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Mud In Your Eye

from Southern Girl by Joanne Rand

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The genesis for this song: A midnight conversation with my teenaged daughter about what makes us feel most alive and in-the-moment/ in-the-eye-of-the-needle. She said for her it is jumping into the cold ocean.... it was after watching The Great Gatsby. (It ends with that line, "So we beat on, boats against the current, born back ceaselessly into the past.") This is a cheer, an anthem to help us find that moment, the eye of the needle, and ride it.

lyrics

LIFE IS AN ENDLESS LIST OF THINGS TO DO
BUT DON’T LET IT MAKE YOU
SAD AND BLUE

CAUSE NOTHING IS EVER GONNA GET BETTER UNLESS YOU TRY
SO HERE’S MUD IN YOUR EYE
GO FIND THE PRIME IN LIFE

BEEN ADDICTED TO CHANGE ALL MY LIFE
I’VE USED IT TO REARRANGE ALL MY DOUBT
TILL I FIND OUT…
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HEAR THAT CRAZY ENGINE ROAR
I’VE BEEN RUNNING HARD
I FORGET WHAT FOR

RUNNING TOWARDS A GREEN LIGHT
SPITTING OUT THE PIECES
OF MY FRIGHT

BEEN ADDICTED TO CHANGE ALL MY LIFE
I’VE USED IT TO REARRANGE ALL MY DOUBT
TILL I FIND OUT…
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TOO MANY THOUGHTS INSIDE MY HEAD
SPLINTERED IN A MILLION SHARDS I SAID:
I CAN’T GET NO SWEET RELIEF

I GOT NO AXE TO GRIND
JUST GOING SLOWLY OUT OF MY MIND
SOMEBODY PLEASE RESCUE ME

EYE OF THE NEEDLE EYE OF GOD
GOTTA REMEMBER WHAT MAKES LIFE GOOD
JUMP IN THE OCEAN, PLAY ON THE SANDY BEACH

credits

from Southern Girl, released August 26, 2015
• Joanne Rand- Acoustic guitars, vocals, keyboard, clarinet (Monkey Puzzle Tree, LA Squirrel), shaker • Bradley Dee- Drums & percussion (Cripple Creek, Thicker than Water, LA Squirrel, I Love It) • Jonathan Kipp- Drums (Mud in Your Eye, Monkey Puzzle Tree, Maid of Constant Sorrow, Ginseng Sullivan, Red Rose) • Tim Randles- Electric Bass, keyboard (Woodstock) • Piet Dalmolen- Electric & slide Guitars • Rob Diggins- Violin © &P 2015, Joanne Rand, Homefire Productions, BMI
•Produced by Joanne Rand with Stephen Hart & Piet Dalmolen. •Mixed & mastered by Stephen Hart (Two Rock Digital, Petaluma, CA) •Recorded & pre-Mixed by Piet Dalmolen (Universal Balance Studios, Arcata, CA) •All songs by Joanne Rand except: Cripple Creek & Maid of Constant Sorrow (traditional), Red Rose (lyrics by Robert Burns, melody traditional Scottish), Woodstock (Joni Mitchell, SONY ATV Tunes LLC OBO Siquomb Publishing), the Monkey-Puzzle Tree (lyrics Jordan Rand) & Ginseng Sullivan (Norman Blake, Blake & Blake Music)

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Joanne Rand Arcata

“A fixture of the Northern California folk scene, Rand’s life, activism & art are woven seamlessly together. A celebrated musician, composer & teacher. From stripped-down folk songs to lush, textured rock arrangements, she makes consistently engaging, perceptive, universal music.”-SFStation.com 2012. Touring nationally for 30 years, Rand is currently releasing 15th CD of original songs. ... more

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