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Windy Day

by Ortega Fuerte

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Sick with a fever, trapped inside
On such a windy day-- she was reading a book about flies
But the nursemaid covered her eyes, and took her book away
And told her she must pray, so she prayed
That the people passing by would all begin to blow away
Leaving their groceries in the street
As the shoes dropped off their feet.

And what she pictured from her bed
On such a windy day-- the hats and the shoes and the groceries in the street--reminded her of the day
In a book she'd never read (but had donned a white gown and sworn to believe)--
Reminded her of the day
When her nursemaid said that Christ would come
To take his believers into the sky,
Leaving their earthly effects behind.

Dancing across her window frame,
There came a little boy, with his slicker on and his arms spread wide.
And his hat was very red, and he cried at the top of his voice--
The cry of the joy of the surely-alive
And maybe this boy was Christ,
She was sure he knew what life was for,
And his hat was very red
On such a windy day.

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released February 14, 2016

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Ortega Fuerte Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ortega Fuerte are a group of songwriters and multi-instrumentalists founded in 2003 by core member Hugo Grayling and often including the contributions of Air Anchor's Chris Rohlf.

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