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Humming Towards the Sublime

by A Mark Ettinger Moment

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1.
O My God 03:06
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Lift your nose up to the breeze See those wildflowers making melodies You say you never hear the sun I say stay still long enough, hear it singing in everyone Oh my God – so many signs You’re beautiful, inscrutable, infused with the divine Oh my God – do you believe it’s time Are we afraid to turn water into wine Oh my God – Oh, my God … Wrap yourself in a poem, yeah let it be I’ll pluck out a tune to keep it company We trace that line between art and lies But darling we’re here to make love, not humble pies – Oh my God – so many signs You’re beautiful, inscrutable, infused with the divine Oh my God – I do believe it’s time The softest touch will turn this water into wine Oh my God – Oh, my God … When peace comes dropping slow at last Fill me up, I’m a drinking glass And when that cup is passed around Will you take it up – and drink it down? Will you – will you – will you – Take it up? Hold my hand, show me what you hope I’ll twist us up a bed from all this broken rope All those precious dreams, this iron crown Toss them overboard, laugh ‘em all the way down Oh my God – so many signs You’re beautiful, inscrutable, infused with the divine Oh my God – yeah loosen up these lines I wanna feel these gentle ripples, these endless open rhymes Oh my God - it must be time The evening sun will light this water ruby wine Oh my God – Oh, my God …
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Sleep Slowly Take Us 03:20
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Sleep slowly take us in this little bed All the stuff that rolls around and round and round and fills your head Let it go now, ah let it go now Let it go Peace slowly take us in this little bed We toss and turn, half waking, half remembering what was said Let it go now, ah let it go now Let it go All the loneliness that rises All the storms that surge inside All the crazy that we swim through on this chromosomal tide every broken-open vow, And all the desperate lies we tried oh tonight, here with me yeah tonight, here with me oh tonight, here with me Let it go stirring and awaking to the softness of your face a mockingbird, a sparrow, dawn comes through the lace Let it go now, ah let it go now Let it go Let it go now, ah let it go now Oh tonight, here with me tonight, here with me yeah tonight, here with me Let it go Let it go
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I Don't Need Alcohol 03:00
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I don’t need alcohol To be drunk in the morning Drunk with you - drunk on you I’d sip whiskey ‘til the party ends Stir mint juleps with your weirdo friends I’d roll with Bacchus to catch Aphrodite’s eye I’d down a rum martini, stirred not shaken, extra dry, but … I don’t need alcohol To be drunk in the morning Drunk with you - drunk on you Sip Potion Number Nine and tonic From your lips my love Lick lilac wine melancholic From your fingertips my dove (Nectar flowing in the Halls Above) ¬¬ I’d ask Baudelaire to share a rare Margaux Request Rasputin to distill me a potato Heard ‘Ol Blue Eyes get no kick from champagne but I’d nurse a Leffe Blonde in which to dip my Madeleine, oh… I don’t need alcohol To be drunk in the morning Drunk with you - drunk on you Those Sufi mystics look to wine for the Truth But ‘Lectric Kool-aid’s got more zing! than Vermouth; I’d boil up Mezcal with the Lone De-Ranger, I’ve heard that Absinthe make the art grow stranger, but I don’t need alcohol don’t need nothing at all – Even the Holy Grail would be a waste If but a drop should wash your taste … So salty sweet – like ocean dew To be drunk in the morning Drunk with you – drunk on you!
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Bedclothes (of the Lord) 05:03
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I will sleep in the bedclothes of the Lord He doesn’t need them anymore I’ll gather all in from the cold tuck ‘em in, young and old, I will sleep in the bedclothes of the Lord I will sleep, I will sleep I will sleep in the bedclothes of the Lord I will build with the nails of the Lord Pull them straight from the ruddy boards I will build a shrine to love No walls around, no roof above I will build with the nails of the Lord I will walk in the shoes of the Lord There’s 10,000 piled by the shower door I’ll put ‘em on to better stand To better seek the promised land I will walk in the shoes of the Lord I’ll be filled with the light of the Lord Votice candles, 3 for $5, at the corner store Through that face the flame will shine on the wafer and the wine I’ll be filled with the light of the Lord Sister sing with the voice of the lord It’s your voice, brother, let it roar A blaze of light in every word In cry of beast, song of bird Sister sing with the voice of the lord
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Breakfast Time 03:16
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Breakfast time, delight sublime Everybody loves breakfast time It’s fine in the kitchen, rocking on your feet Or served up in bed, hot and sweet; Everybody loves breakfast time This jelly roll is bumpy This honey moves so slow This porridge is so lumpy Feed me baby ‘fore it’s time to go This cocoa is so creamy These peaches are so soft This muffin is so steamy Feed me baby ‘fore it’s time to go Feed me baby, feed me Feed me baby, feed me Feed me baby, feed me Feed me baby ‘fore it’s time to go Corn pone and a fine ripe cherry When I’m bad, make mine hot cross buns Somedays, I’ll try a bloody mary Feed me baby ‘fore it’s time to go Feed me baby, feed me Feed me baby, feed me Feed me baby, feed me Feed me baby ‘fore it’s time to go Breakfast time, rise and shine, Everybody loves breakfast time By the picture window, in an overstuffed chair Or out on the lawn, let the bunnies stare, oh Everybody loves breakfast time Everybody loves breakfast time
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Redeemer 03:39
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I know that my redeemer lives Born again on some rocky road I know that my redeemer lives And those loving arms I’ll hold Jesus may have died in pain Two Marys wept on Gallilea For all the beauty of The Word I don’t want no one to die for me Some see Truth in the sunlit hills In a fugue of Bach, in daffodils Some know God a roaring fire raging in a book of blood and ire Some look big and some look small: See the rolling stars in a toddler’s ball You may pray beyond the sky But Grace flows to me through the other’s eye I know that my redeemer lives Wandering sweet and wandering slow And when she comes around again Those loving arms I’ll hold
7.
Will You Come Down? 03:19
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Will you come down? Down to greet me Arm in arm, under the elm trees Show me your eyes Open them wholly I’ll show you mine Under the elm trees Ah – meet me under the elm trees Long dark limbs end in shadows green Of all the lovers you have sheltered Is this the rarest kiss you’ve seen? Oh fragile dream Rising within all living things Will you come down? Down to greet me Arm in arm, under the elm trees For the sweetest kiss that ever could be Meet me under the elm trees
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Mother 04:08
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Mother, you wander, by dreamland “Where do you go, where do you lead? I will follow, follow follow life’s a flower, bloom to seed I will follow, follow” “take me to the park my son, where you played as a boy; the elms so high and we so small we’ll feed the squirrels on the wall the clouds will run and hide we’ll watch it all flow by” Mother, you’re floating, in mem’ries What light you see, What tune you hear? I will follow, follow follow life’s a songbird in your ear I will follow, follow “help me find the way my child my past a hazy cloud; less real this moment than my dreams I swim in circles in between a little girl that cries watches through my eyes” Rage, rage, against the dying light Do not go gentle, do not go gentle Do not go gentle into that good night Rage! I will follow, follow Mother you’re drifting, in twilight you wander … Mother … mother … mother …
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Sway 03:32
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Sway sway sway Let that groove help you thru your day Sway sway sway Let that groove help you thru your day Well you might be as old as Moses And you might be as old as the clay, But when that beat drop into your bone You’re like a child on the first of May ah ah ah ah aaah Sway … Well your feet may feel like stones And your back like a burning tree But when that beat drop into your bone You’re like a jailbird soaring free ah ah ah ah aaah Sway … Well you might be cold and frozen And your voice maybe cracked and dry But when that beat drop into your bone You’re like a band on the fourth of July ah ah ah ah aaah Sway …
10.
All Your Tomorrows 02:25
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May all your tomorrows Be as bright as today Lay down your favorite sorrows Hold hands and float away May your evenings flow so simply from laughs and songs to love may your nights roll so tenderly by the glow of the moon, smiling down from above And when morning gently wakes you to each other may you say: “May all your tomorrows Be as bright as today”

about

this album is dedicated to my mother, Margaret Foerster Ettinger, who always sings and dances, and first showed me how

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released September 10, 2013

A Mark Ettinger Moment:

Mark Ettinger - vocals, guitars, basses, piano, harmonium, RH of tuba
Kate Copeland – vocals (2,4,8,9,10)
Rachelle Garniez – vocals (4,5,9)
Kate Marvin – vocals (1,4,5,9)
Steve Goulding – drums (1,4,5,9)
Jason Burger – drums (2,3,10)
BBQ Bob Pomeroy – mouth harps & quips
Corey Dansereaux - trumpets, vocals (2)
Nick Finzer – trombones, mouth of tuba



Brass arranged by Alexei Karamazov

Harmony vox written by Kate C (1,2,8,10), Rachelle and Kate M (4&5), all three (9)



Recorded at Meenhaga, silver lake NH; The Lethe Lounge, NYC, engineer: The Great Condescendo.

add'l vox recorded at (the cabin in) Port Townsend, WA.



Produced by Mark Ettinger

Mixed and mastered in Woodstock by Mark Dann



Special thanks to this Great Band, Kate Copeland, Rachelle, Kate Marvin, my family for everything, the Royal Famille DuCaniveaux, Chen, Kiyota, Mark Dann, and Kat.

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