Dennis had said that he wanted to do some new recordings on the theme of "Cosmic American Music," which was Gram Parsons term for his own music, mixing the country music of that era with hippie music. I don't think that's what Dennis means, I think he just means our songs but with slide guitar and National steel, but here's what I came up with as a first attempt at my own version of it:
The Geography of Sorrow
I placed my flag in the new world
To flourish and to burgeon
And threw myself on the green land
As if it were a virgin
And though I thought I’d conquered it
It all turned contradictory
I found there was no apple pie
In what had seemed a victory
What’s the geography of sorrow?
What’s the geography of tears?
How do we map the loss
The hatred and the fears?
This land’s become my body
A map, immense and vast
It always flows out bountifully
But hides behind a mask
The land remains eternal
Though it’s life’s as short as mine
Silent as a history book
But ticking, watching time
What’s the geography of sorrow?
What’s the geography of tears?
How do we map the loss
The hatred and the fears?
I felt a mighty anger
Fire flooding from above
I’ve felt the wrath of fear
But this is wrath of love
It’s I who am now guilty
It’s I who played the whore
I kneel down and bow my head
Dressed as a conquistador
What’s the geography of sorrow?
What’s the geography of tears?
How do we map the loss
The hatred and the fears?
