CD-version of PRAYING MANTIS with original artwork (front and back cover) on a jacket-sleeve. Info-booklet. Handmade pouch.
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lyrics
Now see the drunken bluebird
Watch it collide with a tree in mid-flight
Now see the drunken bluebird
Stumbling around in the pale moonlight
How it warms the cockles
For the second time this evening
He’ll challenge a soda-pop can to a fight
How nice, see the drunken bluebird
Follow his heart again into the night
How it warms the cockles
Enough to make a man weep
Spreading his wings without a care
Of what they think down below
If only I too could be that rare
I’d show them the same
There, stranded in the rain
He’ll stagger and shout at the worms on the ground
“Please, I come to make amends“
“For the times when I’ve eaten-up some of your friends”
How it warms the cockles
For the second time this week
He’ll curl-up to sleep in a neighbor-bird’s nest
Now see the drunken bluebird
Profess his love for the girl Sally Tess
How it warms the cockles
Enough to make me weep
Spreading his wings without a care
Of anything down below
If only I too could be that rare
I’d show them the same
Somewhere inside I’ve hidden away
Someone as pure and free
A drunken bluebird of my own
That no one ever sees
credits
from Praying Mantis,
released May 20, 2014
Jeb - vocal, classical, jingle-bells
Bart - bass
Inga - organ
Jordin - drums
Beautifully played and full of moving vocal performances, the Bay Area singer/songwriter's latest is a stellar work of art. Bandcamp Album of the Day Feb 3, 2023