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Marshweed in the Garden

by Marshweed

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    ALBUM CREDITS
    All words and music by Heather Lockie. [Copyright 2016 / Hairless Music (ASCAP)]. Produced by Clay Chaplin and Heather Lockie. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Clay Chaplin at the Dizzy Gillespie Studios @ CalArts and Studio Ahhhh in Los Angeles, CA. Cover art by Heather Lockie. Video for "Genius Machine" Directed/Edited by Susanna Battin. Art directed/Animated by Heather Lockie. Time-lapse photography by Clay Chaplin. Production/camera assist John Szczepaniak.
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    Musicians:
    Heather Lockie - vocals, viola, banjo, percussion, Juno
    Clay Chaplin - synths, organ, Wurlitzer, Juno, mockingbirds, treatments
    Laura Steenberge – vocals (1), acoustic bass (1, 4)
    Sarah Hodges – flute (1)
    Shawn Lockie – vocals (1)
    Joe Berardi – drums (1, 2, 5, 8, 10)
    Max Kutner – electric guitar (1, 2, 5, 7 )
    Steven van Betten – acoustic guitar, additional vocals (3)
    Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir – additional vocals (3, 11)
    Jake Rosenzweig – acoustic bass (4)
    Maggie Hasspacher – acoustic bass (8, 9,10, 11)
    Jenica Anderson – marimba (8), vibraphone (10)
    Alex Wand – classical guitar (10)
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    Thank you:
    Amanda Vincelli and https://navel.la/​ for generous loan of your space. All the musicians. Clay, Ellaraine and Bob, Doug, Shawn, Laura, Lyman, Stina, Bofus, Alli and Kip, and everyone who supported this project.
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    This is the CD version of the album "Marshweed in the Garden", containing the eleven tracks available in digital form on the Bandcamp site. It comes shrinkwrapped in a six-paneled standard-size cardstock case, with cd tucked inside the third panel. I recommend getting the CD version of this album if only for the artwork and lyrics panels.

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    CD comes in 6-panel cardboard case, shrink-wrapped. Artwork by Heather Lockie; all lyrics printed inside.

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1.
When you're young but there's no more growing left to do Get in your car and drive along the way, and do what grownups do And when you see a sign it means you've forgotten how to read It means to stop and step into the heat In the dark we drink some lemonade and coffee And watch the weeds as they weave around our feet They shine with soft starlight; they make me crazy with patterns I never knew, I never knew The lines are soft, they are parallel And it is good; the lines connect the people in every other town To my home, to my home We ride all night, we speak hardly anything at all I love you so, i may never speak to you again In the dark we drink lemonade and coffee And feel the spark, the endless motion of this journey We cry all night for what can never ever be again 'Til dusty light confirms the truth of our position
2.
Behind the big mulch pile up by the river, under the freeway, that nbr 5 There lives a man by a chain-link fence, his nightly shelter the LA sky What does he eat? What does he drink? What does he do to stay alive? But the bigger question in my mind is: how does he tolerate the noise of the 5? Doo Doo… Now I did see him when Clay and I went to shovel mulch from the big mulch pile To make a garden and grow tomatoes and purple carrots under the LA sky Now I did see him bringing water, like men have done since the dawn of time I had to wonder does he have a garden made up of mulch from the big mulch pile? Doo Doo… Paper and plastic camouflage the chain link walls of his living room Just like a brown bird on a branch, I couldn't see him when he moved I have a bit of thought to give to what it takes to be alive Without a heater, no running water, when every night you hide and hide The plight of man is something more than training water down the path we want There's not much more after food and love that I desire that I don't got Doo doo…
3.
Hello hello hello hello young growing thing What did you do to the crack in the rock? Once so small, now so tall, I hardly know ya. And I did and I did and I did forget myself There's no one else to tend to you But here you are, a fiery star, and almost blooming. And you say, "Blame it on the rain." And the light and the light and the light and the power to Promote your growth, invest in you Takes a heart, it takes art, and it takes time But mostly, mostly it takes sun. -PSA- …and someday, you can sing: "Hello hello hello hello young growing thing What did you do to the crack in the rock? Once so small, now so tall, I hardly know ya." And I did and I did and I did recognize you when You were a seed; you grew for me. Your nutrients will help me too, and my family. And we sing, "Blame it on the rain" ("Water when seed is sprouting. Water first and feed with sun and soil.")
4.
There's a machine -chine -chine that farmers have have have It cleans the seeds seeds seeds before they plant plant plant And there are men who come in black black black In black of night to say they can't. And this machine -chine -chine is very old old old Made in eighteen teen teen hundred and twelve twelve twelve It's full of cogs and wheels and rotating things When it was made it was a gene genius machine. And the men men men, the men in black black black Have confiscated -ated -ated their own device -vice -vice Now there're but six six six in Illinois -nois -nois There used to be countless machines. You see a cor- cor- corporation made made made A special seed seed seed in a science lab lab lab This special seed seed seed had special properties Some say this seed, it was a gene genius machine. (Solo) "I am the lonely seed. Look at my position now. Unable to grow, molding in this silo." (Trio) "We are the lonely seeds, impotent next to our brothers. We don't care about your food, or laws. Our power lies in the sun, soil and rain." (Soli) "I dream of the sun." "I, the earth and the worms." "I, a droplet of water." (Tutti) "Plant us." Meanwhile villages need in their famine and drought A release for the hungry who've long gone without. Their children cry, and many die. It makes no sense that they go without. A hungry mouth does not cry past a point; he will lie quiet. We don't experience this much over here. We have good roads, we have technology We have so much that shields us from reality. Back to the men men men and that machine -chine -chine: It complicated -ated -ated this whole damn scene scene scene. It should be helping, not politicizing things that should just grow, Like nature's gene genius machines. Now the gene gene gene in the small genius muh- Chine is valuable to the industry won't let the small Farmers clean the small genius machines With the seed cleaning genius machines Now the genius machine cannot clean the genius machine Now the genius machine cannot clean the genius machine Cannot clean the genius machine cannot clean the genius Muh she she she muh muh muh she muh she muh she Muh she muh she muh muh she muh she she she she Me me muh she me me etc.
5.
Gearing Up 03:42
I'm gearin' up to drink that water That will help me make it through the night There's one hour that's more lonely Than any should have a right Today I saw a figure A beauty on the shore Ripplin' in a heatwave But the lake was nevermore Sickness is a blessing It makes your love sublime But the wing of this little birdie Is flappin' quarter-time Oh my life is a droplet I have so many drops But this fever is burning goblets If I could reach you, help me make it stop For you, you're a cold glass of water You could help me make it through the night In this hour that's more lonely Than any should have a right
6.
Findr/Keepr 02:49
I am a finder and a keeper of lost things A seed blows on the wind, and its random course brings A new vine where I may have stepped But now avoid, stick and string prepped to tie and To tend until it's crept from sprout to heavy Blossoming of fruit. I've found creatures wingéd and clawed. Even some men, Floundering and flawed. I kept them 'til they got re-lost. A key, a rusty necklace, unhatched egg, a ring. Half-a-heart charm with a silvery thing dangling from it: I've kept them all. But of the bunch, what I recall- The wing- the wing- the wingéd thing has been the most Heartrending. Though it was meant to fly, freedom wouldn't Feed it. It was blind and would die, so I took it. Now on my shoulder, it will sit, when I have time To spend with it. Because it's mine.
7.
Sad Place 02:48
Everybody has a sad place in their little hearts and I know what made yours so sad today. I'm sorry I couldn't fix it for I love you tremendously. Everybody has a stopwatch in this blasted town and I know, mine's broken too. And I would fix it if I knew how. But just because I don't know how to fix a broken watch, doesn't mean I can't tell time. I think it's time to take some fresh air for a minute of this hour. Now wait a second here on the roof, you touch my hand so silently. Away from all the rooms with all the ticking and the watchful eyes, out here we can banish all the sadness from our lives. In the heat, in the dark, when my best behavior's doffed her azure gown, we can generate the only saving labour. Kiss me dear, there's no one looking, Kiss me darling, kiss me now. Oh my heart is fibrillating; kiss me darling, Kiss me darling, kiss me now.
8.
Lanterns 04:09
I chase lanterns in the air I chase visions through the park I make love by candlelight I burn love, a candle bright I have empires in my blood I have feelings like a flood There were some who called your name There were some who called your name Can you see through me? We burn candles in the dark When there's fear through me? Running circles round the park I know a girl who says she's strong Been a woman for so long A woman for so long I saw a boy behind a truck Who wanted nothing less than life What a mess that whole thing was I could see for him no god He had empires in his blood He had feelings like a flood There were some who called your name There were some who called your name And the man up at the head Says he wants nothing less than "life" And the Bible in his hand grants him God's grace and given right He has empires in his blood He has feelings like a flood There were some who called your name There were some who called your name
9.
Depression 02:56
You're cheating on me with Depression I've seen her evil way, and I know Her deception and ability to linger on And stultify one's mind. Insidious is her occupation I never saw a craft so finely honed But her mystifying aptitude can quickly Become tight and overwhelming. Why won't you leave her tomorrow? I'll give her one more night to have her way. But I miss you and I love you And when you come back, I'll know just what to say. If you won't go I'll have to kill her I'll leave her bloody corpse for all the rest. So that Anger and Jealousy, Dejection and Bewilderment Can witness the consequence.
10.
Pink Goodbye 04:46
In the dead of night We could see the light Begin to sigh in the sky beyond the trees With the pink goodbye, The love that would not cease To give the fruits of our labours to our hearts is good to See; that beyond language is a thing, is a thing is a Real thing And I say, "Honey, honey, honey. Honey, honey, honey, you 'n' me are like Honey…." Right about now, you will be walking down the pathway Right about now, you will be talking to uniformed man At the kiosk at the gate and Right about now, you will be walking in the side street Past the smokestacks and the windows and the sidewalks and the Fruit stands, with all the things upon them Right about now, you will be taking out your papers, And your compass and your ruler, and all the tools you need To document the data from the glowing screen above you Right about now, you will be smoking in your break time, And a thought will light upon you, and you'll go inside to make a note, Nah nah nah…. Right about now, I wish that I could be there with you But I'm glad that you're gone, leaving me here to stare and wonder At what happened before dawn, when in the dead of night We could see the light begin to sigh in the sky beyond the trees. And with the pink goodbye - the love that will not cease - The fruits of our labours
11.
I drive east at sunset. I do it all the time. Nuthin' not to like. The hills are soft and velvet. The orange - a gentle sun. Against my back, my pathway's lit. Ahead of me, a blue wash of empty sky. I drive into sky, the wind upon my skin.

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released April 1, 2018

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Marshweed Los Angeles, California

Marshweed is Heather Lockie, and various friends.

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