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Nothing But Stars - 5 songs

by Springhouse

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1.
Down the road from Parson's Mill came the bastard boy from the brindle hills Eyes as dark as a blackbird's wing song in his heart like a rainy spring She was the parson's pride and joy caught the blackbird eye of the bastard boy She said, "I swore an oath I would not yield; My heart will stay a fallow field. So stand your ground or go your way Should you turn around: Nothing but stars in the Jackpine wind Blowing the blackbirds home again Nothing but stars in the Jackpine wind Nothing but stars. Said the bastard boy with the blackbird eye, "I call your oath a flock of lies, and if for love you will not yield, I'll be a scarecrow in that fallow field." Summer's flown, the year's grown old. The fallow field has turned to gold Black-eyed crows, they rise as one A scarecrow's work is never done!
2.
Mason Jar 03:02
Mason Jar, Mason jar the Milky Way is full of stars The lid spun off, they filled the air What all can you fit in there? Mason jar, Mason jar, Yerba santa, Scotch Pine tar Ginger tea, a pint to share No sign of trouble anywhere. Save for me the way I feel Sweet green water at the quarry fill Rays of light through the sentinel pines Mud in my toes, sun in my eyes, Mud in my toes, sun in my eyes. Mason jar, Mason jar The nickel I got won't get me far Gypsy rug, rise under me! Wherever I is or ain't, I'm free! Save the Autumn leaves for me A lawn chair under a Chinquapin tree Save my sweetheart's smile in there And the smell of this smoky mountain air Smell of this smoky mountain air. Mason jar, Mason jar The Milky Way is full of stars The lid spun off, they filled the air What all can you fit in there? Porcupine needles, Madder root Abalone buttons, strings for my shoes Marbles in my head, my big red heart All together in a Mason jar.
3.
Come and listen, you fellows so young and so fine And seek not your fortune in the dark, dreary mines It will form as a habit, seep in your soul 'Til the blood in your veins runs black as the coal. There's many a man that I've known in my day Who'll live just to labor his whole life away Like a fiend with his dope, or a drunkard his wine A man will have lust for the lure of the mines. It's dark as a dungeon, damp as the dew Where the danger is double and the pleasures are few Where the rain never falls, where the sun never shines It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines. The morning, the evening or the middle of the day Is the same to the miner laboring away. Where the demons of that death often come by surprise One fall of the slate and you're buried alive. Well, I hope when I'm gone and the ages shall roll My body will blacken and turn into coal. Then I'll look from the door of my heavenly home And I'll pity the miners digging my bones.
4.
It was the time of year when the hurricane blows Lift the baby from the cradle, lay the steeple low Lust grabbed his heart like a fist of steel Rolled him over the edge like a Catherine Wheel. When the hunter's moon rose over the farm He thought he'd take that girl out back of the barn But by the time the moon went over the ridge He was swinging in the moonlight under the bridge. Jump up, little children, yes, yes, yes! Have you heard the news about Typhoon Ted? Lonely ghost rider from the Book of the Dead. Last I heard he was in defeat with the army of souls down on Azusa Street. Well, it may well be that when they crack the seal He'll be hanging out in the city on the hill, But I suspect that when the rapture falls He'll have a candle and a spoon at the dark end of the hall. Jump up, little children, yes, yes, yes!
5.
Cicada 03:28
Cicada Cicada Floating on the shimmering air wings of isinglass the ground is broken open where you have left the past Cicada Cicada Slipping off the coat you wore in the longest night Blind and silent nevermore - The world tilts in your ruby eye Cicada Cicada Cicada, sing a silver wire Mineralize the air Mute, you dreamt it underground Now you let it flare! Cicada Cicada Cicada with your jeweled eyes Let me in your thoughts! Can you look straight at the sun And see what we cannot?

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Five songs written by Jane and Chris.

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released July 27, 2014

Chris Kee, Jane Selkye, David Phillips

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Springhouse California

Music from the Americana Borderlands - from artsong to the roadhouse and places in between:
Chris Kee and Jane Selkye met in the San Francisco band Me Jane, and have played with David Phillips in various
groups for the last twenty years.
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