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Flightless Bird, American Mouth

from Songs For Rae by Alchemeleon

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Originally recorded by Iron & Wine.

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I was a quick wet boy, diving too deep for coins
All of your street light eyes wide on my plastic toys
Then when the cops closed the fair, I cut my long baby hair
Stole me a dog-eared map and called for you everywhere

Have I found you
Flightless bird, jealous, weeping or lost you, american mouth
Big pill looming

Now I'm a fat house cat
Nursing my sore blunt tongue
Watching the warm poison rats
Curl through the wide fence cracks
Pissing on magazine photos
Those fishing lures thrown in the cold and clean
Blood of Christ mountain stream

Have I found you
Flightless bird, jealous, weeping or lost you, american mouth
Big pill stuck going down

credits

from Songs For Rae, released December 7, 2010
All tracks performed and recorded by C:/Lee.

Guitar was a Yamaha FG75, contributed by David Frush, double-tracked and panned wide stereo.
Piano was a 1956 Lester Spinet recorded first from the left side of the soundboard and played at the lowest possible octaves. Then a second track was done from the right side of the soundboard using the highest possible octave, with both tracks then panned hard left and right.
Tambourine was done like everything else, in one take, with extra reverb added. The bass drum was a Tama 22" x 18" with the pillow removed, struck by a marimba mallet and recorded from slightly off the front head.
Five vocal tracks. Two each for the melody and harmony, then an octave for the last chorus.

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Alchemeleon Chicago, Illinois

Alchemy: a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold
Chameleon: any of a family of lizards with prehensile tail, independently movable eyeballs, and unusual ability to change the color of the skin
Alchemeleon: Chris Lee, a multi-instrumentalist with a love for recording and producing music of almost every kind.
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