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The Monkey Puzzle Tree

from Southern Girl by Joanne Rand

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Remake of Rand's late brother, Jordan Rand's famous tune. He was a keen observer of urban life and wrote in a Southern Gothic style.

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THE MONKEY PUZZLE TREE, by Jordan Rand

There are sleepers
In skinner Alley
There are theatre patrons
In the rain.
The matinee crowd
Can’t be cleared out
‘Till the sleepers
Have all been swept away.
AND I’LL MEET YOU
UNDER THE MONKEY PUZZLE TREE.
WE WILL KEEP DRY
AND THE WORLD WILL LET US BE.
I CAN SEE YOU
AND I KNOW THAT YOU SEE ME
AND I’LL LOVE YOU
UNDER THE MONKEY PUZZLE TREE.

There’s a screamer down on the corner
There’s a lunatic howling at the moon,
While a car alarm sings disharmony
And a distant siren helps fill out the tune.
There are psychics on my TV set
Taking phone calls every hour of the day.
There are salesmen on my doorstep
And my “Not Welcome” mat won’t make them go away.
AND I’LL MEET YOU
UNDER THE MONKEY PUZZLE TREE.
WE WILL KEEP DRY
AND THE WORLD WILL LET US BE.
I CAN SEE YOU
AND I KNOW THAT YOU SEE ME
AND I’LL LOVE YOU
UNDER THE MONKEY PUZZLE TREE.

There are wailers down in the graveyard
All dressed in black, all lined up in a row.
There are watchers in the dayroom
Taking note of what we say and where we go.
AND I’LL MEET YOU
UNDER THE MONKEY PUZZLE TREE.
WE WILL KEEP DRY
AND THE WORLD WILL LET US BE.
I CAN SEE YOU
AND I KNOW THAT YOU SEE ME
AND I’LL LOVE YOU
UNDER THE MONKEY PUZZLE TREE.

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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“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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