1. |
Queen Anne's Lace
04:08
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Astilbe and bee balm
And all of the flowers
And queen Anne’s lace
And robots and chocolate
And happier darlings
Are calling me
I will go home with you
I will go home with you
I will go home with you
If you take me
Mint and diamonds
And quartz and mica
And glow worms
Are so inspiring
And so are you darling
Ohhhhhh
Take me home with you
I want to go
Where your heart is
I hear it beating
I hear the song
For me that it’s singing
Of tulips and poplars
And locusts and cedars
And everything that i think is good
Oh well water and weaving
And all of that hippy shit
That you do
Take me home with you
I want to go home with you
I want to follow my heart
When it’s open not closed
Take me home with you
So I can find my home
With you, with you
With you, with you
And I will plant
Beans in our garden
And I will bring
Little red plums to you
We will feel raindrops
On top of our heads
And life will be good
Mm hmmmn
You’ll make me coffee
And kimchi
And green jasmine tea
And we’ll smell the clover
In the mornings in June.
Just take me home with you
I want to go
Where your heart is
Home where your heart is
Home where your heart is
Home where your heart is
With you, with you, with you
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2. |
Looping Song
04:32
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Make a looping night time song
That never goes to sleep, oh
Play it over time again and
Tell me what you feel, oh
Don’t go back and forth
Into a haze of disappointment
To the place where you can find
Euphoric explanation
Stay with me
Oh in the light
Oh stay with me
Oh in looping flight
Stay with me
All through the night
Oh Stay with me
Oh until we’ve found what’s right
I know you and you know me
And we are in between now
Places where the moments stop
And where we seem to linger
I am time and you are night
And you have told me something
That I cannot forget
And I will not remember
Who am I?
Oh I am a queen
Oh who am I?
Stepping into my own skin
Who am I?
Oh I am a king
Oh who am I?
Oh I am the light within
Bedtime songs
Oh looping on
Oh bedtime songs
Oh looping on
Stay with me
Oh stay with me
Oh stay with me
Oh stay with me
Stay with me
Oh in the light
Oh stay with me
Oh in looping flight
Stay with me
All through the night
Oh Stay with me
Oh until we’ve found what’s right
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3. |
Peace in the Middle
05:54
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It is a down dog day
I don’t mean that in a good way
I am losing control
And I have let myself go
Into a haze where I am triggered by this world
And I am raging while injustices unfurl
I am a broke bone trombone
Screaming angry hollow tones
Tones that tear me up inside
I’m throwing daggers from my eyes
And that is not who I want to be
That is not who I want to be
Let me find peace in the middle
Let me find peace in the middle
Let me find peace
In the middle
Of all things
Let me find grace in the middle
Let me find grace in the middle
Let me find grace
In the middle
Of all things
I thought I had found another way
I’d made space and time to pray
Thought I had buried your transgressions
In a mellow hollow grave
Turns out I buried myself to give you space
Turns out I buried myself to give you space
But I woke up and wanted out
Began to scream began to shout
Some they rallied to my side
Filling me with humble pride
Some tried to push me back in
Said be a good little girl again
But that is not who I’m going to be
That is not who I’m going to be
Let me find peace in the middle
Let me find peace in the middle
Let me find peace
In the middle
Of all things
Let me find grace in the middle
Let me find grace in the middle
Let me find grace
In the middle
Of all things
I see you hurting in your heart
Afraid to stop, afraid to start
Peeling layers from my skin
Wanting to wound the things within
But breaking me will never make you whole
You see I do not want to fight
My heart is peaceful in the night
I have learned to love myself
And learned it well
I am learning everyday
To let it in and let it
Stay
Let me find peace in the middle
Let me find peace in the middle
Let me find peace
In the middle
Of all things
Let me find grace in the middle
Let me find grace in the middle
Let me find grace
In the middle
Of all things
Let me find peace in the middle
Let me find peace in the middle
Let me find peace
In the middle
Of all things
Let me find grace in the middle
Let me find grace in the middle
Let me find grace
In the middle
Of all things
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4. |
I Belong to Thee
03:14
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I have heard the call
Of a lonesome cry
And I have seen the chains
In thee
Of a lover’s cry
And the darkest night
And I belong to thee
Oh I belong to thee
Oh It’s a wildwood tune
Of a sad reprise
Many loves have drowned
At sea
But of the whole world wide
Of the hills and tide
I have seen the land
Of thee
Oh I love the land
Of thee
If I should see you not
For a thousand years
I would sing your song
For three
For over all the times
There are winds of loss
But I belong to thee
Oh I belong to thee
Oh I belong
To thee
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5. |
Shifting Tides
05:39
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The tides
The tides are shifting
Shifting now
Ohhhhh
Can you feel
The tides shifting now
Go inside of your
Little heart
Your
Delicate and breaking heart
And
Stand up
Straight and tall
Walk up to the door inside
Knock on it
Wait for the reply
Hello
Come in
I see you
My friend
I see you
We have arrived
We have arrived
At the point
Of change
Will you rise oh
And open the door?
The poles are turning
North to South
Everything is
Upside down
Oh oh oh oh
We are evolving
To the point
Of catastrophe
Sweet oh
Epiphany
Hello
My friend
Please tell me
How can I defend
Every piece of sacred life
Still left
Still left
Still left
And grow it
And built it
You will give
To this Earth
Oh all your life
And all your breath
It makes you
And it breaks you
Everyday
You will plant
In the field
A seed that feeds
Something real
A choice
To heal instead of hurt
You will crawl inside this heart
And do the same thing from the start
Saying
I'm sorry
I'm sorry
For every time I've
Broken you
I will kneel
On the ground
With my head
In a crown of
Gratitude
For every piece of sacred life
I grow
And build
And heal
We have arrived
We have
Arrived
At the point
Of change
Will you rise oh
And open the door
The tides
The tides are shifting
Shifting now
Oh oh oh oh
Can you feel
The tides
Shifting now?
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6. |
North Sea
04:05
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I love you
You’re far ‘cross the sea
Where the North wind blows strong
And your heart is free
And I love me
And this is my home
And I will not betray
What makes me whole
My place is here
Upon the land
Where promise exists
Like seeds in my hand
You’ve come here before
You’ve been to my door
You’ve looked inside
And seen what I hide
Your heart of gold
Opened to behold
All that I am
And all that I’ve sewn
You’ve seen my heart
All speckled with stars
That shines down on this land
That tears me apart
How are you
I know your heart
Dances with the North Sea
That keeps us apart
And I remember you
Dancing with me
While the record spun soft
How our futures were free
How your land was brave
Quiet and grave
The wind on my face
The taste of the days
Your place is there
Across the sea
And I will not betray
What you are to me
The dunes and the strand
Your flat open land
The language of your heart
I’d known from the start
I love you
You’re far ‘cross the sea
Where the North wind blows strong
And your heart is free
And I love me
And this is my home
And I will not betray
What makes us whole
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7. |
Ironwood Waltz
04:42
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There's a girl who lives
In old Rockingham
Who lusts after all kinds
Of waltzes
She waltz through the rain
On sycamore Sundays
She waltz through
The troubles of man
Through the embers and ashes
Of poplar leaf pollen
Neath the strong lovin’ branches
Of the ironwoods frame
She waltz through the fields
Of July fire
And all through
The wild scent of hay
She waltz, she waltz
Through the fields of her father
Lawfully laboring and romancin’
She waltz, she waltz
Through toil and triumph
Keeping in time just the same
She raises up children
On faith and good promise
Leavens the daily bread of descent
She waltzes with baskets
Of wood and well water
With never a woe in her step
Through the years she’s a waltzin’
Tasting blessings and heart-ache
The jams of wild berries
The bitter tonics of loss
Sweat on her brow
From the toils of labor
With never a trace of regret
She waltz, she waltz
Through the fields of her father
Watching the skylight at sundown
She waltz, she waltz
With a child on her bosom
Rendering the blessings of man
This old world she’s a troubled
With populous peoples
Starving the fields of their grains
There’s daggers and arrows
And quills and fine needles
To pierce hearts
In various ways
Lest the constancy of seasons
Should halt in their rhythm
Lest the winds
Should always subside
Man will yet suffer
But joy shall not perish
The oceans
They waltz with the tides
We waltz, we waltz
Through the fields of our fathers
Following old ways best we can
We waltz, we waltz
For life's joy and life's sorrow
Sometimes they're a one in the same
Sometimes they’re a one in the same
Sometimes they’re a one in the same
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Well coke is it
And a moon
Over top of the pines
It makes no sense
Your words my time
Scrambled eggs
Poached eggs
Egg cup
Ketchup
Sunny sunny sunny
Floody side up
I hear the morning
Speaking poetry
And the whisper of the
Leaves through the trees
They say you're just a
Simple man
I’ll love you anyway
I can
Ohh oh
Ohh oh
Ohh oh
Oh roosters bark
First sparks
Playing cards
To the tune of a
Record spinning
Coffee brewing
Something brewing
Always
In the kitchen of love
I’m country
Pumpkins
Hummingbirds
Fickle words
You’re
Open
Hoping
Brilliant
Snowing
May the sunshine
Always be
Over top of your head
My friend
There ain't no better thang
Than the love of a
Friendly thang
Mmmm mm
Mmmm mm
Mm mm mmm
Mmmm mm
Oh footnotes
Good jokes
This love
It grows
In secret and
Faraway places
Don’t tell me there
Aren’t any traces
Enduring
Simple things
Like long walks
Bird talk
Marry me
Hungry
I’ll never say no
Anyway
Mm mmm
I’m candid
Stranded
On penny lane
And I’ll pay fifty cents
For a love story
To take me all the way
To the end of my days
It’s just a loving thang
The way I smile
For you
For you
For you
For you
There’s a flood pouring down
It’s in my pipes
My hearts afloat
It’s funny that I jumped into
Your boat
Well coke is it
And a moon
Over top of the pines
It makes no sense
Your words my time
Scrambled eggs
Poached eggs
Egg cup
Ketchup
Sunny sunny sunny
Floody side up
I hear the morning
Speaking poetry
And the whisper of the
Leaves through the trees
They say you're just a
Simple man
I’ll love you anyway
I can
Mmmm mm
Mmmm mm
Mmmm mm
Mmmm mm
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9. |
Ohio
04:25
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I was born in Ohio
Came out of the valley
I walked through the prairie
Longed for the woodlands
And I know
The way
That the birds feel
In the sky
I was hungry for silence
Thirsty like sorrow
I drank from the river
Wept for tomorrow
And I knew
When snow
Was softly brewing in the sky
I fell with the rainfall
Prayed ‘neath the pine trees
I loved like a wildfire
Burned like a lamps wick
And you watched
Me slowly
Dying in the night
And there wasn’t
Nobody loved
Leaving
Like you
And I’d be
Gone did n’ lonesome
Did n’ crying
When you were gone
I would open the whisky
And walk through the prairie
I’d lie in the tall grass
And wait for the morning
And I’d count
Every damn
Star in the sky
Crying
Don’t leave me
I love you
Darlin’
Like sunshine and rain
like a lark yodeling
Low
Darlin’ you
Feed me
With dreams
Of dogwood flowers
Falling
Softly like snow
I would walk back to my house
And wash off the whisky
I’d tear up your memories
Pray neath the pine trees
Say goodbye
To the northwestern sky
Then I flew
Away
Like a sparrow
Softly sighing
In the morning sky
There wasn’t
Nobody
Loved leaving
Like you
Now I’ve left here too
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10. |
Walking Medicine
01:39
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I was sitting by the blue lagoon
The little waterfall fell behind my ears
There are many kinds of medicine
They all have a purpose
All here
To heal specific woes
And pains
Waiting for the right
Mouths to find them
They wait
Day and night
Becoming and beaming
Radiating themselves
Only that
Does a dandelion wish to be sweet flag?
True, dandelion is a heal all
Maybe the pipsissewa
Waiting under the canopy of the beech
wishes it were a dandelion
A radiant yellow
in the full sun
in lush grasses
It is not
It radiates its own peculiar resonance
silencing doubt
in the heart
of the fearful
I find it resting at my feet
Perfect
As it is
Pipsissewa doesn’t wish to be dandelion
Only humans
Wish such silly things
As to be other than they are
This is what I heard
Be the walking medicine that you are
There is no doubt that you are here to heal
Those who need your medicine will find you
Dandelion, sweet flag, pipsissewa
All have their own truths
Seek them as they are
Let them open in you
what seeks to bloom
Pollinate in others
only what you can
Be the walking medicine that you are
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11. |
Songbird
04:35
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Said I’s gonna sing
A song for myself
But here I go writing again
Oh singing in front
Of folks I don’t know
When all i want to do
Is sing within
Here in my room and
Here in the night
With nobody but myself
Oh snug as a sparrow
Feathered in down
Warm up in my nest
My mama she told me
That I used to sing
Like a songbird in the night
Oh rain on the tin roof
Making up tunes
Oh half the night
Oh
All grown up
Oh who I am
Oh all grown up
Oh ohhh my my my
I’ve been walking for days
And walking for nights
And walking towards who I am
Oh I’ve been walking
Since I was a young young girl
And I’ll be walking until I’m dead
I don’t need no longing into my life
To take me away from my cause
Oh the cause of my days
The cause of my ways
The cause behind the cause
Oh so sing little songbird
Sing a song so bright
Ohhhhhh oh oh oh oh
Oh I’ll sing all night long
Oh I’ll sing all my life
The rain on the tin roof
Is beating real soft
And I'm here quiet and still
Oh I've got everything I need
In my own little heart
I'm happy free and well
A smile on my lips
To remind me that there is
Something deep inside
That can’t be capitalized on
Oh with anybody’s lies
I don’t need no man
To come into my life
And tell me how I've got to be
I just want to sing my yodeling
Songbird song
Oh for little old me
I do need to learn
To lean into my life
And walk up to who I am
Oh a woman who sings
A woman who rains
A woman who
Loves her own song
Oh so sing little songbird
Sing a song so bright
Ohhhhhh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh
I’ll sing all night long
Oh I’ll sing all my life
In five billion years
The sun will explode
And life will cease to exist
This’ll be a cold dead rock
Just a spinning around
Its own axis,
This’ll be a cold dead rock
Just a spinning around
Its own axis
Oh oh all I want
Is to be alive
Oh and all i want
I've got my my my
Oh so sing little songbird
Sing a song so bright
Ohhhhhh oh oh oh oh
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
I’ll sing all night long
Oh I’ll sing
All my life
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Walking Medicine Greensboro, North Carolina
Walking Medicine is the musical vision of Jenny Kimmel, a NC based singer-songwriter who inhabits a kaleidoscope of roles: artist, poet, permaculturalist, and peace educator. Her voice and themes blur genre boundaries, evoking Americana, folk, and roots music, echoing elements of old-time alongside influences from philosophy, art, and activism across movements and generations. ... more
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