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In the Sun

by Christine Shields

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Home 04:04
Home again, I lay my sleepy head On the dreams you gave to me my friend, last night When I fall, into the night I fall And the stars drift down like a dress hanging around Home again, safe in your sweet bed And the waves rock our little wooden ship to sleep yes the waves rock our little wooden boat to sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep
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The sky will wait and the mountain will wait for the sea to come for the sea to swallow up animals eat the sky and their stomaches all turn blue shadows choose their colors and the sea brings me to you the sea brings me to you And the diamond nets set out on the ocean waves blue-green My heart has set out to catch a love serene to catch a love serene
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Milk Thistle 04:53
Here's my name, windtorn and forgotten, I soak this rain, through thistles and cotton, I haul this pain all the way to the bottom, oh And when I'm down, my soul sodden This leaden crown and a mind besotted beside myself like a twin gone rotten, oh Raise up your seashells and fill them with teardrops and send all the saltwater back to the sea let the water hold you, swallow unhollow your heart is adrift and your ghosts all set free Haul me in, I'm a treasure gone feral My pockets weighed down, full of pearls and perils My gowns soaked through, all the way to the marrow, oh Raise up your bright skulls, they fill up with white gulls Who drink all our tears up and eat all our fears up Who take flight and let go of stories that grow old And now that this tale's told turn back into Sea
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Seven Horses 06:48
Seven horses, side by side, black and white Velvet Horses take me home, let me ride Digging hooves in earth so dark, so black Dowsing diamonds for their bride, shining back And I know the night has come A night so long and there's no sun And I know the dawn will come Again Apaloosa, fog and stars, in his hide Swift black hoof and frozen waters, we will ride Into the forest, deeper now, we will go Velvet Horses skate upriver, in the snow And our bride she shines for us In the sky reflects the sun In the darkness prays for us To fly Seven horses in the forest, black and white Velvet horses take me home, let me ride
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Broken Roads 06:36
We met at the crossing of two broken roads And said, I know you, let's take us some time In the sun, let's walk in the sun Won't it be golden, won't it be love For a while And when the cloud came, shaped like the end You said, my time's done The road calls my name again We walked in the sun, a minute the sun Wasn't it golden, wasn't it love For a while I slept at the crossroads, in dust and in tears I died at the crossroads, drowned in all my fears Then I walked in the sun, alone in the sun Down my own road, I walked on alone For a while
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Red Dust 06:26
Sleep in the red dust, your tomorrows will be gold Breathe in the red dust, All your troubles will unfold A broken locket for a heart, fills the well full of sorrow Let the white horse into the night, to bring the sun again tomorrow Tomorrow The red hill, torn up, the rabbit hanging upside down And gold-dust rivers, running through this paper town A broken locket for a heart, fills the well full of sorrow Let the white horse into the night, to bring the sun again tomorrow Tomorrow The old house let go, to fall into the blue blue sky And patterns we've sewn, they come unbound, they come untied A broken locket for a heart, fills the well full of sorrow Let the white horse into the night, to bring the sun again tomorrow Tomorrow
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Frozen Water 05:46
Frozen Water, make it through the winter Falling, crying, take me down that river Rising, dying, Lift my soul Deliver
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Rusty leaves that fall, boats upon the wind Our hands let down, all that came before Let's begin Shed the skin Cut the anchors free, sail from these old shores I'll send a prayer to the sky, asking for The brightest of storms What falls down Will rise to the sun The darkest of times makes possible the dawn Walk in the meadow, walk with me Let the sun shine on you Let the sun's light reflect on me
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Christine Shields-IN THE SUN: Ten songs of darkness and light. This album is very much about opposites and cycles: the sun and moon, descent into darkness and the return to light, and the turning of the seasons as metaphor for human experience. Instrumentation includes guitar, banjo, baritone uke, and voice, with percussion by WILLIAM WINANT(WILLIAM WINANT PERCUSSION GROUP, JOHN CAGE, SONIC YOUTH,TERRY RILEY,Etc.), guitar JOE GOLDRING (ENABLERS, TOUCHED BY A JANITOR, SWANS), soundscapes by SHEILA BOSCO (FAUN FABLES, AUTOBODY, DIRE WOLVES), and drums and production by TIM MOONEY (AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB, TOILING MIDGETS,THE SLEEPERS).

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released May 30, 2018

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