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Orange Blossom Blinds

by Professor Burns and the Lilac Field

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1.
Little John 02:03
Little John cried out in the morning Snow wet from the spring time sun Mothers gone, her train came early Never held her new born son. Never held her new born son. Some child is born of silver Some child is born of mud No hand from death deliver No tale not told in blood. Not tale not told in blood.
2.
Don’t you try boy, you’ll get twisted Don’t you ask when you already know Cause the light comes slowly in New Orleans through orange blossom blinds And the way they grow them trees in the Bayou can tangle up the mind So Don’t you hide boy, your eyes betray you And don’t you shy, when you know your part Cause when strangers hold your hand down on Frenchman in the love of nights return You can bet there’s a line of heron flying west with a sprig of juniper And when green circled leaves on white sheets are the table for your feast, You can taste gifted wine from the bottle to my lips past your knees Oh were drunk, in a lilac field Can’t make out whats dream and whats real And in that crack, yeah that shift, Oh the twilight, the slip That’s exactly where I want to be Me holding you and you holding me
3.
Donata Polo 03:14
Staring out my window passed the waves Haven’t seen a ship pass for days Tears stain the wood on my veranda Tracing time since Marco sailed for China I’m alone in this tower I call his desperate name on the hour I sing Marco, Polo, Your circumnavigation leaves me solo I sing Marco, Polo, You circumnavigation leaves me so low, leaves me solo Staring out my window passed the waves Haven’t seen a ship cross for days Soothsayers and matrons at my door My appetite for pretense no more I’m alone in this tower I call his desperate name on the hour I sing Marco, Polo, Your circumnavigation leaves me solo I sing Marco, Polo, You circumnavigation leaves me so low, leaves me solo
4.
Birds 04:00
I talk to birds, they claim I’m the lucky one They say you fixate on flying but we just yearn and envy for the way you run Well if birds they dream to run, I’m bird in a tree dreaming under the sun Cause when I think of you, all the crazy beautiful things you do, I get scared, I get scared and so I run I walk at night, it’s the only time I can hear myself Digging out ideas from an orchestra of visions that are someone’s else All our thoughts aren’t our own, we’re just living in an edit room of tele-prompts and phones And the space behind our eyes is trophy case for Madison Ave designs So if you don’t check your head, You better run, run. You better run, run, run I’ll dream your mind, you can just float off and go blank for some time I’ll blur the line, between the sapphire goblet and the cellar wine Chorus: Stories old, they dry like dirt, you better irrigate if you want earth. When the past has got your hands, you’re a push-over mannequin in a window’s quick sand So if you dream before you sleep, you better run run, you better run run run

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Debut EP from Professor Burns and the Lilac Field

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released November 1, 2010

Sean Burns – vocal / guitar
Lathan Spaulding – keys
Adam Kirk – drums, vocals, slide guitar
Recorded, Mixed, Mastered by Adam Kirk

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Professor Burns and the Lilac Field Berkeley, California

"Definitely headed to great places" says the San Francisco Chronicle of this Berkeley based, indie folk roots singer- songwriter. Prof. Burns is a rare musical bird with a rich history as a poet, historian, and college professor. Backed by some of California's best, the songs conjure a lyrical and musical vibe the likes of Iron and Wine, Bright Eyes, Ben Harper, Van Morrison, and M Ward. ... more

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