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before the sun
02:42
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BEFORE THE SUN
I will not walk away
until I get a picture
and I won’t leave without a fight.
a simple hearted sketch
maybe something richer
I’ll need some time to get it right.
I cannot hold with those
who have no sense of wonder
for them the only shade is grey.
I’ve seen a rainbow
in the color of the thunder
and in the dark before the day.
it’s one of those days
when I rise before the sun does,
and I look forward to the light.
in so many ways it seems
we live life like we’re dreaming;
when every net we cast is teeming
and every shore we scan we’re scheming
for some old souvenir
to get us through the year
and then there’s the gentle rain at night.
©2002RobertHannan
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st.kitts
02:00
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ST KITTS
I say the angelus
and the morning climbs sleepy and slow out of bed
slip into the cool stone church
your only sin is your skin burned a hot salsa red
when we want something missing
we call on st. anthony
or st. jude for the cause that was lost
all the cause of your cares
but when we lose our way
we fly off for st. christopher
this heavenly haven has answered our prayers
©2004RobertHannan
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almost time
03:09
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ALMOST TIME
it’s almost time to spread the blanket
and fall asleep under the naked sky
whatever you want now you can water those weeds
or slash the roots you need so much to untie
Just like the night we laughed so hard
that it brought the tears to your eyes
Or the days that we lived together
she made me better
I can’t forget her now
remember that present I said I was bringing
you’ll be happy to know that I didn’t forget
I’m surprising myself with some of the songs that I’m singing
and I’m keeping my whistle wet
I wish I was older, I wish I was younger I wish I was
somewhere in somebody’s dream
so pick a card, pretty soon we’ll be going under
you go chasing the cow and you’ll curdle the cream
so pick a pink posy and plant it then promptly
and it will keep we don’t need the reason why
I don’t want to crawl, ‘cause I know I can walk
and I think I can run but I wish I could fly
in a minute or so think I’ll have to be going
let me know if you miss me is more what I mean
and there’s only one boat that this boy will be rowing
one that goes merrily merrily merrily, gently down the stream
©2004Robert Hannan
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curtain of beads
05:40
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CURTAIN OF BEADS
your broken curtain of beads
is what I love you for
they open up with such ease
and you never lock your door
so I could follow you
and bring some love into
the room
and I made your bed
and I rubbed your head
your broken curtain of beads
is what I love you for
a storm is tossing your seas
can’t even find the floor
when will this tangle release
so you can see the shore?
when you’re not wide awake
sometimes a gentle shake will do
or I call up the stairs
because I know you’re there
©2004RobertHannan
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steeplebush.instrumental
01:12
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steeplebush
02:41
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STEEPLEBUSH
a little spray of steeplebush,
a sad farewell impending;
for your leaves are looking older and
your bloom is bending low.
already late in summer when
she picked you by the wayside,
and she put you in a tulip vase
where spring will sometimes go.
I’d never ask for anything
I didn’t have to give;
a sunny morning windowsill,
a now, late afternoon.
And life is like an interlude,
we’re fortunate to live,
and the steeplebush is fading
in a fair September moon.
you were waiting to be noticed when
she brought you to our senses,
then we saw you on occasion
from the corner of our eye.
but you hadn’t seen it all
before she brought from the breezes
by the wayside, to a table
near a painting of the sky.
©2004RobertHannan
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fly take 3
02:30
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FLY
I can fly so I know
from heaven’s eye it’s all a show
we never die we just ebb and flow
I can fly so I know
Before I was graceless and before I was green
And I would never even wonder how
I could have been careless
and I might have been mean
I did not deserve to take a bow
I wouldn’t want to be there now
then I find
it comes down to this
you can be kind and you
can always count on a kiss
but don’t be blind ‘cos
there are certain things you’ll miss
and you will find it comes down to this
I gave at the office and I gave at the door
I even gave it on the telephone
I sometimes was sorry that I couldn’t give more
but that was long before I’d ever flown and
I didn’t want to be alone
I wanted some meaning and I wanted to feel that
there was something in the stars for me
I needed redeeming and I started to kneel before
the fire of the burning tree
it was the only place that I could see
and in the end i just had to try
i found a friend and she made me fly
sometimes you have to bend'
and i finally found out why
so in the end i just had to fly
©2004RobertHannan
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fly take 4
03:31
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see take 3
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I was on my way to the city of sin
through the city of angels
never meant for the house to win
I was aware of the dangers there
some men sell their souls for silver
lose it all and they spit and swear
then they rise
and they walk in circles for awhile
then they sit and stare
had a room in the pyramid
but it was not an oasis
more like a tomb where my treasures hid
and I could fashion my phrases
I would only leave the chamber
to check up on the sun while
everyone else was throwing their cash into the chasm
just for fun.
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freezerbeef • Robert Hannan Calais, Vermont
Graphic Designer, Photographer, Woodworker and Musician.
Influenced greatly by 20th Century composers;
from
Bartok to Bowie to Beasties . . . and so many in-between. Inspired by the lyricism & phrasing of the inimitable Joni Mitchell, especially her fine Jazz associations. Happy to have a digital toolbox equal to an entire symphony orchestra.
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