Your favorite stevie ''hidden Gem'' album track

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by johnnystorms

thx for the welcome nikolaj. much appreciated. now help me decode the " i'm waited for in egypt, it's just something i must do" my guess is touring, but not a big market for mystic blond chanteuses in muslim countries

Agree, Kick It is a real forgotten gem. Love it to little pieces.

Stevie lifted that line in question from Oscar Wilde's "The Happy Prince"

"I am waited for in Egypt," said the Swallow. "My friends are flying up and down the Nile, and talking to the large lotus- flowers. Soon they will go to sleep in the tomb of the great King. The King is there himself in his painted coffin. He is wrapped in yellow linen, and embalmed with spices. Round his neck is a chain of pale green jade, and his hands are like withered leaves."

"Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow," said the Prince, "will you not stay with me for one night, and be my messenger? The boy is so thirsty, and the mother so sad."

"I don't think I like boys," answered the Swallow. "Last summer, when I was staying on the river, there were two rude boys, the miller's sons, who were always throwing stones at me. They never hit me, of course; we swallows fly far too well for that, and besides, I come of a family famous for its agility; but still, it was a mark of disrespect."

But the Happy Prince looked so sad that the little Swallow was sorry. "It is very cold here," he said; "but I will stay with you for one night, and be your messenger."

One of Stevie's many little plagiarism's from her favorite writers Wilde, Poe etc. over the years, but that's another thread entirely. The new 1st verse of Planets of the Universe borrows near exact imagery from Poe.