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Still a Real World

by Joanne Rand

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1.
Visualize Your Way In 03:10
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Visualize Your Way In Visualize your way in Only way you can begin From the look in your eyes I can see that it's time You began to revise your look on life Come on, sister, begin. Visualize your way in Only way you can begin Don't sit on a dock for a boat that never comes Come pack up your bags and have some fun Improve yourself, my friend Visualize your way in Only way you can begin Don't let the bullies tell you there is somewhere you can't go You can do anything you want, you know Even this snail can climb my window Don't let the world make you afraid Take your personality on parade It's just you and the people and they want to hear What you have to share with them, my dear Don't let the bullies tell you there is somewhere you can't go You can do anything you want, you know Don't sit on a dock for a boat that never comes Come pack up your bags and have some fun Don't let the world make you afraid Take your personality on parade
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Mr. Einstein 02:11
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Mr. Einstein Hey, Mr. Einstin You have granted my deepest wish With a flick of your wrist Time does not exist To the lightwave and me There is no future no past Only present If I can just hold fast I am a light wave and I shine Thanks to you, Mr. Einstein I am a light wave and I shine Then along comes Quantum Physics With similar wild ideas Amazed Feinman says, "It's impossible" Shocked Bonne says, "Most improbable" Only in this rhyme can I exist out of time I am a light wave and I shine Thanks to you, Mr. Einstein I am a light wave and I shine
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Real World 03:40
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Real World Still a real world here In mists rising among these old trees Still a real world here In roots pushing to break through the streets Still a real world here In plates shifting and rattling bone Still a real world here In storms rising and wiping out homes Seems this world is heating up Beating out of synch I won't go speeding up I'll slow it down I think Still a real world here Outside the mesh net of fiber optics Still a real world here Away from the blue glow of my computer screen Still a real world here In the 20 second interval between satellites passing Still a real world here Between the commercials and the motormouth mashing Seems this world is heating up Spinning on the brink I won't go speeding up I'll slow it down I think Still a real world In a river so green my mind can unwind Still a real world In the silence between the car engine's whine Still a real world here Ocean's thrashing and frothing with life My body Your body wielding the knife Seems this world is heating up Quicker than you think I won't go speeding up I'll slow it down I think Still a real world here Though insidious shackles are sucking us dry Still a real world here Gotta fight the good fight it's a good day to die Still a real world here Real people, let's push through the cracks Old Magic is echoing back Real magic, old magic, root magic coming back Real magic, old magic, root magic coming down the track Still a real world here Still a real world here
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Greyhound Rapture 06:00
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Greyhound Rapture Today's the day the world's supposed to end How many days like this one have their been 'Nother rapture 'nother mile guess I'll count them in a while The day I meet my maker and friend Thought I'd ride the Greyhound bus to my old home Disillusioned and footloose I roam Characters in every seat, I'd like for you to meet So sit back and I'll bring 'em on. Lucy, she's a wild one one, can't you see Floor length sable coat across her knee Applies her eyes with practiced hands, but her eyeballs dance You can see the whites around them litterally She wounded, she's hounded by fear She'll do anything to make her past disappear OUT ON THE GREYHOUND, HALFWAY TO NOWHERE THE RAPTURE ARRIVES WE'RE A SHIP FULL OF FOOLS AND ONE LITTLE DRIVER DRIVES AND THE BUSINESS OF LIFE THRIVES Olga carries carpet bags galore Lugging dresses that she once wore She's fussy and sweet to everyone she meets, But if you don't watch out she'll park at your front door Here's a guy who really reads his bible He sits right next to me For five hours straight he never lifts his face And he's filling the pages with pink highlight phrases Pale young couple, Nora and Rex Nervously sitting in horn-rimmed specs Artsy-fartsy, almost avante-garde But life's been hard on their self-respect OUT ON THE GREYHOUND, HALFWAY TO NOWHERE THE RAPTURE ARRIVES WE'RE A SHIP FULL OF FOOLS AND ONE LITTLE DRIVER DRIVES AND THE BUSINESS OF LIFE THRIVES And the driver says: If you're caught smoking Or drinking booze Your seat you'll lose Here's a tall, imposing, elder man Tribal cheif. Uncle Dan Scarlet jogging suit and dread-locked hair And a crown crocheted by his lady friend This man could be president, he's humble and fair This man could help us all out of here OUT ON THE GREYHOUND, HALFWAY TO NOWHERE THE RAPTURE ARRIVES WE'RE A SHIP FULL OF FOOLS AND ONE LITTLE DRIVER DRIVES EACH OF US HOPING ONE SIMPLE PILGRIM SURVIVES AND THE BUSINESS OF LIFE THRIVES And the driver says: If I can hear you Then you're too loud So keep it down At the city station I swim through bodies Midnight-colored hooded eyes I see my sister She too afraid to step outside She's hiding in her car Jesus people! How we gonna find the Rapture If this is all we are. The USA is a strange place I'm captivated by my human race I cannot disclaim this land I am from Or underestimate how far we've come
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Fall of the Kiowa 04:05
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Fall of the Kiowa They came to kill the Kiowa To kill the spirit of the Kiowa And it won't be long before they're gone themselves They laid waste the Buffalo To kill the spirit of the Buffalo And it won't be long before they're gone themselves General Sheridan what shall we do? This vicious slaughter was started by you He said: "Let them kill, skin & sell those hides No longer will the mighty Kiowa ride" They came to kill the Kiowa To kill the spirit of the Kiowa And it won't be long before they're gone themselves They laid waste the Buffalo 30 million head of Buffalo And it won't be long before they waste their own head "Extermination!" he said "Extermination is the only way We can drive these savages From where they hide No longer will the mighty Kiowa ride" All they wanted was to live in peace Palo Verde Canyon in the chinaberry trees 1874 in the Moon the Yellow Leaves Comanche, Cheyenne & Kiowa The last heard of the buffalo A thousand ponies And a forest of teepees Sheridan and his Blue Coats came Bearing down upon them on the plain And the white man's god rewarded him again The white man's god rewarded him I want no part of a society Where they slaughter people just for being free And it won't be long before it's you and me I want no part pf a society Where they slaughter people just for being free And it won't be long before it's you and me my friend No it won't be long before "Turnkey Tyranny"* It won't be long before it's you and me. "Turnkey Tyranny"* was a term coined by Edward Snowden
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John Walter 04:53
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JOHN WALTER by Joanne Rand, Oct. 24, 2013 Standing in front of that Cross beamed Porch Looking like a prize Holding his WWI hat By his side I know he was a good man By the prayer he left behind “May the world thrive.” Could have been his consequences, Could have been his cane Always placing judgement And he never took the blame Mirror, mirror on the wall Who’s the most self-righteous man of all But I know he was a good man Just the same JOHN WALTER, …CAN YOU HELP ME SORT THINGS OUT I AM STANDING IN A WORLD UNLIKE THE ONE YOU KNEW JOHN WALTER, I'M STILL HERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO I was 12 years old when JOHN bought me My first guitar Must have noticed I had stars In my eyes That old Gibson, she wound up Smashed to smithereens ‘Cause my first man, was pretty Who could be ...pretty mean. John used to quote a poem to me About a sailor in the dark “I am the master of my fate,” quoth he “I am captain of my ark” Do you think it's true? Are we each alone with a rudder and a sail? Master of our destiny and a wind that dare not fail JOHN WALTER, …CAN YOU HELP ME SORT THINGS OUT I AM STANDING IN A WORLD UNLIKE THE ONE YOU KNEW JOHN WALTER, I'M STILL HERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO John used to quote a poem to me About a sailor in the dark “I am the master of my fate,” “I am captain of my ark” Do you think it's true? Are we each alone with a rudder and a sail? Master of our destiny and a wind that dare not fail Am I the captain of my fate? Is it too late? JOHN WALTER, …CAN YOU HELP ME SORT THINGS OUT I AM STANDING IN A WORLD UNLIKE THE ONE YOU KNEW JOHN WALTER, I'M STILL HERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO HEY GRANDPA, CAN YOU HELP ME SORT THINGS I'M TRYING TO MAKE THE WHOLE WORLD NEW I'M TRYING TO STEER THIS OLD SHIP REACH DOWN AND TOUCH ME WON'T YOU? CAN YOU HELP ME SORT THINGS OUT? CAN YOU HELP ME SORT THINGS OUT?
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Baby Loves Me 03:05
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BABY LOVES ME I thought my baby loved me but he don't He just thinks I want attention Maybe I do Just a little How about you Don't you want some? I thought my baby loved me but he don't He just thinks I want a handout Just like those ducks At our picnic He'll eat his lunch Then toss a I JUST KEEP ON KEEPING ON I'LL BE OK YOU CAN'T STOP MY RAMBLING HEART YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY Where would I be without my loving dad He's the one that I turn to When life's a bust We go to Wendy's Sit in his truck And shoot the breeze Where would I be without my loving dad You can have all those macho men My dad's a man I believe in He's the right stuff for me WE'LL KEEP ON KEEPING ON WE'LL BE OK YOU CAN'T STOP OUR RAMBLING HEARTS YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY: SEIZE THE DAY
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All I Got to Say 03:58
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ALL I GOT TO SAY Ocean reinvents itself every day People of the earth got to pray Don't get caught Don't get bought We might get over this or not Ocean reinvents itself every day People of the earth got to pray Don't go manic Don't panic don't stew How 'bout you, how do you do? KEEPING YOUR HEAD OPEN OPEN AND GROWING KEEPING YOUR HEART OPEN OPEN AND FLOWING I am a human being, you are a human being Empathy in our DNA That is how we've survived two million years on Earth Living together in this way Living together in this way Ocean reinvents itself every day People of the earth got to pray Life on Earth could be cockroaches someday Hey, the eductaion's in the journey they say I am an organism just like you We could be just a phase that's passing through I want to live, I want to give, that's true But. hey, what can I do KEEPING MY HEAD OPEN OPEN AND GROWING KEEPING MY HEART OPEN OPEN AND FLOWING I am a human being, you are a human being Empathy in our DNA That is how we've survived two million years on Earth Living together in this way Living together in this way I want to live, I want to leave something wild and free For my child to see I want to live, I want to leave something wild and free For my grandchild to see I want to live, I want to leave something wild and free For my great-grandchild to see I want to live, I want to leave something wild and free For my seven generations to see Ocean reinvents itself every day People of the earth got to pray Don't get caught Don't get bought That's all I got to say
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Fifteenth Anniversary 04:10
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FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY Did you ever wonder what your face would look like If all you ever did was smile No consternation line between your brow I can almost see it now Did you ever wonder what the sun would look like If there were never any clouds No silver lining to philosophize about I can almost see it now Sometimes I wonder what life would be if we never disagreed Is it any wonder between you and me discord is harmony Can you believe today is our fifteenth anniversary, Babe. Sometimes life is like a lonely island Keeping everyone at bay Trying to protect your little piece of paradise Hoping to hold those clouds away But I never will live my life like that Cause I could never stand the pain So I put up with all your foolish ways, little darlin' No matter who's to blame Sometimes I wonder what life would be if we never disagreed Is it any wonder between you and me discord is harmony Can you believe today is our fifteenth anniversary, Babe.
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Mortified by my Mother 02:31
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MORTIFIED BY MY MOTHER I'm standing in front of the highschool Trying to look cool When along comes my mother Acting like a fool I turned my head away Hoped she wouldn't see 'Cause I'm mortified by my mother, that's me SHE WEARS HIGH WATER PANTS, ORTHOPEDIC SHOES AND AT THE DINNER TABLE SHE TALKS WHILE SHE CHEWS SHE KISSES ME IN PUBLIC, ACTS FAMILIAR WITH MY FRIENDS THIS EMBARRASSING SITUATION HAS TO END I was walking dow the street Jiving with my peeps When along comes my mother And she's driving that old heep I turned my head away Hoping she would shoo 'Cause I'm mortified by my mother, it's true SHE WEARS HIGH WATER PANTS, ORTHOPEDIC SHOES AND AT THE DINNER TABLE SHE TALKS WHILE SHE CHEWS SHE KISSES ME IN PUBLIC, ACTS FAMILIAR WITH MY FRIENDS THIS EMBARRASSING SITUATION HAS TO END Could be when I'm grown And living on my own I'll appreciate the fact that she's unique But now I'm just thirteen And you'll now what I mean When I say that I would rather she not speak SHE WEARS HIGH WATER PANTS, ORTHOPEDIC SHOES AND AT THE DINNER TABLE SHE TALKS WHILE SHE CHEWS SHE KISSES ME IN PUBLIC, ACTS FAMILIAR WITH MY FRIENDS AND SHE SINGS HER LITTLE SONGS AND SHE RARELY WEARS A BRA THIS EMBARRASSING SITUATION CANNOT BE 'CAUSE I'M MORTIFIED BY MY MOTHER MORTIFIED BY MY MOTHER MORTIFIED BY MY MOTHER THAT'S ME
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Who Knows Where the Time Goes 04:30
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Chain of Ships 06:00
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CHAIN OF SHIPS Last night I dreamed a chain of ships Your ship was last in line Through arctic waters black and deep Your ship began to fall behind I reached my arm to draw you in The vessel I was on You leapt in faith of your own yen to land onboard, but you were wrong You hit the deep just inches shy Of the rail at my left hand I saw your body slipping down As time ticked by, I'd understand I THOUGHT I'D SEE YOU I STOOD THERE WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE STOPPING MY WHOLE HEART BREAKING Last night I dreamed a chain of ships Your ship was last in line Through arctic waters black and deep Your ship began to fall behind I reached my arm To draw you in You leapt, you went down Never to be seen again I STOOD THERE WAITING TO DRAW YOU FORWARD BUT ALL I'M SEEING IS EMPTY WATER I'm frightened at the loss you Elated at your choice To take that simple leap, my friend I'm frightened at the lack you Elated at your find To take that simple leap, friend of mine Last night I dreamed a friend of mine was Born into the dust In times of deepest undermine I lack a little trust You are a friend I know so well And will be gone I hear the future dreams foretell And would they were wrong YOU STAND THERE WAITING YOU BODY SHAKING YOUR WHOLE HEART WAKING YOUR MOMENT BREAKING I'm frightened at the loss you Elated at your choice To take that simple leap, my friend I'm frightened at the lack you Elated at your find To take that simple leap, friend of mine LOVE IS ALL WE HAVE TO ABIDE THE CHAIN OF TIME OUR SPIRITS OVERLAP YOUR HAND BRUSHES MINE I STAND HERE WAITING MY WHOLE HEART WAKING I STAND HERE WAITING MY WHOLE HEART WAKING

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Video of the title song at: youtu.be/D1m9mC98mxA

“The adrenaline of a teenager and the wisdom of a crone…and PIPES!” writes violinist JENNY SHEINMAN (David Byrne, Ani DiFranco, Norah Jones), featured on Rand’s new CD. Other instrumentation includes: piano, guitars, percussion, harmonium, synth, electric guitars & Rand’s inimitable voice. Mixed and mastered by STEPHEN HART (David Bowie, Stevie Ray Vaughn, White Stripes, Santana), these songs are a compelling slice-of-life of our human story, from Greyhound Rapture (written on a bus in the heart of the Bible Belt) to Fall of the Kiowa (historical tale of the American West) to her lush rendition of Sandy Denny’s Who Knows Where the Time Goes. Rand digs deep to express personal and universal truths with passion, humor, grace, irony and uncompromising honesty. These songs are snapshots of humanity: our potential and our foibles. They uplift and inspire the listener. Through it all Rand remains hopeful and “Captivated with the human race.” Look for the video on Rand’s website (link below).
www.JoanneRandMusic.com

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released July 13, 2014

© & P Joanne Rand, Homefire Productions, BMI
Produced by Joanne Rand and Stephen Hart
Recorded by Piet Dalmolen (Universal Balance Studio, Arcata, CA)
and Tim Gray (Myrtletown Records, Eureka, CA)
Mixed and mastered by Stephen Hart ( except Track #5, #10, #11 mixed by Piet Dalmolen, Track #12 produced & mixed by Mike Zaneski) Additional overall mixing and mastering by Piet Dalmolen.
All songs written and arranged by Joanne Rand, except #11 by Sandy Denny (Universal Music Group)
Cover Photo taken by Michele AnneLouise Cohen in Ft Worden Bunkers, Pt. Townsend, WA.
Graphics by Homefire Productions

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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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