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Canary in a Coal Mine

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by Anna Vogelzang

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    releases 28 February 2012

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One & Only
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So Long
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Volcanoes
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Texas
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Oregon Trailed
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Whiskey Drawn
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Wishbone
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When You Go
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releases 28 February 2012
Performed by
Anna Vogelzang : Various
Joseph Arnold : Fiddle
Emilyn Brodsky : Vocals
Anthony da Costa : Guitars, Vocals
James Frazee : Percussion, Drums
Peter Hess : Clarinet
Franz Nicolay : Accordion
Emily Hope Price : Cello, Vocals
Alicia Rau : Horns
Todd Sickafoose : Bass
Brian Viglione : Drums, Percussion

Mixed and engineered by James Frazee,
assisted by Frank Lopez.
Recorded and mixed at Hobo Sound in Weehawken, NJ.
Additional recording at Water Music in Hoboken, NJ.
Assisted at Water Music by Sean Kelly.
Mastered by Warren Russell-Smith
in the Blue Room at the Magic Shop.

Cello ensemble arrangement for 'Texas' by Emily Hope Price.
Horn arrangements by Anna Vogelzang.
Additional upright composition by Andrew Young.
Additional cello composition by Liz Davis Maxfield.
Photography by Shervin Lainez (shervinfoto.com)
Artwork by Brooke Weeber (brookeweeber.com)
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Track Name: Undertow
inside the land mine inside my heart
you slide the safety, shoulder the charge
so I can breathe

I disarm wildly, you fire sweet
beastly, these outbursts of almighty heat
that light the stars

& you, come hell or high water

I come home broken, bruised like a peach
you make a fruit pie & two whiskeys neat
like summertime

you make a promise, I'll make a vow
each cup of coffee, each eyelash down
an offering

this house will crumble, this dock will cave
weak from the pressure but dauntless,
we'll brave the undertow

& you, come hell or high water
Track Name: Die Trying
I said, 'I keep you around to keep me honest, around to keep me clean, shining fluorescent.'
you said, 'as long as you feel ok, as long as you're getting out of bed each day, as long as you're doing your best.'

but what if this is not my best?

I said, 'you hold this isthmus in your hands. it's the only place I can land - I am a prop airplane.'
you said, 'as long as you're showing up on time, as long as they believe that you're really smiling. as long as you're doing your best.'

but what if this is not my best? what if I could do better

you said, 'I wanted just to hear your voice' I said, 'I wanted just to feel you up against me - see baby, I had forgotten.'
you said, 'the birds have been building nests around our porch & in the mornings they keep me up. good god, I wish you were here.'

and we lie on our backs and to roof starts to spin and it's all I can do to keep it inside; and we lie on our backs and the roof starts to spin and it's all I can do not to start crying

I said, 'it must be my foreign blood, I mean, I'm Dutch, I think that they are known for bad behavior, and I just get so low.'
you said, 'as long as your eyes are wide,' you said, 'as long as your throat is open, as long as you're doing your best.'

but what if this is not my best? well I'm gonna die trying.
Track Name: Heart Beat Faster
could you make me something metal?
could you build it so I’m strong?
but please be sure that it is functional
for when this all starts going wrong

I suppose it could be a pedestal
for the weak rhythm of my heart
please weld it better, write me love letters
for when the doctors say you’ve gone

but I can feel the phantom beating
of your heartbeat while I'm asleep
& will is not the same as follow through,
it takes brute force & sometimes surgery
heart, beat faster / heart, beat faster
make me stronger, I'm six feet under
heart, beat faster

my fuse is itching to run out
is there machinery you could bring?
see I was born into this broken mess
not even miles seem to fix

with every day a little death
and I hope that trip is beautiful
but maybe the gears that grind against your wheels
could spark a kickstart to my chest

but I can feel the phantom beating
of your heartbeat while I'm asleep
& will is not the same as follow through,
it takes brute force & sometimes surgery
and my defenses have been waning
but I have promises to keep
& tried is not the same as being true,
it takes brute force & sometimes honesty
heart, beat faster / heart, beat faster
make me stronger, I'm six feet under
heart -

oh July, you seem so far away
your heat parades by threatening fallouts
you're just a ghost through my walls
you're such a strange charade
wrap your sucker punches up in scrap metal
oh baby, you make me blush

now I will become lion-hearted
& stand up brave with arms outstretched
and wave my keys in these electric storms
till I have out-tempted this test

it's just a picture, just a song
it's just a secret bound in chicken wire
keep it, a keepsake for when I have gone
the time of reckoning has come

but I can feel the phantom beating
of your heartbeat while I'm asleep
& will is not the same as follow through,
it takes brute force & sometimes surgery
and my defenses have been waning
but I have promises to keep
& tried is not the same as being true,
it takes brute force & sometimes honesty
heart, beat faster / heart, beat faster
make me stronger, I'm six feet under
heart, beat faster