Taliesen

Hello and welcome, you’re here for the tour

Of the home of our gifted, beloved

It’s been here a hundred years, it’ll be here for more

You can only see it on this guided tour

And we won’t talk much about what happened here

Built horozontially into the land

Built it himself and designed it by hand

It’s been here a hundred years, it’ll be here for more

He chose it all from ceiling to floor

But we won’t talk much about what happened here.

Didn’t deserve it, though some say she did

Left a husband and children to move in with him

Hid out in Europe for almost a year

And then they returned.

It’s a home and a studio, workshop, sanctuary

The home of our gifted, beloved

‘It’s been here a hundred years, it’ll be here for more

You can only see it on this guided tour

And we won’t talk much about what happened here.

Late summer evening, one final meal

Ax falls, doors are bolted and the fire, the fire burns on

He was in Chicago doing business as usual

We don’t talk much about it here.

lyrics by Michael Gutierrez-May and Chip Withrow

music by Kristian Borresen