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In Waterland

by Jodi Shaw

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1.
Swim 04:02
I swim, and I swim Fire burns through every aching limb Still I swim Over sand. over sea Look, here comes a giant whale to swallow me Ah, the beauty of the sea No it doesn't look too good for me This ocean is my destiny Now could you be just a little light? The bough of silver An open door to heaven in my eyes I watch it slip from your lip Look here comes a sound and sturdy ship To save me You smile and you wave You say I'll be back to rescue you someday As I struggle in the wake No it doesn't look too good for me The Story is a tragedy Now could you be just a little lie? I tell myself that I've gone too far I can't keep my eyes on The ever-fading far horizon but I gotta believe I gotta believe It's gonna be me How much further? Love, just how deep? The sharks have begun to circle I go to sleep . . . You smile and you wave You say I'll be back to rescue you someday.
2.
The Witch 05:18
Burn the witch, she’s got warts on her toes and her tits She’s old, she’s cold, I don’t think she has a soul She staggers she spits she falls down she throws fits She can’t sing she can’t see she can’t possibly need You turn to a friend, say it’s winter again How did that happen so fast? Is that really me looking back? You’re beautiful . . . All of the boys want to walk you to school Turn a regular guy to a stumbling fool But these things they just fade away I love you anyway You look in the glass, you don’t dare but you ask anyway Is she young is she dumb is she pure is she fun is she gay? I’ll lay down the law yeah I’ll lay down the law Said I’ll lay down the law, yeah I know what I saw Remember when her ivory skin Was so perfect in every way And all of the boys used to say Oh she’s beautiful . . . Maybe today I can walk her to school I’ll stand up real tall, and I’ll try to act cool But now they just all look away I love you anyway A trick a treat, they throw apples they rot in your street It’s a lave, it’s a grave, it’s the stink on a hot summer day Yeah I think I can swim yeah I think I can swim Said I think I can swim yeah go on go on go on go on and push me in Acetylene torch, I sit on my porch And wait on the sun to go down Turn out the lights, seal out the sights And sink without a sound It’s beautiful . . . Now all the boys have gone off to school And soon all the eyes will be winking at you And I’ll just be fading away I’ll love you anyway
3.
Jack & Jill 02:32
Jack and Jill Came tumbling down that hill Yeah they were flying They were sinking into sand And the moment they hit bottom Oh he let go of her hand That is something I will never understand Swim to me Across that ancient sea Won't you do anything Just to be here by my side Oh and even my own eyes can see That water is too deep Ah but boy I know you never even tried Hold me there In the space that you can spare No I'm not running I will take it when I can Oh though the gods smile down on me They say I'm in their plans Oh and even though I know you're just a man
4.
Hey good lookin’ what ya got cookin’ Feel a little tired well you better find a fire to light ‘cause tonight’s the night This aint a battle just slide on that saddle Shake me all around you like a bitty baby rattle Dont brood, ‘cause I know just what to do I can feel the rain coming down down down There aint a lot of solace in this town But I can give you one thing that you won’t regret If you’re gonna hang around with me, you’re gonna get wet Oooooh I’ll sail that ship to shore Oooooh I think I heard her say she wants some . . . Oooooh I feel ths sin inside of me Welcome to the mystery of love My darling dove Polly want a cracker well maybe Stevie Backer Could get a little honey if he could find the money Tonight, who knows? He might Cupid and a sparrow, stupid to the marrow Roaming through the battle with a big bow and arrow To fight, in the ever fading light I’ve seen a lot of trouble going down down down And I see the police comin’ ‘round I can see that train is coming off the track Yeah, once yout take a ride with me you never go back Oooooh I’ll sail that ship to shore Oooooh I think I heard her say he wants some . . . Oooooh I feel ths saint inside of me Welcome to the mystery of love My darling dove
5.
Apples drop and blossoms bloom The naked sky it covers you Like I wanted to I see you on your bicycle You pedal to the places that you know I’d like to go with you High atop a ferris wheel I caught a county caterpillar I won a prize Swaying in the fragrant breeze A patch of dirt upon your knees And the heat in your hot brown eyes To the country you go The farmhand and his sweet red rose The thorn never shows But it grows, and grows, and grows . . . Ah but nature covers up her hymns The river sings it holy hymns to God And love Ankle deep in poison weeds The devil’s work and other deeds With you my darling love To the country you go The farmhand and his sweet red rose The thorn never shows But it grows, and grows, and grows . . . A soft rain falls upon my blouse And now there is no doubt I see gallows hang in that house I thought I saw you wave today But then you turned your eyes to look away And then I knew So solemn in your silly chair Longing for the open air The things we could do To the country we go The farmhand and his sweet red rose The thorn never shows But it grows, and grows, and grows . . .
6.
Honeycomb and day-glo babies Under the snow Thousands of feet below me It’s staggering the solitude Soaring through a sky of blue And Gold Yeah man the stars up here will make you fat But you don’t fall in love like that Unless you’re gonna be real to me And hold my hand on the way back All the girls have gathered round To stand by a train To watch Sally say goodbye To where I’d like to stay for once To ring that bell to throw a punch or two Wouldn’t you? Like to believe it But baby it’s just air You know we haven’t got a prayer Just a bit of bad static on the airwaves And the kind of love dogs crave I’d sure like to come in for a landing Reach some higher understanding But this balloon would have me float forever Over the world without a tether To help me get back Home
7.
Spoken, just like a fortunate prince Down on his luck and utterly gravity sick No mention of ever mending his ways And I don’t believe in much anymore anyway But I’m here, and I’m trying I appear instead of dying If I were to push you out that burning building and into the street Just think of the fall out and alll of the disfigured people you’d meet Like some kind of legend, taken for dead and suddenly up on his feet To float like a feather and land on his very unfortunate feet Don’t be foolish, don’t get so down on me You’re barely alive you’ve got no right to claim you can see This is murder, as plain as the light on my face A knife on the rug and blood spilling all over the place But the love, still stanidng There must be some kind of misunderstanding Is it time for a rescue tell me, do you want me to throw you a line? Good day for martyrs and olives and peanuts and bottles of forbidden wine You’re not such an angel somehow you think you’re immune to the crime But babe I know better and it’s only a matter of time time time time time . . . Here’s where the punch line comes They’re tears, no and they’re no fun And years to get it done Poor baby you’ve just begun When I get to heaven baby you know that I’ll take your side I’ll say he was something that is something exciting about him when he was alive You have no idea You have no idea
8.
In Waterland 04:45
Careful caresses you don’t know what they mean A saint on a mission not all that he seems Be careful he said, it’s only a dream All of the lovers have come out to play Except me on my horse I shoo them away A fly on the ceiling has come in to lay her eggs Here in Waterland You wave to me from the shore And God only knows what we have to endure The illness in the cure Awake like the weavers who spin into gold A priest in the kitchen saving a soul I’m tired of growing I’m tired of sleep I’m tired of reaching I’m tired of sweet I’m tired of love I’m tired of me But here in Waterland Nothing is ever alone Nothing is new and nothing grows old Beauty to the bone Hey dad, aren’t you glad? You didn’t know I could swim so fast Watch me dive into the the eye of the storm Yeah that’s where I was born In Waterland Throw them like apples into the sea A look in that glass so honest and green A sentient creature is taking my hand Here in Waterland You wave to me from the shore And now I know I understand There will never be anything more
9.
Hell's Bells 04:11
Hell's bells, even in winter Hot spells, furious splinters Ma yells, God loves you! Faint glow, huddling in the Hot snow, ba da ba ding I don't know how I know it, but it's true Enter Sourmelina, the chimp from Tanzania . . . Well I feel alive, the hyena cried At the Pondicherry zoo I run in circles too The sea so wide and blue It's a stellar night, for a lonely ride Not a single soul in sight Just a black and hungry sky But ha! I stayed alive Still I think it's gonna be a . . . Long night, lingering in the Spotlight, struggling to be All right I know I can see this through Hello Santa Rita, make a melee margarita . . . Well it's too late, he flew back to L.A. And he's never coming back Guess I was not a catch Just an itch he had to scratch Just a brimming bride, eyes too open wide Built to pry herself apart A lovely book-end heart A stifling work of art As the stars all begin to fall And I wonder at it all Mr. Parker begins to roar And I don't know if I'm ever gonna make it home They want to need me But first they want to know if I'm telling the truth They won't believe me Until I go to them offering proof There's no road, nor graph Nor frame, no map There's just lovable, gullible, me . . . .
10.
Fellas (free) 03:26
I’ve seen the worn and weary world But I’m a funny kind of girl You know I’s rather race Down the Carolina freeway any day And I’d like to say Fellahs, don’t leave me alone tonight I got an appetite for love Come on and show me now Just what you’re made of How long, until the atmosphere Is settled down and clear And I can safely stay and rest my sweet head Here I’d like to thank you for your time Your generosity’s divine Another one-mand band And the ever-present promis of the Holy Land And now I understand I say: meet me, in the proscenium The lights are getting dim COme on and lend me any lovely losse-limbed Fellah, I’ll take good care of him I promise to be good Yeah and treat him just the wya a young girl should Hey if you knew the world was ending soon What would you do if it came down to me and you? Take a photograph, try to make it last Come on boy I’m fading fast Don’t make me wait too long How could I go on?
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"When I was sent the very haunting pop artist Jodi Shaw’s brand new release 'In Waterland,' I initially chose the “album stream” option. 30 seconds into the album opener 'Swim,' I’m partially shocked, and partially swept away into some peaceful, clear, resilient recess of my consciousness. I’m now making sure I download the release. Make no mistake; this is healing music, haunting but pure. Brilliant singer/songwriter material – hard to pin down, although I would throw the names Sarah McLachlan, Imogen Heap, Enya, Big Sir, Mazzy Star, and Tori Amos mixed with a wise folk/indie rock perspective. Actually, those comparisons don’t really come close – I’m out of reference points but enjoying the attempt.

'Swim' trudges along with the same determination of 'Man Overboard' by Puscifer, guided by lush pianos and Jodi’s gorgeous vocals dancing and trading with one another. In fact, the mood and quality of this music is quite similar to the stellar, emotionally charged work found on Puscifer’s 'Conditions of my Parole,' a recent masterpiece. As that release was my favourite release of 2011, that is a big compliment.

Jodi Shaw’s voice is spellbinding and attention-grabbing. I hear a lot of singers every day who know how to mimic emotion. This is a singer who directly communicates it, and it’s exactly what I needed to hear at the end of a long day. Other highlights from the album include 'The Mystery of Love,' which has a subtle merry-go-round 'get on board' rhythm and a great, infectious piano piece. As usual, though, it’s Jodi’s voice that shines above everything else as she sings 'I’ll sail that ship to shore.' Take a listen to the very moody and absolutely sublime “To the Country (We Go)', as the off-notes are revelled in and an angelic voice calls out. 'Fortunate Prince' is menacing and unnerving – you can hear the Elliott Smith influence here. Between this and the elegant vulnerability of 'Hell’s Bells,' Jodi Shaw is full of range and possibility.

This has to be one of the most impressive and moving releases I’ve heard in 2012. I’m thankful that there are artists like Jodi Shaw out there. Even if you don’t always follow her at-times cryptic poetic direction (another positive), you can certainly feel it."

-James Moore, Independent Music Productions, March 13, 2012

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released May 15, 2012

Produced by Jodi Shaw and Malcolm Burn

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