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This is a Southern phrase, which means to stop pushing your swing higher and higher, let your feet dangle and allow the pendulum of your swing to fizzle out.

Hear studio version on "The Monkey Puzzle" CD

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LETTING CAT DIE -Jordan Rand

I’m just letting the cat die.
I’m just letting my feet drag down.
Foot off the pedal and watch me slide.
I’m just letting the cat die.

I’m just letting the room spin.
I’m just letting the music stop.
Grab hold the bannister don’t fall in.
I’m just letting the room spin.

I’m just sitting the dance out,
In the corner beside the door.
Don’t much care for the In-Crowd,
So I’m just sitting the dance out.

I’m just letting the wind steer.
Drape my fingers across the wake.
So much howling that I can’t hear.
I’m just letting the wind steer.

When you left me my heart stopped
Like a clock that had not been wound.
Saved your message to hear you talk,
‘Cause when you left my heart stopped.

We had love of the best kind.
Sprang and scrapped like a pair of strays.
But only the making up comes to mind.
We had love of the best kind.

I don’t want to go on now.
I’m too old to be young again.
Sun beats down on a moonlit brow,
And I don’t want to go on now.

I’m just letting the cat die.
I’m just letting the room spin.
I’m just sitting the dance out.
I’m just letting the wind steer.

When you left me my heart stopped.
We had love of the best kind.
I don’t want to go on now.
I’m just letting the cat die.

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from Jordan's Treasures: Live mixes of Jordan Rand Songs, released November 4, 2015
© 2015 Joanne Rand, Homefire Productions, BMI
Music and Lyrics by Jordan Rand
Recorded in front of a live audience at Studio E (Petaluma, CA), in 1993,
Mix by Stephen Hart
Executive Producer of the show Ken Eberhardt

Guitar, Vocal: Joanne Rand
Electric guitar: Steve Kimock
Bass: Jeff Martin
Drums: Jack Springett
Congas & Percussion: Scott Deal

Digital remix by Piet Dalmolen (Universal Balance Studios, Arcata, CA)

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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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