong
I thought I saw a bumble bee
Bimbling through the sky
I thought I saw a butterfly
Slowly flitter by
But to tell the truth all I saw
Was a plain and empty sky
The reason they’re gone
Is the saddest of songs
It’s simply you and I
The reason they’re gone
Is the saddest of songs
It’s simply you and I