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Highways explores the uncertainty of an explorer, an adventurer, in tune with nature, but not with whether her partner can share the wonder that she sees in living her life. The song begins with a homespun bass line only to explode into major-minor-major chord pattern that anchors the song. “Do you dare to touch the sunset . . .” Is it a question? Or is it a command? As the sax and vocal duet through a bridge we accept the certainty of the desert that “has no secrets” and the mountains that “tell no lies.” But as the sax wails alone through to the end as the final cymbal’s reverb tail fades away, somehow we know that we’ll never be as certain about human relationships.

Kaimi wrote Highways in the 1990s.

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Take me home to the mountains
And the desert that I know
If I fled there, would you follow?
If I beckoned, would you go?
The open air is my companion
The running water is my guide
If I whisper, would you hear me?
If I shout, would you reply?

As I sail along these highways
I see the water turn to stone
And the desert is my shelter
And the mountains are my home
And the mountains are my home

Are you dancing in the shadows?
Or are you hiding in the sun?
If you told me that you need me,
Would I be the only one?

As I sail along these highways
Memories are fading fast
And the desert is my future
And the mountains are my past
And the mountains are my past

For the desert has no secrets
And the mountains tell no lies

Do you dare to touch the sunset
Sell your soul for one desire?
Would you want to walk on water?
Do you dare to play with fire?

As I sail along these highways
My horizon never ends
And the desert is my family
And the mountains are my friends
And the mountains are my friends

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from Attractive Nuisance, released November 1, 2017
Words & Music by Kaimipono D. Wenger
Recorded & Mixed by Ben Moore, Singing Serpent Studios
Mastered by Dave Gardner, Infrasonic Sound
Produced by The Innocent Bystanders & Ben Moore

Steve Berenson – drums & percussion
Jessica Lafave – tenor saxophone
Ben Nieberg – acoustic guitar
Kath Rogers – lead vocal
Donny Samporna – electric 5-string bass
Steve Semeraro – electric 6-string guitars
Kaimi Wenger – electric piano & Hammond B3

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