Even the Guiding Light
Plainsong was formed by Ian Matthews (previously in Fairport Convention) in… Read Full Bio ↴Plainsong was formed by Ian Matthews (previously in Fairport Convention) in 1972 with Andy Roberts, Bob Ronga, and Dave Richards. In Search of Amelia Earhart was released the same year with relatively poor sales. However the critical response was largley positive. Their follow-up, Plainsong III was more country orientated. During its production, Ronga quit and Matthews and Richards were unable to agree on future direction. They disbanded before the album's completion. The early 90s brought renewed interest in the band, with several subsequent releases:
1993 - Dark Side of the Room
1994 - Voices Electric
1996 - Sister Flute
1999 - New Place Now [with Clive Gregson (ex-Any Trouble, Gregson & Collister)]

The band have been quiet since, however their debut continues to be very highly thought of.

Plainsong is also the previous name of the band now called Solstice.




Even the Guiding Light
Plainsong Lyrics


We have lyrics for these tracks by Plainsong:


Amelia Earhart's Last Flight Just a ship out on the ocean, a speck against…
Cold Day In December I try to remember, Then I try to forget, I want to…
For the Second Time I came home to find the lights all burning bright And…


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Comments from YouTube:

@greyhound3561

Best folk/rock album I have in my collection, I inherited it when my older brother gave it and others to me, not one bad song on the entire album..

@MsDiggy55

Cosmic goodness from ‘72!

@kiwitoffee

A great song.

@windows7254

Superb

@antoniodias4718

great!!!

@cadin2020

Can you love anything more... not on the waves "Anymore"... Ever.... SAD...... THE WAVES HAVE DISAppEARED...

@johnstirret5021

I love this song. Does anyone have the lyrics and guitar chords? I have checked online to no avail.

@drrobert7543

+John Stirret key of G, intro is strummed G chord. The first couple of verses are approximately:
[G] Even the guiding [D] light of days and the [C] lovin' on the [G] ground
[D] we find the shady [C] weather here to- [G]day ... [D]

something like that. Further on it shifts keys but I haven't tried to figure it out.

@c.s.4428

Even the guiding light of days/ in the loving underground
Would find it shady weather here today
I went up on the ledge/ and didn't find a soul around
But that's just me and who am I to say/ Then it's all the same so many miles away

Now we're falling over all these chiefs/ and running out of braves
It's getting hard to know what just to say
Was a time when I could find belief in Jesus Saves/ then something came and took it all away
I reckon he was saving it for a rainy day

And there's no way to touch upon this understanding
Had we known how close it was/ to being a sea of sand
And heaven knows we had the time and as I see the only crime/ was being just a little short of land

Send me home with a country song/ and leave it ringing round
Ask my friends, they know which one to play
And even the guiding light of days in the loving underground/ would find it shady weather here today
Then it's all the same so many miles away...

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