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Emy's story about rueful acceptance and transcendence of difficulties in life, including a funny fable about a cat and a bird. The protagonist finally surmounts her difficulties and escapes!
Black cat sitting on a fence all day, Watching’ those little birds sing and play…
Oh, oh, isn’t that livin’ .
My old man left, didn’t say where.
Found him in the next state with another wife there!
Oh, oh, isn’t that life…
Woah, oh isn’t that livin’
You do what you can and you do your best to do it right
Sometimes you cut your losses and you choose to survive
Oh, oh isn’t that right… Oh, isn’t that life.
Well I heard the cat say to the bird,
“Won’t you come a little closer, tell you what I heard.”
Said the bird to the cat, ”You know I think I’ll pass,
Gonna fly away, gonna save my… save my life!”
CHO
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Well I found myself stuck in the same old place, feelin’ lonesome yearning for a friendly face
Oh, oh isn’t that livin’
And the ground fell out from under my feet, got to find my wings, got to feel the heat
Oh, oh isn’t that life
Gonna catch the next train out of town.
Don’t come lookin’ for me babe, I won’t be hangin’ round.
Oh, oh, isn’t that livin’
Gonna be the bird, I won’t be the cat,
Gonna lift my wings— whatchu think of that?
Oh, oh, isn’t that life
CHO and round
credits
from Look Up, Look Down,
released September 27, 2012
Emy, Darol, Mike Block and Mila Phelps-Friedl
Darol Anger has helped drive the evolution of contemporary violin through pathbreaking ensembles such as his Republic Of
Strings, the Turtle Island String Quartet, the David Grisman Quintet, Montreux, Psychograss, and others. Composing, teaching, and performing internationally since 1977, he has produced numerous important recordings and soundtracks....more
It's simply the best music to come out of Acoustic String bands for this decade or any decade. Deeply emotional, atmospheric, virtuosic, deeply embedded in Jazz and original string expressions. darol anger
The project that ate our lives for a year. A bold string-band response to the greatest American composers, Duke Ellington &Billy Strayhorn, and their radical take on Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. darol anger
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