Ik luister graag naar de meeslepende muziek van de Amerikaanse groep Calexico, zoals hier in het nummer Stray.

Ze spelen het hier tijdens een sessie in 2014, waarbij ze ondersteund worden door de Griekse folkband Takim. De samenwerking ontstond toen Calexico die band ontdekte toen ze op tour waren in Griekenland.

Het nummer komt van hun tweede album The Black Light uit 1998.

Stray
It rained the whole day
he spent at his lover’s grave.
Said his goodbyes
to her family and friends.
Packed his things in a rusted car
and rode off in the rain.
He came upon a church in ruin
with an old man dwelling within.

He said, “Watch where you
straying my friend.”

Old man spoke of meanings
lost and without name.
Never shifting from their worn
and weathered place.
What was found in the endless search
for truth behind the tale.
Beneath the ash and ember
lies only one story to tell.

I said, “Watch where you
stray my friend.”

Oh there’s a flower
that grows in a cave.
So lovely to see
but need not be saved.
If ever the blossom
shouldl wither and die.
Leave in the darkness
for the daylight.

I said, “Watch where
you stray my friend.”