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This is a cover of a song written by Kyle Morton of Portland band Typhoon.


ABOUT THE ALBUM:

My 4Culture grant-funded full-length album "The Canary Collective: Vol 1" is my contribution to the dialogue amongst humans on this planet about who deserves to be able to afford healthcare, clean air, water, food, and shelter. It's me singing my sensitive soul song in the coal mine. I collaborated with other "womxn and queers" such as Luz Elena Mendoza of band Y La Bamba and Nataly Dawn of Pomplamoose to make a Cat Power and Sufjan Stevens-inspired collage of poetry, songs, and TED Talk quotes. I hope to continue to use my music and unique performance style to get people talking and singing about the ties between our healing bodies and our healing ecosystems on this planet.

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Old man in a rocking chair
You wake up, you've been living alone
After all these years
Surrounded by these shards of mirrors
And how'd it get so quiet here?
You wonder, "Where did everyone go?"

You tried so hard to make people remember you for something you were not
And if they so remember you then something else will certainly get forgotten

Life is for the living
I've heard tell that it is why we are young
In the morning sun
You take every year as it comes
But when your life is over
All those years fold up like an accordion
They collapse just like a broken lung

Now I've only got one organ left and this old bag of bones
It is failing me
I try to tell people that I'm dying only they don't believe me
They say, "We're all dying," that we're all dying


But if you are dying, why aren't you scared?
Why aren't you scared like i'm scared?

I read somewhere that when you face eternity, you'll face it alone
Not matter what you thought or what you had or you had not
Unless you put yourself in God
But tell me, God, oh where did you go?

Every bitter night into an empty room, I plead my case
Every night I pray that in the morning when I wake
I'll be in a familiar place and I'll find that I'm recovered and I'm sane
And I'll remember everything
I'll remember what I was like before that bug bit me

And when I have my childhood back
I'll tear every page out of my book
And place them in an urn
And strike a match and watch them burn
Then I'll hold the front cover
Against the back cover and look
You'll see
Eternity will smile on me

(Believe me)

credits

from The Canary Collective: Vol 1, released February 5, 2020
ALBUM CREDITS:

Music, Lyrics, Vocals, Banjo, Baritone Ukulele, Organ, Thigh slaps, Charango, Harpsichord, Synthesizer, Piano, some home recording by Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm 
Electric Guitar, Charango, Percussion (tambourine, shaker), Bass, Synthesizer, at home recording and arrangement assistance by Conor Whelan
Drums by Christopher Icasiano
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, and Lyrics in Spanish Adapated from KPH's "Believe Her" by Luz Elena Mendoza on "Creer/Believe Her"
Vocals on "One Sided Glass" by Nataly Dawn
Cello by David Balatero


Recorded and mixed by Ryan Oxford at The Center for Light and Color Therapy in Portland, Oregon
Mastered by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering

Album Art and Design by Hannah Hamavid


Special thanks to King County 4Culture and my patrons on patreon.com/kph for helping fund the album

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KPH & The Canary Collective Seattle, Washington

KPH (Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm) is a singer who writes songs in hopes of helping heal the harms of the humans on this planet with harmony.

Fund my medical treatment monthly: patreon.com/kph

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