"Chestnut Hill" by The Honey Badgers | NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2024

"Chestnut Hill" - The Honey Badgers' Tiny Desk Contest entry for 2024. Filmed in Warrensburg, Missouri. Many thanks to Stella & Piper for letting us commandeer their play room so that we could film this while on tour.

This is a song about love, grief, loss, and holding onto memories while moving forward.

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©️ The Honey Badgers 2023
Erin Magnin & Michael Natrin, BMI

A1
I’m going up to Chestnut Hill, my dear
I’m hoping that you’ll meeting me there
The way is steep but we know it well
The path laid down by years

A2
The leaves have fallen free and clear
From boughs once green and small
I recall each step with you
Through sentinel trees so tall

A3
I’m going up to Chestnut Hill, my dear
To see you in the morning sun
The breeze and the birds still sing your name
Although your time is done

B1
I try to see
The hope between the Chestnut trees
But without you the light is weak
My body aches and the way is steep

A4
I’m going up to Chestnut Hill, my dear
Where once you stood alone
But Fate was kind and bound our hands
And then you were my own

A5
Ferns will grow where your feet once tread
The stream will run beside
And I will always long for you
To be back by my side

B2
I can see
The hope between the Chestnut trees
Springing up around me
I’ll relearn how to climb this peak without you

A6
I’m going up to Chestnut Hill alone
Hoping that you’ll meet me there
The woods are solemn but I hear a song
Calling out from my dear