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The doorbell rings.  An interruption in a rare morning home alone in the kitchen.  I dry my hands and open the door, just in time to see a young man descending the steps to leave.  I greet him, sticking my body out through the open door into the spring day, and he lumbers back up the steps.  Without looking up from his shoes, he explains that he’s been out since six this morning looking for work:  yardwork, handywork, housework.  I explain there’s nothing to be done around the house, and besides, our landlord takes care of all that.  There are some older folks on the block, though, who might appreciate help.  I point out which houses to try.
I invite him in for fruit and water.  We talk about his family.  He never once looks at me but I see the distress in his face.  
When he leaves, the distress stays behind.  I stand in the hall with eyes clenched shut and imagine the brave millions, ringing all the doorbells of every home on the planet, the doorbells of every head of state and CEO, interrupting many important days.  
“Good morning. I am looking for work.”

lyrics

There is no work on these streets anymore
Where is the harbor for the weary?
Many are the nights my heart feels hard as a bone
A quiet drone.

I told him, “Don’t come back until you’ve found work.”
I told him, “I’m caring for your babies.”
Family’s far away, out on an island in the sea
Oh, mercy me.

He tells me it’s different, he tells me he’s changed
And I know that he’s doing all he can
But sometimes all he can is stumble home after dark
A burning spark

Once we had eyes that shone brighter than the stars
And we lifted them up into the sky
But now we are so tired from all the strength it takes to live
No more to give

There is no work on these streets anymore
Where is the harbor for the weary?
Many are the nights my heart feels hard as a bone
A quiet drone
All alone
A sinking stone

credits

from Jean Rohe & The End of the World Show, released November 27, 2014
Jean Rohe – mandolin, guitar, lead vocals
Ilusha Tsinadze – acoustic and electric guitars, dobro
Christopher Tordini – acoustic and electric bass
Liam Robinson – accordion, keyboards
Skye Steele – violin
Rogério Boccato – percussion
Richie Barshay – percussion
James Shipp – vibraphone and percussion
And everyone sings.

Ljova Zhurbin – viola on 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11
Dave Eggar – cello on 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11

Tony Hdez – radio announcer on 4

All songs by Jean Rohe
Produced by Jean Rohe & Liam Robinson

String arrangements on “Fisherman”, “Pacific Street”, “Water”, and “O Bright Star” by Liam Robinson.

“Who Shall...” incorporates part of a Russian children's song in translation, “May There Always Be Sunshine (Пусть всегда будет солнце)”.
Field recording in “Umbrella” from Uskudar, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011.

Recorded by Chris Bittner at Applehead Studios in Saugerties, NY
Additional recording by Oliver Straus at Mission Sound, Brooklyn, NY, and Aaron Nevezie at The Bunker Studio, Brooklyn, NY.

Mixed by Todd Sickafoose at Earycanal

Mastering by Alan Douches at West West Side Music

Illustrations by Melanie Chopko
Photo by Jen Painter
Layout and design by Ilusha Tsinadze

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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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