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The Rabbit

by Rose Polenzani

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1.
Seven Swans 04:53
In between the river and the sea no one knows what village they are from, no one moves to cross or stay so I float I paddle along and I don't pretend to know my fate til I see the seven swans Am I right or am I wrong? Do I wander, do I have a home? Do the angels seek me where I roam, roam along? When the seven swans arrive feed them tea and tremble pie stroke their brilliant beaks and sigh this old man was ninety nine and he said such a long goodbye that I left before he died and just because ya see me that way doesn't mean I can't be strong I was made to love someone somewhere in my hand I held your face somewhere in my womb I held your fate, held until its dying day
2.
On a day that I like I'm burnin' the blue seed I'm burnin' the blue seed I wanna see the green flames I wanna see the green flames I wanna call my neighbor names like Loosy Lucy Come on, yellow canary Well, my baby gave me the boot and I'm singin' a happy tune I'm singin' a happy tune for a million happy days I don't hear no sad songs I just hear the cars and trucks and there ain't no cat is gonna cross this road... ain't no cat is gonna cross this old broadway Well I don't have a job I just sit on the porch I just sit on the porch until they come to take me away I don't feel no heat on my heels I just feel the cool breeze feel the cool breeze blowin' on a summer day…
3.
Living in a country where the dogs can fly I've gotta face my fears and become a love sign Creepin' on the barnyard with a willow in my hand I'm gonna tie one on and take my stand before I fall I stand I stand, I sign, I cry for youth will rule and change you in time Standing in the way of the lovers in the light I'm gonna take my ten years and fight. and if I die, I might
4.
Underneath the things you say I climb on board a pretty white ship but she flies a black flag the pretty white floorboards on the upper deck - there I'll lay you down my love, and one time to your face I'll say my love and on our backs you let me lie beside you without touching you at all and we look up at the stars and to the stars I say, “all is well between us” I gather all of my hopes together and I hope that I can keep them with me. I stitched up a pretty white flag for the journey, and I hope that I can carry out my plan. cuz underneath the things I say I climb on board a pretty black ship but she flies a white flag a pretty white flag
5.
Old Woman 03:52
Not a mother, Not a daughter Not a sister, Not a nun Old woman, hold on You’ve been traveling a long long time Just to hear somebody talking to someone Old woman, hold on Under the water, there is a road And on this road you will meet All of the great philosophers Who ever did drown before me And they used to speak of a golden gate and worry that a man might lock it Old woman hold on Do you hear my voice, Do you see my face, Am I just another man who’s talking? Old woman hold on Don’t let a troubled ghost Play with your darkest hour You’re loved more than most Who’ve traveled half as far Beloved by this coast Betrothed to some strange wave You’re loved more than most Whose hearts were twice as brave Under the water, there is a light And by this light you will see All of the great seekers Who ever did long to know me And they used to speak of a golden thread, And tell a body hold on to it Old woman hold on There ain’t no use in talkin’ to the dead Cuz they don’t wanna tell their secrets Old woman hold on And I will hold you when you go
6.
God gave me this trouble and I guess he got the right girl God knows I deserve it For I so love the world the world and all of its pettiness my pettiness and my pride The world the world the world the world is big and wide God gave me this body and sweet shade from under the vine and in my place of retirement I imagine the privilege is mine to sleep so sweet and protected while others should beg and pine the skin and the body are blind the skin is wrong, I know I know that we belong to the one who sees our souls God gave me this singing and I sing every day and one day I'd like to thank him by having something nice to say oh I'd like to sing one selfless sentence before I die to sing it loud and high I know that we belong to the one who sees our souls
7.
The Hardship 04:33
Ain't nobody gonna tell me how that light rose, over the hill over the snow over the water, oh into the water I've fallen into the hill I've flown under the snow I've shaken into the water I've fallen And I wanna rock my baby to sleep... I wanna knock my cheek on his cheek... and that is the hardship God meant for me Bring me a penny oh faithful throw me a rope divine pull me ashore my angel mine into the bottle I've fallen into the bottle I've flown into the river I'm taken into the water I've fallen and if I should fall too far awy I had nothing to say, and if that light should crest the waves, I had someone someone someone to pray for me - I'm gonna knock my cheek on his cheek. and I'm carrying on, I'm carrying on and I'm singing my song, I'm singing my song
8.
The Veil 02:50
When people come to recognize their hands are not their hands their wicked grins and childish laughs say "I am a driven man" And the veil is drawn across their faces darkness cries for the feast of the simple soul when lovers climb on board the ship of fools and sail out on the sea, nobody sees what happens on their long journey And the veil is drawn across their love darkness cries out for imagined sorrow
9.
I like to be by myself when I’m sad, I don’t trust the people round here want to build me up, make me feel like a good woman a good woman is something, man I’m not saying that I’m bad I just want to feel sad til I come around And when I come around all of my thoughts are gonna fall down gonna make a joyful sound you wait, I'm gonna bless this town, bless this town, bless this town so I go into the dark into the dark with noone near I want to listen to my fears sing me a song my loves sing me the song that you sang to me when I was just a kid I want to cry just like I did til I come around and I swing out over the sand over the great green circle of grass where is my lover now that I’m in the straps holding onto the chains I thought I saw him run past me caught a little light on his eye and his eyes are dark and kind and I fix a little hope on them and the hope comes tearing out and I’m tearing down on the ground and I’m tearing at the lawn and the sky at the lawn and the sky
10.
Ten babies walking Twenty babies walking Into the high Heavy fields of cotton Where in the wooly World will I go When all my babies go I won’t let you go two ladies sighing twenty ladies sighing over my sweet tender baby’s bonnet heave ho my heart so close to my bones hear how those ladies moan! one fellow singing twenty fellows singing under my eaves wake up little children harmony rattles your bones and helps them to grow see how my baby’s grow
11.
This bitter heart Can’t even be grateful to you Better not take this cup up and drink Is it truly you, bearing gifts on the crimson tide? Is it truly you Bare and cold on a hill so high? Is it true? This bitter heart can’t even be loyal to you, better not take my cross up and drive But I’m drawn to the golden road People say that it’s straight and narrow but it’s not. And who learns to live in your love? And who sees the sign of the dove? And who is ever good enough? This bitter heart can’t even say sorry to you better not sweep this dust from my eyes But I long to see you clearly People say if I pray you will hear me But I want to hear you
12.
Dead Rabbit 01:24
Hey ho, there’s a rabbit I found dead in the road And I went fishin’ down on three mile I caught a little grey fish. He laid down cold and shining on a hill of ice And you rang me up on the island Still clanging from the bells You hadn’t seen or felt but heard them echoing And I’ve been tryin’ to tell you Not everything can be alive
13.
I found my path in life so let me have my sweet time I found my sweet time take me to the river, I wanna see take me to the river to see something pretty To see the boats on the water To see the lights on the water To see my face on the water To see the birds on the water two cups of Caroline oh alligator river let me taste your wine I drink it down and I’m feeling fine now take me to that river, I wanna see take me to the river to see something pretty I kick off my walking shoes and bend myself to the river blue away with me and away with you I want to see See something pretty

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We recorded this album all together in one room, live-in-studio, on August 22, 23, and 25, 2010.

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released August 23, 2011

Engineered by Matt Malikowski at Q Division Studios in Somerville, MA.
Mixed by Gary Maurer at Saltlands Studio in Brooklyn, NY.
Mastered by Jonathan Wyner at M Works in Cambridge, MA.
Produced by Rose Polenzani.
Cover artwork by Peter Lalish.

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