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This is a rock a little outtake (1986).
You can download this version of the song from here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=49aeb120ef2d403fd2db6fb9a8902bda
Some call her
Strange lady from the mountains
Well, yes, and others say she's not really real
Like a candle burns bright
And it wants to burn faster
Well, maybe then, at least, she really feels
She really feels
You love her
But you love your life alone as well
But do you know the road
Or the reasons why
Well, if you leave her
You'd be losing the chance to stay alive
Well, the candle burns bright
Then the candle dies
Burning from the middle
Like a candle
Burning, burning
Hopefully learning
So go with her
You know that you want her
Think you could use a dreamer
I think somewhere on your side
And maybe
If that woman could make you crazy
Did she call out, did she say, \"Please save me\"
Woah, tonight
She says, \"Tonight\"
Tonight
Burning, burning, burning
Something 'bout...
Well, I could make you crazy
Do you need a dreamer?
You could use a dreamer
I could use a dreamer
Oh, yeah, make you crazy, oh, yeah
Burning, burning
Ooh, oh
Some do call her
Strange lady from the mountains
Yes, and others say she's not really real
Really real
Yes, she is really real
Ooh, burning, burning
Did you know that you're burning
Burning out...
WEBMISTRESS speculates:
I like this song. Stevie is the \"lady of the mountain,\" of course, as she is in Sorcerer. She lives a fast lifestyle, and though it causes her to \"burn bright,\" it also takes a toll. Still, this is the only way she knows how to feel alive. Then, she shifts to talking about Lindsey. He loves her, but he's so focused on his music - his \"life alone.\" She asks him, does he even know why he does that? She knows that without her, his life will not be the same. Still, she sees the flame of their love that once burned so bright beginning to \"die.\" It's \"burning out\" right along with her, both being extinguished by the fast rock'n'roll lifestyle.
Still, she knows he wants her...she drives him crazy. She admits that she relies on him too heavily, which contributes to that...always calling \"please save me.\" She also sees that he's gotten to a point where he's \"burning out,\" and certainly, during the Tusk period, Lindsey was a workaholic, and they need to get perspective, before their own souls are completely extinguished.
FROG speculates:
I really do think that this song is about Rhiannon, the Welsh Goddess of steeds and birds, or at least I think it is referring to Rhiannon. In the myth, Rhiannon was the Lady from the Mountain. She came down from the Great Mound, which was called Gorsedd Arbeth, where came down from her world to the mortal world where she met Pwyll.
When she comes down from her world, she gives out light and of course the mortals would see her as a \"strange lady\", hence \"Some call her Strange lady from the mountain\". However some say that \"she's not really real\".
In the song \"Maker of Birds / 3 Birds of Rhiannon\" it says about Pwyll thinking he is crazy because he has met such a beautiful woman. This is referenced in this song also when it says, \"If that woman could make you crazy\".
In the myth, Rhiannon is being forced to marry a man against her will, unless she can find another suitable husband. She has been watching Pwyll and she knows it is him that she wants. In this song Stevie is referencing this when she writes, \"Did she call out, did she say, Please save me\". She is talking about whether or not Rhiannon was calling out to Pwyll, \"save me, please marry me, so that I do not have to marry this other man\".
Also in the book (The Mabinogion) where the myth is told, there is use of the word tonight, when Pwyll says tonight he shall be married to her....in the song Stevie writes...\"Tonight\" She says, \"Tonight\"
So, in conclusion I strongly believe that this song is about Rhiannon, however I do not know if it is related in any way to her relationship with Lindsey or any other aspect of her life.
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