Rockabye

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Robin Holcomb

Robin Lynn Holcomb is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist who combines avant-garde jazz, classical music, and folk music. The New York Times described her music as "a new American regionalism, spun from many threads – country rock, minimalism, Civil War songs, Baptist hymns, Appalachian folk tunes, even the polytonal music of Charles Ives. The music that results is as elegantly simple as a Shaker quilt, and no less beautiful." Despite her eclectic output, she has said that she doesn't try to "genre mash" intentionally "...it just kind of comes up because it's what's in the air. I am drawn repeatedly to hymn-type harmonies. I was fascinated by Civil-War songs when I was a kid. I come back to those things." She also describes her style as "minimalism wi… more »

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Put pen to the paper and sign   
The lines on both sides of your hand I can read  
What settles out at the bottom of a bottle of wine  
Are promises and lies you can choose to believe  

When rumors won't leave you alone   
Your words cast a shadow, try to fill in their form 
Lay your hat on the table, I'll take your side  
The mirror allows what the darkness divides  

You'll never tell all that you know 
In spite of the shelter the storm still will blow 
Through the pastures of safety may you plow the straight line 
Walk slow, with a swing in, the river will rise 

Pass under my window and wave 
Sirens yell at each other, I don't hear your name 
Spin hard in a circle if you want to go down 
Sing praises to the neighbor who is tending that ground 

Rockabye, there'll be a blanket to cover you 
When you go down  
Rockabye, there'll be a blanket to cover you
When you go down 

What you learn from the bottle is true  
One is too many and two are too few  
Line up the small glasses, tell me what have you heard  
There's not a thing to laugh about tonight in this world  

You made me call all over town  
You're easy to lose when you want to be found  
I remember a room lit by one brilliant light  
Throw the windows wide open, we'll sit in the dark tonight 


Rockabye, there'll be a blanket to cover you 
When you go down  
Rockabye, there'll be a blanket to cover you
When you go down 

Put pen to the paper and sign   
The lines on both sides of your hand I can read  
What settles out at the bottom of a bottle of wine  
Are promises and lies that you can choose to believe  


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