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Tourists
04:09
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After I told you
I have bad dreams every night
You slept with your phone on
In case I'd need you on the line
I never called you
Though I should have
I don't know why
We stayed out in the country
Afraid to hop a flight
But that's all behind me now
That's all behind me
We went a-marching
I saw a boy with pistol free
He said keep it safe now
I dream he lets his bullets breathe
How do we sleep soundly
With tourists in our beds
Sometimes I wish I could call you
And talk about the men
But that's all behind me now
That's all behind me
That's all behind me now
That's all behind me
Guess you can go out in the country
But the country ain't a friend
So now when I wake up sweating
I say traveller farewell
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2. |
Mama Have Mercy
02:59
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Mami, I've been working 70 hours a week
Mami, I've been driving back to forth when the sun's too far to be seen
The people up there don't know what it's like
To live along the dime
Mama, have mercy
Mama, have mercy
Mama, have mercy
Mercy on me
Mami, I can’t find a job no more, but I wanna work, best believe
Anyway, what’s the purpose of this call, is there something you need from me
I gave my life for this economy
Do you know what that means
Mama, have mercy
Mama, have mercy
Mama, have mercy
In the morning
Mama, have mercy
Mama, have mercy
Mama, have mercy
In the evening
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3. |
Redeem
04:38
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When you told me you didn’t want to see me
You wanted the monastery I laughed
Right aloud I hope you didn’t mind me
I use humor always
Now I see
There is something holy inside me
I take em to the clergy
I drive em to church
That’s all right with me
I’m going into chaplaincy
No one’s gonna stop me from the extreme
Oooooh I don't come to redeem
I am the extreme
When you told me you saw Jesus in me
I wondered if I should wash your feet
But you didn’t come to me
Not with a penny, not with a perfume, just with the breeze
And then you said you that didn’t want to marry me
And I laughed because I agreed
I said I didn’t know that was on the table
I’ve barely known you or the nunnery
Oooooh I don't come to redeem
I am the extreme
When you told me you’d wait forever if I wasn’t ready
I cried a stream
You said I won’t make no woman the answer
Before knowing the question in me
Oooooh I don't come to redeem
I am the extreme
Oooooh I don't come to redeem
I am the extreme
Oooooh I don't come to redeem
I am the extreme
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4. |
South China Sea
03:58
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You are not an island
On the South China Sea
You can sell your soul
To whoever you please
You can search along the beach
But searching holds no peace
Oh what did we inherit
Do not bear it easily
South China Sea
Whose are we
Whose are we
Oh I don’t care what they say
You are not a circuit board
Don’t burn out like heavy stars
No one is a metaphor
Lift your little arms to bend
The fabled arc of history
Don’t bury your only heart
Chasing your own legacy
South China Sea
Whose are we
Whose are we
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5. |
Spaghetti Squash
02:25
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I wake up in the morning light
Try to quiet the storm of yellow things
Chew a thousand packs of gum
Put on a thousand yellow rings
Wait for a thousand cars to pass
So I can cross a thousand zebra crossings
I pick a thousand sunflowers
Put on a thousand yellow rings
And then there is blue
And then there is blue
And then there is blue
And then there is blue
Lose my temper at the corner store
For forgetting a forgettable thing
I watch a thousand blue jays mourn
A thousand blue jays who've lost their wings
Oh I don't deserve my mother
She is another thing
Someday I hope to be a mother
And rise above the rise above-ing
And then there is blue
And then there is blue
And then there is blue
And then there is blue
And then there is you
And then there is you
And then there is you
And then there is you
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6. |
No Skin
02:47
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You stick me in the oven, now honey I’m done
Honey I’m done
Honey I’m done
You stick me in the oven, now honey I’m done
Honey I’m done
Oh honey I'm done
It’s yours, it’s yours, it’s yours
My love, loved one
You’ve worked a here a long day under the sun
Under the sun
My tired friend
And I've let my heart out a hired gun
To everyone
And lost a lung
No skin no skin no skin no skin
When you’re in love
You walked beside me since day one
And we’re still young
Yet I’m overstrung
If you should turn me, I'd be long gone
I’d be undone
Don’t make no fun
No fun, no fun
It’s yours, it’s yours, it’s yours
My love, loved one
No skin no skin no skin no skin
When you're in love
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7. |
Hagar Nation
03:26
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Hagar, you are
Not alone on the sea
Sarah, she don't
Know much about all these things
God will have a talk with her
After all is clean
Where there's a will there's a way for you and your kid
Where there's a well, there is a way
You laid your boy in the Beersheba bay
Hagar, you are
Not alone on the sea
Sarah, she made
Her pain your responsibility
God has heard your prayers
In the wind
Where there's a will there's a way for you and your kid
Where there's a well, there is a way
You stood still a bowshot away
Hagar, you are
not alone on the sea
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8. |
Wildfires
03:51
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We do not know
What we have done
But I’ve let the law
Reign over my soul
I’ve built a church
Where there should be none
Prayed for the flood
To carry me out of this hole
Is it regret
If you have learned
What seeds the faith
After the wildfires burn
Wind on the road
Wind in your sails
Wind in his mouth
Blowing all over the world
Humble me lord
Humble me lord
Humble me lord
On the bathroom floor
Humble me lord
Humble me lord
Humble me lord
On the dance floor
Humble me lord
Humble me lord
Humble me lord
At the hospital door
Humble me lord
Humble me lord
Humble me lord
What I stand for
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9. |
Jericho
04:01
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Whachya singing in the kitchen
Jericho
We don't fight with Sammy’s weapons
Jericho
You have stolen from my children
Jericho
Let the music come out swinging
Jericho
Dogwood and daffodils
Redbud and amaryllis
Whachya singing in the kitchen
Jericho
We don't fight with Sammy’s weapons
Jericho
You have stolen from my children
Jericho
Let the music come out swinging
Jericho
Goldenrod and golden wars
A thousand graves for a thousand souls
Whachya singing in the kitchen
Jericho
We don't fight with Sammy’s weapons
Jericho
You have stolen from my children
Jericho
Let the music come out swinging
Jericho
Spring is born of winter’s tears
Memory long as Buddha’s ears
And I said please my lord, if you are with us, then why has all this happened
Where are the wonders that our fathers spoke of
And God said, go, go, go in the strength that you have
Am I not sending you
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Tabitha Ibon Black Mountain, North Carolina
Tabitha Ibon (ee-bon) is a new folk indie musician living in Brooklyn, NY.
Her latest release, South China Sea,
brings together Biblical figures and new folk songwriting techniques to explore youth and purpose.
Her album, Lake Susan, is about living in the Blue Ridge during the COVID pandemic. She hails from Cambodia, the Philippines, and the United States. She is a Brown '20 Graduate.
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