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Lale
05:16
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Lale
Jean Rohe, 2010
We drew a map in the flesh of a melon
Rosy juice dripping down upon a plate
Around the world from seed to rind
Another life, another time
A blessing for the family wine.
So what is left when the world starts a-changing?
They paved the road from the village to the capitol
It's only time now till your baby's off to Germany
An interrupted family tree
That's not what it was meant to be.
La Le, La Le
Divli da la la le
Chemo lamazo samshoblo
Shen ki genatsvale
Chemo lamazo samshoblo
Shen ki genatsvale.
We drew a map in the flesh of a melon
And all the walls of the house began to shake
For who will care for the vineyard in the mountain dawn?
Who'll be here when we are gone?
And who will sing our ancient songs?
La Le, La Le
Divli da la la le
He's gone, flown away, to the city where he works all day
And he's gone, flown away, up to the mountain with a mouth of clay
And she's gone, flown away, to the West where the strangers play
And he's gone, flown away, to America where he will stay.
Chemo lamazo samshoblo
Shen ki genatsvale
Chemo lamazo samshoblo
Shen ki genatsvale.
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Moving Day
03:19
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Moving Day
Jean Rohe 2011
All it takes is a full glass of wine
And a couple good jokes to help pass the time
Leave your lady and come lie by my side
Cause tomorrow is moving day
Between the boxes there’s enough room for two
Bare bodies, bare walls, the bare nails peeking through
Out with the old, you say, and in with the new
Cause tomorrow is moving day
Oh, the sorrow, watching you pack your things, leaving no trace
One more dance before you unplug the stereo and cast me from your embrace
Our bodies remember what the walls will forget
And you two have a lifetime ahead of you yet
No time for shame, I got no time for regret
And tomorrow is moving day
The things people give us, the things that we choose
The weird shit we hang onto and the good things we lose
Pack it all up in a big box of blues
Cause tomorrow is moving day.
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Jean Rohe Brooklyn, New York
Jean Rohe writes one-of-a-kind narrative songs, concerned as much with the interior lives of her narrators as with the wider world outside them. She is a 2022 Brooklyn Arts Council Community Arts Grant recipient. Her latest full-length record as a bandleader, "Sisterly," won best Adult Contemporary Album at the Independent Music Awards in 2019. ... more
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