(Here is the song I cannot get out of my head recently. I encourage you to go buy Joni Mitchell's "Hejira" and listen to it. Perferably on headphones, while you're traveling somewhere.)

Amelia

I was driving across the burning desert
When I spotted six jet planes
Leaving six white vapour trails across the bleak terrain
It was the hexagram of the heavens
It was the strings of my guitar
Amelia, it was just a false alarm

The drone of flying engines
Is a song so wild and blue
It scrambles time and seasons if it gets through to you
Then your life becomes a travelogue
Of picture postcard charms
Amelia, it was just a false alarm

People will tell you where they've gone
They'll tell you where to go
But til you get there yourself you never really know
Where some have found their paradise
Others just come to harm
Oh Amelia, it was just a false alarm

I wish that he was here tonight
It's so hard to obey
His sad request of me to kindly stay away
So this is how I hide the hurt
As the road leads cursed and charmed
I tell Amelia, it was just a false alarm

A ghost of aviation
She was swallowed by the sky
Or by the sea, like me she had a dream to fly
Like Icarus ascending
On beautiful foolish arms
Amelia, it was just a false alarm

Maybe I've never really loved
I guess that is the truth
I've spent my whole life in clouds at icy altitudes
And looking down on everything
I crashed into his arms
Amelia, it was just a false alarm

I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel
To shower off the dust
And I slept on the strange pillows of my wanderlust
I dreamed of 747s
Over geometric farms
Dreams, Amelia, dreams and false alarms

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I just got invited to open for Canadian folk legend (and beloved family friend) Penny Lang on March 21 at the Yellow Door. Of course I said yes! It will be a wonderful night, no doubt. Montreal friends, don't miss it!

Love,

K.

What a night at the Yellow Door last night. It was *packed*--just when I thought it couldn't get any fuller, more people came in. And, as in Toronto, a lovely, attentive crowd.

Forgot to post my setlist from Toronto, but here's what I played last night:

Can't Stand Up Alone (a capella spiritual)

Tremor and Slip

The Thing Is

Time to Go

The Only Exception

Gold in Them Hills (Ron Sexsmith)

Everything Must Go (new tune!)

Home Remedy

(Encore: Maybe I'm Amazed)

I got a recording of it, so you may hear some of them on MySpace before too long!

Much love,

Kaya

Hey, thanks to the good people at DiscDrive, "Tremor and Slip" was aired nationally this afternoon on CBC Radio 2! Hope you heard me on your drive home...

Love,

Kaya