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I came through the gorge on a mixed-up caribou
to wake up in bed with snow white and blue
the green in the moss, I see it too
we're out of our element, snow white and blue
at horsetail falls where dreams come true
and ice from the trees falls on snow white and blue
and black knit hoods obscure the view
while sled dogs led snow white and blue
nunavut, we're going to
none of it, we never knew
while snow white turned over a brand new leaf
her icy stairs (stares) opened caverns beneath
blue rose from his slumber and played with our hair
(awww)
and held us up high in the cold winter air!
rode a buck to coeur d'alene
prettiest river I ever have seen
rode to boulder on a cinnamon horse
no one told me I was so off course
nunavut, we're going to
none of it, we never knew
I said we came through the gorge on a mixed-up caribou
to wake up in bed with snow white and blue!
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the volcano maiden went into an endless sleep
and left this fertile land
there were silver swans
amaryllis to the stars
and reindeer free of men
(CLACKAMAS PAWS BOOM BOOM)
chorus:
he had his hands around the amaryllis stalk
he would wake the sleeping maiden and make her body talk
and the very next morning she went into labor
and bore her child Mount Tabor
(CLACKAMAS PAWS BOOM BOOM)
to light a candle
is a new volcano
we wake the sleeping maiden again and again
the great silver swan
the snow-covered reindeer
(fur warm in the sunlight)
return to the city of men
(repeat chorus)
(CLACKAMAS PAWS BOOM BOOM)
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traditional
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my hearts entwined around a lodgepole pine
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Darling, dig deeper, darling
dig deeper and you'll find your wife's remains
puncture me with your dirty shovel
let some light into your ziggurat
listen to my heartbeat
the ancients know
darling, dig deeper, darling
roll
you stuck me with your OZPINHEAD
and pulled it out until I bled
then jumped the broom and we were wed
today we breathe with fire....
*bodies so often satisfaction scream
till failed pleasures tilt the scene
ancients suggest abstinence, a test
till telepathic heat disturbes their rest
darling, dig deeper, daaaarling
we can dance with the ants
and the crazy (sleepy) voles with glitter in their eyes
we can blow a kiss to the archaeologist
and maybe take him by surprise
we could all hold hands and sing
and harvest olive oil to rub in our hair
listen to my heart beat
the ancients know!
darling, dig deeper, darling
(the ancients know)
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chorus:
it's not for a lack of responsibility
to live keeping up with the coyote
sage moves from deserts into evergreens
coyote's path is unfolding in his dreams
from the raven, from the air
smoke and clouds, I can feel you
even though she told me to be ware
I don't care
"But it wasn't me you were looking for,"
I said to the amethyst quetzal eye
as I lay on the floor.
"you're looking for a man
a long feathered man
and you're delicately watching
as you were Set to do
but the man you're looking for....
....he's behind you!"
(chorus)
our only water lies in the dry lake beds
but we've lived here for years and we're not dead
coyote says "there is no time, only gusts of dust and storms on the sun -
but that, my deer, is only on a rare occasion
(chorus)
coyote took me to the lava beds
and showed me the next place I'd lay my head
then climbed into the mountain
and disappeared
(chorus)
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little raven, you're black wing's a safe haven
as it has been for 150-odd humanish years
oh grandmother goldenfly at home in the well
oh hawk you redstreak across white chemtrails
all kinds of treasure and bones fill these hills
the remains of those who once flew here and now are killed!
tiktok was a valley girl
she's planting lots of corn
she's soon to see the sunshine
but not before the storm
(repeat)
so she shall spread her black wings
and help them all keep warm
(repeat 1st verse)
caw, caw
all sides
all sides are one
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Trahlyta was a Georgia girl in a goldmine
bathing in a brown river under a bleak grey sky
it rained outside and babies cried
as the fog rolled through the mountains like a drum
Wahsega cried
Trahlyta, my Trahlyta
pass not by, stranger
leave a stone on me
for those who desire everlasting beauty
for those who desire truth and faith and beauty
in the hills and the valleys and the rivers (cedars) of her home
travel in her name
remember her name
Tallulah, you didn't Reed the River right
there's nothing Fancy about this Gap
nothing Blue about this Ridge
just gold in the water
just gold in the spring that'll make me young again
just gold in the spring that'll set things real again
Trahlyta will live again
pass not by, stranger
Trahlyta,
may you find your spring
Wahsega,
come back
Trahlyta
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(see main "Crow Day" song page)
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darling, dig deeper darling....let some light in
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Recorded at Sugar Creek (Spice World), Atlanta, GA, late summer 2010. "in the flowerhouse of sapodilla you remain a flower" (Aztec Hymn)
released September 24, 2010
Arianna Fawn Sykes
Lynlee Healy
Melissa Lonely
Sean T Conlon (producer)
