Shape Song (Old Farmer Fortune)

by june & janie

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There's a shape drawn across this land. When it appeared it brought some kind of structure to this mess of a place, but it's no structure a person could imagine or understand. And when it appeared it also brought the trains. To draw the shape is a prayer, a plea, and a desperate measure for desperate hands. The shape doesn't hear prayers, you just have to hope you fit within its lines.

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Song inspired by Friends at the Table: Sangfielle. Listen at friendsatthetable.net

Due to copyright reasons, we can't charge for this directly, but if you liked the song, consider checking out our other song [evergiven (i think im gonna be here for a while)] (juniperelias.bandcamp.com/track/evergiven-i-think-im-gonna-be-here-for-a-while) and paying for that!

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lyrics

Lyrics:

Shape Song (Old Farmer Fortune)

Old farmer fortune dug a well atop her hill
But the pipes they drew no water, only songbirds black and still
She carved the shape into its base to make it follow her command
Now a river flows from Fortunes Farm across this barren land

Old farmer fortune well her flock was all astray
Her chickens cried at midnight and they barely ever laid
She carved the shape into their coop to help them play their role
They all call right at 7 but their eggs are full of coal

Old farmer fortune’s orchards grew the wrong way round
They had roots where should be branches apples growing underground
So she carved the shape into their trunks to set their foliage right
Now her trees are made of iron and the fruit shed their own light

The shape can bring you order farmer fortune knew this well
Her land ticked as a chorus, all former strangeness was dispelled
Fortune thought herself conductor of a profit-full estate
But the shape has no conductor only gears fit into place

Old farmer fortune kept on waking in the night
She heard a distant whistle but her heart knew no more fright
She carved the shape into her bed and drifted off to sleep
And when she woke a station stood where once were fields of wheat

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released April 20, 2021
Janie Jaffe // @janie_jaffe - vocals, bg vocals, lyrics
Juniper Elias // @WordKerfing - cittern, fiddle, bodhran, guitar, production

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