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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumThis is a 12" vinyl of "Winnowing", the debut album of Guelph Ontario's "Bird City".
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lyrics
There's a lion-shaped tree
All wiry and frail
With a great big mane
And a great big tail
And another in a field on its own
At 6:55 all covered in snow
There's an owl in the top that's gazing
At the foggy light of a sun that's raising
And another that's just perched in the grass
That looks at me as the bus drives past
On a dark and shadowed day a flock can make it pretty
Catching the light of a sun so bright that's shining from Bird City
Without the spring it's a different thing, the trip seems so much longer
To tolerate the dark of late I've had to be much stronger
Along the road I see the shape of an Eagle that seems to know
That as I drive away from town I'd actually rather go
To where the birds set out in flight are soaring arced and pretty
Drawn in the black against the light that's shining from Bird City
All wiry and frail
With a great big mane
And a great big tail
And another in a field on its own
At 6:55 all covered in snow
There's an owl in the top that's gazing
At the foggy light of a sun that's raising
And another that's just perched in the grass
That looks at me as the bus drives past
On a dark and shadowed day a flock can make it pretty
Catching the light of a sun so bright that's shining from Bird City
Without the spring it's a different thing, the trip seems so much longer
To tolerate the dark of late I've had to be much stronger
Along the road I see the shape of an Eagle that seems to know
That as I drive away from town I'd actually rather go
To where the birds set out in flight are soaring arced and pretty
Drawn in the black against the light that's shining from Bird City
credits
from Winnowing,
released October 27, 2017
Jenny – banjo, horns, vocals
Scott Merritt – drums, reed organ
Tyler Wagler – upright bass
Ben Grossman – hurdy gurdy
Jenny – banjo, horns, vocals
Scott Merritt – drums, reed organ
Tyler Wagler – upright bass
Ben Grossman – hurdy gurdy
license
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tags
discography
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Oct 2017
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