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Reasonland - Antje Duvekot cover

from Unfinished Houses by Esther Golton

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Antje Duvekot is one of my very favorite current-day songwriters. And this song is one of her most beautiful and touching. Google her and check her out. for many more creative, wonderful songs. it's well worth it! I'm honored to have this cover of Reasonland as the first track on Unfinished Houses, and I just love how the mountain dulcimer and banjo make the song come alive in it's own unique way. Enjoy!

lyrics

In Reasonland, the emperor came down
To the water's edge
Said I don't know where I'm bound
I've got emeralds and rubies sewn into my gown
But I am sadder than the diamonds in my crown

Chorus:
So will you lay me down in a fiddler's cloud
And float me out to sea
Let my aching head be still
Let me surrender to your will
Float me out, deliver me

A mighty king came down to the sea
Said I have won every battle that I please
I've got a hundred-man battalion
They all fall down at my feet
But there’s a songbird who will not sing for me

Chorus

I wanna fly out to your center
I wanna sink down into your gold
I wanna go down without my dagger
I wanna shed these clothes

The preacher's wife knelt down by the waves
Said for your love and salvation I have prayed
I am a tired tightrope dancer
I wanna go no more this way
Just give me something, a penny for my faith

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from Unfinished Houses, released September 12, 2007
Written by Antje Duvekot, used by permission

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Esther Golton creates music that satisfies the quest for something delightfully different & diverse. Her voice is "silky smooth, precise and winsome." Add an unusually intricate use of the mountain dulcimer, stunningly fluid flute, & melodic, colorful writing, strengthened by formal studies in flute, jazz & composition. Peter Mulvey has praised her work as "solid, beautiful, vibrant...inspiring. ... more

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