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Hymn to the Ancients
02:07
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Hymn to the Ancients
Down past salt foam coral sea,
Down past its desert,
Tear formed it ran down their cheeks
‘til what was left preserved
Rage typhoon, wipe all their tracks
Keep all their secrets
‘til sage and Sybil come back
To dance on the high cliffs
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Raccoon
02:41
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Raccoon
On the August morning when
We took the tubes and floated down
Where the river runs so deep
No on e but us in our bare feet
No one but us in our bare feet
No one but us in our bare feet …
While we floated on our backs
We the raccoon in a trap
He stared at us and yanked the chain
We thought we’d better wander back
We wandered back but he was gone
We wandered back but he was gone …
Saw a path between the trees
And walked until we saw debris
And rusted cans all strewn about
The shack was in tar paper black
The shack was in tar paper black …
The old man’s gun looked threatening
I looked at him, he looked at me
I said “Hey there’s a raccoon in your trap”
He spit and said “Well, how ‘bout that?”
Take it to heaven Oh Mercy One
Take it to heaven Oh Mercy One …
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Still Life
02:53
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Still Life
Toys are scattered on the floor
ice is seeping through the door
garbage heaped and spilling grease
dishes in the sink for weeks
and don’t I care?
It’s my still life
made with careless care
my still life
Postman drops the letters in
I bathe away my last night’s sin
and drop the towel on the floor
coffee’s hot, I’ll have some more
and don’t I care?
It’s my still life
made with careless care
my still life
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4. |
Blue Kitchen
03:48
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Blue Kitchen
You – a young girl when I set out on my own
I was carrying another to be born, my baby girl
Sky blue paint and dishes from the Woolworth store
hear that crazy pit bull’s toenails on the floor?
Do you remember how
we used to dine in humble luxury
there in the kitchen you and me?
The bus would drop you two blocks away
I got my pencils every time you came – you were thirteen
I sketched you sitting by your friend Christine
on linoleum worn to a faded green
in sunshine streams
that did a dance in patterns on the wall
there around your shadows six feet tall
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5. |
Been A Fool
02:45
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Been a fool
I must be a fool, I‘ve been lied to so long
Can’t look at a man and see what’s right or what’s wrong
I gave all my love
It’s been thrown away
But he’s only postponing it
for another day
for another day
Stop all the stories – they’ve quit being unique
I just can’t freeze here, and thaw out next week
It’s been a rough day
I don’t want to be alone
I reach out to call you and find
nobody home
nobody home
I’ve been going down some real funny roads
but the things I’m not laughing at are what I’ve been told
I tried to be good
done my Sunday School
but each time I turn around I see
I am just a fool
I am just a fool
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6. |
All My Life
02:55
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All My Life
All my life, I’ve seen the sadness come
and I have seen the sadness go
Down the road, under the wire fence
across the field, the junk cars rest
down tall grasses, they sit abandoned
for the wilderness
with their fenders bent, and their windshields cracked
A hundred blackbirds fly like a cloud of one
to see, and then go back
Deep within, the silence of your soul
time is nothing less or more
than just a constant breathing in and out
to free a delicate sigh
Somewhere the steam is rising from your morning bath
and your suitcases are packed
but here, the forest quivers in the sun
in fractured light upon the grass
As the crows strut, and peck the pebbles up
your daylight comes b’tween the curtainsa
and lays in a beam across the rug
So constant how the sighs of time
like bellows blow the embers in the heart
in and out, I’ve seen the sadness come
and I have seen the sadness go
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7. |
He Got the Carrot
03:02
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He Got the Carrot
He got the carrot
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8. |
The Daughters
03:10
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The Daughters
Their daughters they lost on the way to the Temple
Now only the wise man could sing …
and what could he tell them in melodic sentence?
How could allegiance he bring?
So far away now the daughters had wandered
The followed a much different tune
So while the wise man encouraged his subjects
they all ran away with the moon
How is it that they could not fit together
the truths of their unified souls?
But find in its place, the lure of the contents
the conquest of the black holes
Somewhere in-between lies the answer they search for
It never took right or left turn
But stayed on the road that neither could stay on
and knelt down among the tall ferns
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9. |
Marshfield Girl
03:35
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Marshfield Girl
The fog was lifting from the bogs and the rills
Hovering and floating on the sides of the hills
Down in the marshes, a girl wades through the mud
telling the blackbirds about the things she loves
All about a dream that slipped away
leaving only a dangling facade
The scent of the lilacs hung in the air
She put a wasp nest on top of her hair
and started to tight rope on a web that was there
tiptoeing past the footprints of her secrets
Balancing on top of the world
there goes the Marshfield Girl
Yes, she can remember the edge of her dreams
How easily they slip away
She stands at the edge of a precipice and soon
the Sandhill cranes are floating past the crescent moon
Their eyes are soft with ecstacy
floating up and down so free
Balancing on top of the world
there goes the Marshfield Girl
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Camel in the Needle’s Eye
It’s never been any different inside
The darkness and the light, it still resides
A glint of your eye, a crease on your face
exaggerate what you think of this place
… a little more convinced
Something brave shakes through your skin
when the fright of what lies ahead begins
The leaves blowing in the backyard you rent
make me think of the yard light on the broken barn and fence
… a little more naïve
Couldn’t we have it just the way that makes sense?
What’s the trick?
The camel in the needle’s eye just winks
as it walks through and all that’s left’s a footprint
… oh, oh …
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11. |
Nashwauk
03:00
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Nashwauk
When we got to Nashwauk
the wind blew the cottonwood trees
‘round the painted ponies and corncribs
standing in the morning breeze
The beauty was so strong it made you cry
We stood upon the car hood
We had no place to go
that couldn’t be driven
in two days or maybe three
I could smell the sunlight on the screens
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12. |
The Bright Side
03:24
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The Bright Side
Look on the bright side
we can’t go back
We’re on a one way
direction track
You stood and you said that you knew me
but you never knew that I only wanted you
When you find where your confidence hides out
let me know just for curiosity
Think of the money
we never had
It comes in handy
to excuse the bad luck
and we both had our share, didn’t we?
When I think of what it was, it’s not clear
but the tide changes all that it washes
We both got washed out before we could see
I stand with my sleeves up
beside the sink
The foam on my fingers
runs down my cheeks
and I can’t even tell what the difference is
from the foam and the tears running from my eyes
When I see you sometime by happenstance
we won’t mention the worst thing was – we never tried
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Raccoon
On the August morning when we took the tubes and floated down
Where the river runs so deep no one but us in our bare feet
No one but us in our bare feet
No one but us in our bare feet
No one but us in our bare feet
While we floated on our backs we saw the raccoon in a trap
It stared at us and yanked the chain we thought we’d better wander back
We wandered back but it was gone
We wandered back but it was gone
We wandered back but it was gone
We saw a path between the trees and walked until we saw debris
And rusted cans all strewn about, the shack was in tar paper black
The shack was in tar paper black
The shack was in tar paper black
The shack was in tar paper black
The old man’s gun looked threatening, I looked at him he looked at me
I said “Hey there’s a raccoon in your trap!” He spit and said “Well, how ‘bout that?”
He spit and said “ How ‘bout that?”
He spit and said “How ‘bout that?”
He spit and said “How ‘bout that?”
Take it to Heaven O Mercy One
Take it to Heaven O Mercy One
Take it to Heaven O Mercy One
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Thea Ennen Wisconsin
I sing and write to make a sense of my existence - my place in this world. Each song is a specific journey down a road.
They are my magic carpets to see again a memory or expectation. I use songs - melodies and words - to guide me, like a rudder through the waters of life. .
I think I sing in public to reassure this kind of journey- to never lose touch with what is instinctual.
-Thea Ennen
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