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South China Sea

by Tabitha Ibon

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1.
Tourists 04:09
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
2.
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
3.
Redeem 04:38
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
No Skin 02:47
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
7.
Hagar Nation 03:26
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
8.
Wildfires 03:51
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
9.
Jericho 04:01
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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released January 6, 2022

SOUTH CHINA SEA
Tourists
Mama Have Mercy
Redeem
South China Sea
Spaghetti Squash
No Skin
Hagar Nation
Wildfires
Jericho

Tabitha Ibon - guitar, electric guitar, vocals, toy piano (Tourists)
Isaiah Graham Hazzard - drums/percussion, vocals (Jericho)
Peter Enriquez - bass, keyboards, electric guitar (Hagar Nation), percussion (No Skin)

Music and lyrics by Tabitha Ibon
Produced by Peter Enriquez
Co-produced by Tabitha Ibon

Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Peter Enriquez at Short Stack NY
Bugs Rodriguez, Album Art

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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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