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The Window Shade

from Desert Pavement by ISMAY

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The Window Shade

The shade
Cuts the light from my eyes
And I look now at you ‘cross the table
Your look to your hands then the cloth
red paisley and plate of sable

We speak whether we should remain
In this house on a hill where the wind sounds
Each day, and it rattles the doors
And it ruffles and raises the dry ground

I’ve tried to leave several times now before
Once with you, once alone, wasn’t able
But now, we are thinking again
Can’t be borne on our shoulders, unable

And yet, how about how the light
Comes each evening there through the window
We’ll miss how new grass rises up
Each November through dry ground, as the wind blows

Reasons to leave are the fires that rage
No one visits to sit at this table
Seasons reprieve when the fog covers ground
How do we keep our inner lives stable?

The shade
Cuts the light from my eyes
And I look now at you ‘cross the table

Mmmmm

I’ve tried to leave several times now before
Once with you, once alone, wasn’t able
But now, we are thinking again
Can’t be borne on our shoulders, unable

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from Desert Pavement, track released December 7, 2023
Lyricist/Composer: Avery Hellman
Producer: Andrew Marlin
Engineer: Julian Dreyer
Assistant Engineer: Talia Service, Kenny Harrington

Avery Hellman: vox, acoustic guitar
Andrew Allen-Fahlander: acoustic guitar
Andrew Marlin: mandolin, baritone electric guitar
Clint Mullican: bass, piano
Jamie Dick: drums/percussion

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ISMAY is a Folk/Americana music project driven by California-based singer/songwriter Avery Hellman. Their debut album Songs Of Sonoma Mountain was released in 2020 and named one of the 10 best Albums in the Bay Area. Growing up backstage at their grandfather’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, ISMAY was inspired early on by artists such as Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, and Hazel Dickens. ... more

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