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I’m Not The Man

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

[ Merchant ]

[ bassoons: Kim Laskowski & Atsuko Sato ]

It crawls on his back, won’t ever let him be.
Stares at the walls until the cinder blocks can breathe.
His eyes have gone away, escaping over time.
He rules a crowded nation inside his mind.

He knows that night like his hand.
He knows every move he made....

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In The Quiet Morning

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

lyrics/music РMimi Fari̱a
In the quiet morning
there was much despair
and in the hours that followed
no one could repair

That poor girl
tossed by the tides of misfortune
Barely here to tell her tale
Rolled in on a sea of disaster
Rolled out on a mainline rail
She once walked tight by my side
I’m...

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Once A City

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

Music by 10,000 Maniacs – Lyrics by Mary Ramsey & John Lombardo

This was once a city
harmony a common theme
but these complications
now make life a bit uneasy
hallowed buildings scrape the sky
voices ride the airwaves
once a city years gone by
will they still be standing in thecenturies ahead
going...

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Verdi Cries

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

[ Natalie Merchant ]

[ piano: Don Grolnick/cello: Dennis Karmazyn/viola: Novi/bass: Bob Magnusson/string arrangement: David Campbell ]

The man in 119 takes his tea alone.
Mornings we all rise to wireless Verdi cries.
I’m hearing opera through the door.
The souls of men and women, impassioned all.
Their voices climb and...

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Katrina’s Fair

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

[ lyrics: Natalie Merchant/music: Robert Buck ]

greta’s cedar hope chest
is full of pamphlets
glass shelves of romantic vignettes
a journal laced with sedimentary prose

norma gathers and collects vintage photoplays
hair combs valentines

lillian allows the animals to scratch
leather crack
mail collect...

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