Pilot in the Sage

from Turns of Phrase by Holly Mae and the Painted Room

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I saw the wall of broken china, landmark I dreamed from outer space
I saw you racing along the breakwater, salted air in crash of lace
You perform a new sonata, leave me a message and I’ll write you back
I heard you got a new computer, leave me a message and I’ll write you back
Oh, oh

You slept in fields in sage of heather, gorse and broombrush full of bees
The oaks are pushing through their illness, you’re laid up nursing swollen knees
I hear you shuffling up the front steps, leave me a message and I’ll call you back
I fold my hands across the table, leave me a message and I’ll call you back
Oh, oh

This is for the mustard bloom & the bonny painted room
And the oil of silver spoons all over, all over
For the island brown and the jasmine tumbling down all around this sleepy town,
All over
And it’s for the purple flowers and the idle passing ours and the lathe-turned face of owls
All over

credits

from Turns of Phrase, released June 1, 2010
holly mae ~ guitar, vocals
mary ~ piano, backing vocals, glockenspiel
mike ~ banjo, backing vocals, glockenspiel
serge ~ double bass

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Holly Mae and the Painted Room Berlin, Germany

The Painted Room is an art-folk entity of varying membership that existed in from 2006 to 2012. Members have included Holly Mae Haddock, Sara Kwon, Kathy Kwon, Molly Morgan, Sarah Morris, Mary Fraser, Mike Billmire, Serge Van der Voo, Merilee Philips, Sami Jo Buffington, Ken Lee, Jaime Fordyce & others ... more

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