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Choir
04:42
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Choir sing like an iris
See what I’m in need of
Sing like I’m crying
Sing like we’re family
When it comes it goes again
When it goes we begin
To wait away until
We fade away and still
We grab ropes that pull up
Shiny things from the mud
We were born to
Choir sing like the sirens
Show me my harbor
Make me row faster
Love me strictly
When it comes it goes again
When it goes we begin
To wait away until
We fade away and still
We grab ropes that pull up
Shiny things from the mud
We were born to
Bad things happen
In St. Louis
If I’d seen ‘em
Boy I’d lose it
Oh I would lose
Oh I would lose
Oh I would lose my mind
Oh I would lose my mind
Choir sing like an iris
See what I’m in need of
Sing like I’m crying
Sing like we’re family
Born in a choir
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You Woke, I Waited
05:12
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You woke, I waited
You stood, I stood by
You judged the distance
Examined the decline
“But why would you, a diamond” I say,
“Run away from the sun”
Cause we could keep a tally
With each stretch we stretched to reach
The why, the why, the who, the how, the me, the you
Oh I could die some
When we are older, we’ll hear our bodies say
“Oh”
And we’ll find the mountain survived
I could be wiser
If I could speak stranger
This house will crack like
This mountain we reside
“But why would I” in silence I say,
“Run away from the sun”
Cause we could keep a tally
With each stretch we stretched to reach
The why, the why, the who, the how, the me, the you
Oh I could die some
When we are older, we’ll hear our bodies say
“Oh”
And we’ll find the mountain survived
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We Won't
03:20
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Tied up like a noose we were walking
On the edge of a canyon me and my darling
Who should stand and stare and whistle
The air of a cannon the wind of a pistol
Should they make us fall again
Northern Southern Western
I don’t care
Oh oh, oh no, we won’t, we won’t
All my drawers opposed to closing
Gotta air out their teeth, their tongue, and their clothings
But who could blame them oh in this heatwave
It’ll melt your heart, your skin, make you crazy
Should they make us melt again
Summer Spring or Autumn
I don’t care
Oh oh, oh no, we won’t, we won’t
Oh the martyr inside it comes back and tells me,
Oh the way the mind goes
Oh the way the mind goes
But the wonder inside it comes back and tells me,
Oh the way the mind goes
Oh the way the mind goes
Like a setting sun
But we’ll go home
No we won’t
No we won’t
No we won’t
Tied up like a noose we were walking
All my drawers opposed to closing
Tied up like a noose we were walking
All my drawers opposed to closing
Tied up like a noose we were walking
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Sister
04:32
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Sister, Sister, quite a child I’m told
Found outside with your bag of bones
In that bag your family
With a note to help and keep you please
Believe our love will new sister grow
We’ll tell each other all
Oh
Oh
Sister, Sister, you smell of fine perfume
Rubbed off letters sent to you
Italian wrote, Italian danced and sung
Sister stole my Italian love
Will our bond now, sister, hold
Til jealous hands throw jealous stones
Oh
Oh
Time goes by, I grow old
You grow up
Wrap black round my hands
Around my tongue
And curse the word, and curse the word, and curse the -
Sister, Sister, soon
We’ll be mothers too
And with each own’s leaf
We will, we will teach
Now sister sister will you tell how we did grow apart
Or rather sister will you tell the truth of our war
That love is gold and you did steal my children will learn
But they won’t be sure of me til you’re dead and gone
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Let Me Go
04:12
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I don’t know, which hand to hold
Could you keep me in your mind
Would you keep me in your mind
I don’t know, which hand to hold
Could you keep me in your mind
Would you keep me in your mind
And save my dreams like wine
Don’t lose em
Guide my goals like signs
Just let’m go
But don’t let’m go
I don’t know, is it my time to go
Could you help me change its mind
Would you help me change its mind
I don’t know, is it my time to go
Could you help me change its mind
Would you help me change its mind
When I go, I’m gonna miss it so,
Can you help say goodbye
Would you help me say goodbye
I was a hell of a kid
I was a mess of a kid
I was a hell of a kid
I was a mess of a kid
Save my dreams like wine
Don’t lose em
Guide my ghost like a child
Just let’m go
But don’t let’m go
Just let me go
But don’t let me go
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The Bear Song
05:03
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Well I stared at a bear
Listening close, nose up to the evening
“Won’t you share your thoughts with me
Oh the thoughts you seem to thinking”
He said “I dream I dream I dream
That the leaves the leaves the leaves
They don’t ever stop their changing, no,
Changing for me
But it seems it seems it seems
That the trees the trees the trees
they don’t ever stop their changing, no,
changing their leaves
But when they die
I won’t leave this world unknown
When they die
I won’t leave this world unknown”
“I could teach you” I said
“All the ways to live with them forever”
“Don’t you coddle me boy, oh I know
All too well how to remember”
He said “I dream I dream I dream
That the leaves the leaves the leaves
They don’t ever stop their changing, no,
Changing for me
But it seems it seems it seems
That the trees the trees the trees
they don’t ever stop their changing, no,
changing their leaves
But when they die
I won’t leave this world unknown
When the die
I won’t leave this world unknown”
Tell me, have you seen
Love dry, love cease to grow (X3)
I’ve caught fish so I know
The sound it makes when you let them go
It’s the worst sound that I’ve ever known
Then came the snow
And the ice
Over the water
Over the water
Over my water
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Over
02:43
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All my die, they do roll me dry
All my doubts, they do rob me blond
So come by west by east
Come by drunk or sober
I'll tell you what I've done
Over and over
All your lies, they do sing so high and wild
Now your lovers seek your hand, seek your vows
So come by west by east
Come by drunk or sober
Tell me what you've done
Over and over
I'll be your priest
If you police for me
We'll see what we see
And not change a thing
Not a thing
So come by west by east
Come by drunk or sober
Tell us what you've done
Over and over
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Teeth
03:55
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All my teeth in my mouth
All your tongue can shout
Give us a bite of that whole sun
Give us the pulp and the peel
Give us a bite of that whole sun
Give us the light in the wheel
Straighten out your spine
And I’ll straighten out mine
Give us a bite of that whole sun
Give us the pulp and the peel
Give us a bite of that whole sun
Give us the light in the wheel
Cuz the signs they were aligned
Just like our eyes
And they told us look up
Yes they told us look up
Oh they told us look up
All the while a sigh from your mind says stick it out
Hard to say, hard to do, harder now in the moonlight
Picture yourself as a child in the love of the morning light
Make a cup of your own, that's a cup that will stick around
Stick it out
All my teeth in my mouth
All your tongue can shout
Give us a bite of that whole sun
Give us the pulp and the peel
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All's Well (With José)
04:17
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All’s well with José
No need to worry his mind
No need to phone
Although his mother’s dying slow
All her lessons they
Went in one ear
And then they ran astray
In his brain
Until they all became
Something he believed in
Carla and Charro
Lying down inside that bed
Surrounding their mother
Older now but babes instead
All her lessons they
Went in their ears
And then they ran astray
In their brains
Until they all became
Something they believed in
They cried
Mother our stone
Mother our stone
In came José
Seas and roads led him home
Rushed to her side now
Brother sister brother close
All your lessons they
Went in one ear
And then they ran astray
In our brains
Until they all became
Something we believed in
They cried
Mother our stone
Mother our stone
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Weathervane
05:07
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I am the weathervane
I never said anything strange
But those in storms who lost their way
Seem to give me all their blame
Oh well
Like the gallows
Or the weapons
Or the red nose
Or the rose with the thorn
How I lost those days
So I started pointing my own way
Not the way the wind came
I brought a spring without rain
But unlike blame received no praise
Oh well
Like the teacher
The good mother
Or the writer
Or the bough for the bird
How I made those days
Oh I won’t lie
I’d take my word for it now
Oh I won’t like
I’d take my word for it
I’d take my word for it now
So look up to me before the sun
If you dare to know what’s to come
I’ll give you what’s given me
Of news from far and in between
Clouds that hear the unheard
Storms with face, arms, and words
It’s enough to make you say
Oh my god
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Mayfly [Bonus Track]
03:06
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Oh my
Mayfly
A trip down south
Wicked
Winter
Wandered out
One shot
Two shots
The cold dense air
If you are
Then I’m not
Sit and stare
This was just a path worth taking home
You were just a path worth taking home
Our luck
Dress up
See the stain
A phone call
My fault
Set complaints
This was just a path worth taking home
You were just a path worth taking home
You felt so sick when he handed you the bark
And old time remedy for hope
You felt so sick to boil it up and drink it down
All to say it’s not unknown
Oh my
Mayfly
A trip down south
A hand wave
The white flag
You spoke out loud
This was just a path worth taking home
I was just a path worth taking home
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Grace [Bonus Track]
04:25
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In the town of Mercy
I lived on the town line
Across the way
I’m happy to say
Was a baby born named Grace
Was a baby born named Grace
She was Gracie to her mother
Graceful to her dad
And both so grateful that she existed at all
Now me I outgrew Mercy
Grace she did the same
Watchful of fumes and rhythms and hues
Of the cars as they drove away
Of the cars as they drove away
Come around now
Past the hounds now
There’s no parish for the dumb priest
and no grace (no grace, no grace)
No Grace for those who don’t say anything
Now me I tiptoed borders
Grace she hid away
She read from the books of sinners and crooks
And she learned how to get away
And she learned how to get away
Grace she spoke to Gypsies
Gypsies they spoke to Grace
About skyblue gems and the ghost of a dance
That she then taught to me
The night that she would leave
“It’s all in the eyes, and the wave of your hands.
And trust that your feet can do more than stand.
Yes they can float
From heel to toe
Along with those you love”
So come around now
Past the hounds now
There’s no parish for the dumb priest
And no grace (no grace, no grace)
No grace (no grace, no grace)
No grace (no grace, no grace)
No Grace for those who don’t say anything
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The bullfighter and the pushcart girl
They come to odds in a city square
He stamps and shouts into her eyes
She puffs right back, tosses her hair
The crowd roars up with the swipe of the sword
The sun beats down
The only face he’ll recognize
Is that of a girls who’s back in town
Walking down the street of Spain
Oh the fools in the parade
Where his heroes were made
They’re just fools in the parade
She’s betrothed to a cobbling man
He treats her good
But he aint no bullfighter
And that’s the way that it should be
Walking down the streets of spain
Oh the fools in the parade
Where her money is made
They’re just fools in the parade
The man of the match, the peoples eye,
Makes his run at Rome
The rattle wheel, the broken wife,
Makes herself at home
The bullfighter and the pushcart girl
They comes to odds in the city square
They stamp their legs and lock their eyes
They live their lives ‘cause nothing’s there
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PigPen Theatre Co. New York, New York
PigPen Theatre Co. met as freshman at the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in 2007. Their debut LP, “Bremen”, was named #10 album of the year in The Huffington Post’s 2012 Grammy preview. Their follow up EP, “The Way I’m Running”, was premiered by American Songwriter and released on Oct. 8th, 2013. Their sophomore album. "Whole Sun", was released July 7th, 2015. They're cool. Pinky promise. ... more
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