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No Compromise (Fast, Fast Car)

from Look Up, Look Down by Emy Phelps

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Emy's story about a misfit artist trapped in a place she can't belong.
with Jacob Ransom on percussion, Mike Block on cello, Darol on Oud-itar.

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No Compromise (Fast, Fast Car)
© Emy Phelps, MyWindowFacesTheWest Music ASCAP

...As a child, she would walk the streets, waiting for the sun to go down.
In that space between the daylight and the dark,
She would wait for the first star
Her wishing star.
Her mama would find things she couldn’t understand.
Around her bed, under her pillow
Rocks and bones, strings all tied up in knots, Empty jars in the window
She was trying to catch starlight
Trying to hold starlight.
(CHO)
All she wanted was a fast, fast car that would take her far
And a black guitar, and a long song ...A very long song
She never heard of compromise... no compromise.
SOLO
Now she’s all grown up, you still find her out on the streets.
Now she walks in the dark.
A full-time job, a man, the babies, they hold her down.
She keeps her eyes away from the sky
Away from the stars.

SOLOS
Saturday night, she and her old man, they had a bad one.
She kissed her babies goodbye.
Grabbed her dreams, got into the car. She let her light out of the jar!
She couldn’t live with compromise... wouldn’t live any more lies.

All she wanted was a fast, fast car that would take her far
And a black guitar, and a long song ...A very long song
She wasn’t going to compromise... no compromise.

credits

from Look Up, Look Down, released September 27, 2012
Emy: Vocals
Jacob Ransom: percussion
Mike Block: cello
Darol: Octave Mandolin & Oud-itar.
Bridget Kearney: String Bass

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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

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