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The Salamander

from Planet Solitaire by Walter Strauss

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The slow motion life of this woodland amphibian is something I can only dream of amidst all this modern human restlessness. But some things are the same even across species – the male spotted salamander is known to ramble (gradually) for days on end literally sniffing out a desirable mate to charm.

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I’m the snake with the rubbery legs
And I like to use’em
Amphibious mumbley-peg
Out here perusing
Sal the Man is here

I’m standing on a leaf
Looking down beneath me
Climbing over tree limbs
Going where my feet land

I walk like this…
The überdog of the underbrush

We’ve got the same spots, you and me
Breathe through the same skin
Easily

I’m looking for Sally the meandering newt
The flame of the nation
Down in the valley in her leopard skin suit
With her tail regenerating
Sal, your man is near

But you’re twenty trees away
And that’s like six or seven hours
Baby, meet me halfway
We’ll go strolling ‘neath the flowers

There’s something brewing in the underbrush
And we don’t rush…

We share the same spots, her and me
Eat from the same pot, don’t you see
We’re in the same spot, you and me
Under the same rock
Can we be

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from Planet Solitaire, released May 22, 2014
WS : guitar and vocals

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Walter Strauss Occidental, California

This Californian guitar maestro’s songs are full of the groove and fire of an African dance party, the dynamics & textures of a string orchestra, and the back-porch soul of American roots music.

Walter performs globally, solo and in crosscultural collaborations, at venues as diverse as the Celtic Connections festival in Scotland, Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, CA, and Le Diplomat in Bamako, Mali. ... more

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