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by JV & Veejay

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1.
Sparrow Song 02:38
Forty-five sparrows hum you a tune This fowl form of choir will sing through next June And head up north when summer comes ‘round Join with the sparrows, Fly far from the South. As the air grows warm, sun darkening skin I’ll wait for the sparrows, when you fly back again Fifty-Five minnows are swimming upstream They press on for you, dreaming fish dreams As they battle fierce current and brave larger breeds Make waves, lovely darling. Follow up stream! I’ll wade in the water with pant leggings rolled My feet growing wrinkled from the river so cold Sixty-five gentlemen cutting down trees Evicting your sparrows and damming your streams So suit up for progress and build tall a home Applauded by creatures who’ve seen what we’ve done But our woods have grown bare now, no more sparrows sing Our progress condemning the minnows upstream Let’s burn down our palace and plant cedars tall To welcome back sparrows and minnows so small
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I, a petty thief in this ancient city still have the broken locket you told that bowlegged cop it was mine, the pictures inside your father, his bride look at me with eyes more loving than mine so breathe deep, breathe slow no need to flinch when my fingertips reach the point of your elbow German infomercials mar my dress rehearsal my eyes mirror bound see her maudlin gown lost in it, I'm dressed resplendent in my tenement. how long must I wait to know our love's fate? We'll meet 'neath cathedral walls where tourist's jewels fall into my grasp and then I'll ask these vernal months can't be time enough my life's only love lost to the waxing sun.
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Sweet sister, save our skin Guide us from this mess we’re in Lash us all together, For this treacherous endeavor Our fortunes ever tied; If one is lost, we’ll all die. Sing, children, sing To keep your calm, Recite this simple psalm Of praise unto the Lord Who’s rent your dreams forlorn Sing, children, sing Will we reach home as Eli? Sister O’Connell prays with a sigh He has sent wind and flame Yet, no chariot bears our name Sing, children, sing Lost another home Filled with sea foam Don’t fight your coming doom You’ll meet your parents soon Sing, children, sing Will the wind whip us to heaven today? Or will the sea just drag us away?
4.
As her death boat drifts with the currents run Her beautiful hair shines, golden in the sun The breeze gently kissing it with soft summer air. Her body gleams, white, porcelain, and fair. This beauteous creature did not love me, And yet it is I who gave her this beauty. It was I who designed those soft rose lips, Those tresses, which flow down to her fingertips. Yes, I shaped her to be my child. A young knight took my love away. She felt his love would save her soul, with him her heart would stay. He alone would satisfy her longing to be pursued, Her longing to feel beautiful, to never be misused. The knight could not fulfill her needs although she’d beg and plead. She’d never feel his caress, his love never possess. And in the end she took her life, hoping to escape pain. Now she’ll never know True Love, for she never knew my name.
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Let's meet by the school house Under our Autumn tree With the shade as our blanket And the leaves as our sheets. We'll gaze through the branches At some faraway scene And close our eyes to dream. You may have to coax me With a tug on my sleeve. A winter chill's riding On the crest of the breeze. It's ice seems to grip me Every time that we meet. Would I be a fool to sleep? Sixty clouds float away. Where they go I cannot say. A whispering wind starts to blow. In fading light the red leaves glow. Say, "Goodnight." No. Say, "Goodbye." We know that time won't pass us by. Goodbye.
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Winter ‘69 I lost my valentine grey skies, looming low into these pores of mine I can still see your face As you take your place in the firelight’s glow. purple and yellow. Snow came late this year flurries haunt the steer somehow I knew it would but now , I fear I am the rat king everything you’d hate to see I am the poor old man You’d try your hand At comforting Hidden from the singing Now the nook of my neck is freezing no fault of the weather but, rather the want of your cheek.

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We recorded these songs over the course of 2011 in Baytown, TX. Each happened to be written during a particular period: a winged migration, a stormy summer, a quiet autumn; Christmastime. When you listen to these songs you travel a year with us.

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released January 6, 2012

Contributed lyrics by Josh Brokaw, JV Andres, Raeann Feist, and Philip Cartwright. Instrumentalists and vocalists include JV Andres, Veejay Andres, Daniel Wilson, Raeann Feist, Josh Brokaw, and Justin Alcasid. All songs engineered at home by JV Andres except for those engineered by Daniel Wilson at Lee College: "Sparrow Song," and "Lady of Shallot."

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JV & Veejay Baytown, Texas

We are a brother-sister duo who tell stories with the help of friends and travelling instruments. We are drawn to the simplicity of a plucked string and the strike of a mallet. Pull up a chair by porch or fireside. Listen and enjoy.

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