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We escaped Oakland, where we had lived for 15 years. A saint of a woman, Tonya, let us stay at her beautiful log home in the hills of Sonora for about a year. I swam in a beautiful seasonal pond ringed with tall pines and cattails in summer. I couldn't get enough of it! When we finally had to leave, and were ready to move to Etna, California, I knew I was going to dearly miss so many things in Sonora. Mason jars are for keeping things. This song was a real way for me to save the happiness I felt while we lived there.

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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.

credits

from Nothing But Stars - 5 songs, released July 27, 2014
Guitar, vocal: Jane
Bass: Chris
Pedal Steel: David

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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. ... more

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