A poem by Kenneth Patchen I turned into a song.
Originally released in 2014 on Grave Grass, a tour only EP
lyrics
Do me that love
As a tree, tree
Where birds and wind
Sing though they know
How real night is
And no one can
Go on for long
In any way
Do me that love
Do me that love
As the rain, rain
That has voices
In it, the greats’
And fools’, poor dead
From old weathers —
Lives considered
And rejected
As ours will be.
The rain comes down
And flowers grow
On the graves of
Our enemies
Do me that love
~ Kenneth Patchen
from Red Wine and Yellow Hair (1949)
credits
from Hearts of Palm,
track released February 5, 2018
Words by Kenneth Patchen
Music and performance by Elijah Jensen-Lindsey
Recorded by Jeremy Jensen at The Slopes, Boise, ID
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