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In Service of the King

by Brooklyn Jazz Warriors

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In your Humble design you’ve reflected the sunlight Great Blue Crown of Majesty I’m guarded against sorrow by your subtle smile And I’m Planted Like a Tree Sing to me sweetly through that cedar woodwind The branch of prophecy Rock of Ages Syncopated Shake it up and shake it free Turn Those Eyes upon me, Zemer-man Turn Those Eyes upon me I’m Still waiting to see your soul again Shine for All to See Ready is as ready does Split a hole in the mud When you get high you go down with a thud without fear Of the sight of your own blood Keep your eyes open the captain’s coming Skin glowing like the sea If it hasn’t already or even if it has He’ll remove your suffering Fame has whittled you away to nothing That’s the ideal way to be A sliver of moonlight reminds you of something How you once used to be Turn Those Eyes upon me, Zemer-man Turn Those Eyes upon me I’m Still waiting to see your soul again Shine for All to See
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Seven silent suns 'tween you and me my love Seven strident journeys ‘pon the waves Seven mysteries to plumb invoked by you my love Seven histories and songs of ancient days I have brought these gifts as requested for the queen I solemnly lay them by her feet If it please the king and there be no task left for me May I take my leave return to the seventh sea Seven rays of light I save for you my love Seven channels the river meet the bay Seven shallow sea that we can sail my love Seven ways to drown beneath the waves You may return after proving yourself equal to this task Find a way to reach the lady behind the glass Let her know I was discreet as I dug into her past And I cast her crystal ring into the seventh sea Seven dangers to brave in search of you my love Seven swords and seven early graves Seven cups of wine I pour for you my love Seven thousand years in seven days Oh, dear lady this glass may protect you from the king Yet I know now where to look for your crystal ring I am poor and I’m tired and I don’t expect a thing But see you return at last to the seventh sea Seven eagles flown at your desire my love Seven hatchlings gone leaving the eighth
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In a sagging town The road as it unwound Seems to like my face But with a frown I lay awake in bed The sun she burn my head Got no reason to get up Until I’m spent Been the victim of abuse At my own sly hand I was pleasing no one fast
I’m not yet dead And those promises you made You will surely keep It’s never quite as bad As they lead you to believe Sometimes you got to help yourself Sometimes you got to help yourself On and on she go Past the crying stage Sometimes she turn the page The other way Today those aimless feet Lead her round and round Remembering thoughtless words She said to me No ambition now Since she killed that man By squeezing hard his throat To make him understand And those promises she made She will surely keep It’s never quite as bad As they lead you to believe Sometimes you got to help yourself Sometimes you got to help yourself Place my dinner roll Right beside my plate You said to not be late So here I am One sweet humble word And you may soon be mine I try not to waste time Despite what seems When you speak to friends To seek out their advice Pay heed not what sounds nice But to whose end And those promises you made You will surely keep It’s never quite as bad As they lead you to believe Sometimes you got to help yourself Sometimes you got to help yourself
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There is blood on the bayou In the time of restraint And for those who can't hear it It will call you again There is blood on the bayou In the heat of her prime She has waited for centuries For the swallow of time And for those who can't hear it  Signs will shatter the night We will hold you accountable  What for needs be made right There is blood וn the bayou All you treacherous souls  Better start counting blessings While the spirit train rolls  Up the blood of the Bayou Woman you cannot be denied Like the sink in your kitchen Wash the drawers on the line I am blinded by that incense they grind Let it be who still sees  Ancient branches and trees Take us off of our knees To wash the blood off the bayou For a moment he prays To bring it all into order While the riverboat sways In the blood of the bayou and what's left of the rain Helps us start it all over  And over again Weary feet of the soldier Who's forgotten his name Carries poor boys with heart-wounds  To where the fine ladies wait Past the blood of the bayou And what's left once you know That the rain in the bathhouse  Rightly turns into snow With the blood of the bayou
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Emuna 05:17
As you got married on a Tuesday The city burned no guests could come A great idea use the memory of that suffering To build a place for Jews to come Filled with bittersweet nostalgia Tempered with a decorative touch All the cats on the prowl for something or other While you long to make that kitten blush Although the tunnel keeps on narrowing  I see it widen up ahead Emuna It's Disconcerting How long have I been sleeping Set up the vibe for the evening A wood reed whispers on your tongue Were you the one responsible for bringing That lecher to these hallowed halls By Yud Sh'vat you’re so strung out You're breaking all the old taboos What won’t girls do when inspired by a holy brother Well there’s one waiting right here for you Although the tunnel keeps on narrowing  I see it widen up ahead
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Me & Johnny 05:41
Me & Johnny can hear while we’re sleeping Me & Johnny lost young and lost hard Me & Johnny make a business of weeping Hold my hand when you’re put to the test Hold my hand with the one you love best Me & Johnny have the voice of the turtle Me & Johnny on the shores of gold horn Me & Johnny watching sparkles of purple Hold my hand for the journey out west Hold my hand when you lay down to rest If there’s a simple way to cut it Then I don’t want you raising your hand ‘Cause I’m always on the lookout For your sweet and simple plan Me & Johnny went broke from retreating Me & Johnny have three drinks to go Me & Johnny got stoned for the meeting Hold my hand when you’re sad and thinking Hold my hand for the sorrows drowned drinking There’s a time when the bad dream has caught you in its command Just like the time when the rain begins falling upon your cold hand And may this train as it turns give you comfort and drive this feeling that softly shimmers In the white sand Me & Johnny when the gold dust is heaping Me & Johnny when the river’s been dammed Me & Johnny with that bible you’re keeping Hold my hand when your love is in chains Hold my hand when the soft lady stays If there’s a simple way to cut it Then I don’t want you raising your hand ‘Cause I’m always on the lookout For your sweet and simple plan
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Art Matters 04:16
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On this sweet morning I can see you here Feel like I’m spinning Spinning in the air Brown leaf twisting And the daylight falling And the bare trees laughing Our trials are many But my troubles few Burden light like mercy Being carried by you I just lift a finger To dissolve the mirror And your face come clear Seems like your head has busted open Feels like your heart has done so too Sounds like everyone has spoken That all this pain it comes from you From a world that’s coming I can see you smiling Broken glass transitions To your rolling pasture Brave colors blending Hidden boxes opening And the circle closing On this sweet morning I can see you here Feel like I’m spinning Spinning in the air Brown leaf twisting And the daylight falling This your child returning
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Foreign streets you walk On your way to madness Subtle smiles you meet along the way The bird will talk expose your secret’s address She’s had it in for you since your wedding day They held you underground And made you swallow wine Spiked with turpentine And turned your walls to snakes Revealed your destiny Divined with your third eye That on the inside there was still sunshine What kind of lion would roar then flee so quickly And by your side a wounded wolf and sheep No sense to hide their wisdom trump your trickery Step outside your destiny awaits They bound you from behind And took your staff away The Eagle and the Lion Tossed in the flames As the smoke rose from the fire You breathed it in again Your tears turned into shapes The bed where she still sleeps The arrow plunging deep The diamonds set around The circle of the crown You had to fall to find That on the inside there was still sunshine

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released September 11, 2012

All Songs by Y.A. Gootblatt
"Art Matters" by Y.A. Gootblatt, P.J. Karp & B. Stoltz
Produced by Brian Stoltz with the Brooklyn Jazz Warriors;
Horn Arrangements: Y.A. Gootblatt, G. Saenz, D. Moderbacher
Recorded Live January 31 & February 1st, 2012
at the Bunker Studio, Brooklyn;
Engineered and Mixed by Aaron Nevezie
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk, NYC
Art Direction: Kim Spurlock
Production Assistance: Aaron Keller

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