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In the Light

by Bear Grass

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1.
Take Me 02:22
You put your hand on the small of my back And my heart skipped a beat. I had forgot that my mind didn’t speak The language of someone loving me. You placed your lips on each on of my lips And I could not speak. You looked at me as if loving could be And I didn’t disagree. You made your way up to heavenly gates And asked my father to marry me. You placed a ring on my pillow for sleeping And you sang please take me. You lay your head on my shoulder to rest And we just lay complete. We will grow older and we will grow wise And you’ll still be there loving me. You’ll place your wrinkles upon my cheek dimples. And Eskimo kiss through the years. I’ll never leave you, together we’ll get through And nothing will stand in our way. Cause I love you (x3)
2.
River 03:28
Hop on the tracks I’ll meet you at the river When the train stops short in the dead of the winter Look for the fawn she’s calling for her mother And I’ll be down past the tree that’s fallen in the river. I will marry you in the morning as the leaves fall from the trees The dew will melt the sunshine from your skin that cries relief The snow as white as gold will cover me from head to toe And we will kiss to tangle the vows and make it so. So hop on the tracks I’ll meet you at the river And in the morning we will shed our shivers Look for the girl with the light brown curls Cause she’ll be looking for the guy who’s looking for the girl I will marry you in the morning as the leaves fall from the trees The dew will melt the sunshine from your skin that cries relief The snow as white as gold will cover me from head to toe And we will kiss to tangle the vows and make it so. Hop on the tracks I’ll meet you at the river In the morning we will shed our shivers Look for the crowed they’re floating on the river And they’ll pronounce me misses and you’ll be mister. I will marry you in the morning as the leaves fall from the trees The dew will melt the sunshine from your skin that cries relief The snow as white as gold will cover me from head to toe And we will kiss to tangle the vows and make it so.
3.
Girl 04:14
You were my first I was your first And we got married In a winter church She was a girl He was a boy And they made love Like the winter stories They made light And they made love And they made a girl Sent from up above. This girl grew strong While her dad grew weak But she did not know That the voices speak And he grew darker, darker, darker in her day And the light grew thicker, thicker, thicker, in his way And we grew farther, farther, farther in his state And he grew darker, darker, darker, in his day. You were my first I was your first And we got married In a winter church The voices formed From within your brain But I saw the light As your smile grew faint. And you grew darker, darker, darker in her day And the light grew thicker, thicker, thicker, in your way And we grew farther, farther, farther in your state And you grew darker, darker, darker, in your day.
4.
Crashing 03:06
One step and you’ll get a heart attack of sound Like the buzzards came around her and ate her hair to rest. And you’ll be resting While the waves are crashing And you’ll be resting While the waves are crashing Sleeping quietly beneath the sheets you rose To the window where the lights glow from pounding hearts below And you’ll be resting While the waves are crashing And you’ll be resting While the waves are crashing Take light and break sight and open up your ears Hear the sound of the white dove and the pounding of the years Ahhh
5.
Dark 02:03
I heard the voices telling me That the world grew still His voice was yelling kill that man He’s got the whole world in his hands So I shot him down The woman screamed, I heard her dreams She was running quick I turned her way, he said kill her today So she fell to the ground I shot her down My daughter pulled my hand back slow Erase those sounds Erase that soul And find the light But his thoughts raced My hands had made Thousands of mistakes I turned the gun, I shot the sun And all hell fell The trigger made, the shot to save Them from his voice. I shot him down I shot me down She grasped my hand I felt her light Her voice was sweet Her voice it cried Daddy it’s alright Daddy it’s alright In the dark grew night I finally saw the light.
6.
Small Feet 03:18
You said with heart beats and small feet that I’d correct the rest And with rings placed and children made that heart beats they would mend But your body, it crumbled to dust beneath your feet And your ashes were burning your body to release And your daughter saw you shot them down And your daughter saw you shot them down And your daughter saw you shot them down Along with yourself. Your mind erased all the letters you learned when you were young And forgot that the lovers would fix that which went wrong The doctors they told you that you could beat the sounds But they took you and lay you in the ground And here I lay ‘neath the covers and dream that I am loved With your arms wrapped so tightly they pulse my veins with blood And your heart beats grow deeper as I wake to pounding sounds Of your daughter she’s sobbing on the ground. And your daughter saw you shot them down And your daughter saw you shot them down And your daughter saw you shot them down Along with yourself. You said with heart beats and small feet that I’d correct the rest And with rings placed and children made that heart beats they would mend But your body, it crumbled to dust beneath your feet And your ashes were burning your body to release And your daughter saw you shot them down And your daughter saw you shot them down And your daughter saw you shot them down Along with yourself.
7.
Blues 04:51
My heart grew cold, with each break of day The light grew dim, and I began to fade I danced with you, in my dreams so sweet Each night grew dark, and each day I grew weak. I sang you songs as though you could hear The blues they haunted me my dear. I prayed to god, he’d take my soul He said in time he’d make me whole She saw me hurt, I saw her grow She grew stronger still, as I grew weak and old Her voice told me that love was real That god could speak and that I would heal She heard the lord, he called her name. And when I grew sick, she told me light would save. I looked to god, I fell asleep I walked the heavens and he walked with me He said my day had not come yet But soon the night would set at last And I grew warm as I woke still I knew the nights no longer chilled
8.
Ship 04:02
I was only seventeen when the water fell You whisked me away and in your arms I dwell But you could never break the thoughts of going down And like a ship we sunk and the dreams we had they drown. You were floating away from me, like two ships on the sea And in the autumn I would lay you down to sleep And tell our child that light would guide you home But I had trouble breathing on my own. God took me far away As the days they past and I could only break I left her when she turned seventeen With the hopes she’d never loose the man she’d meet. I told her that the light would guide me home And that God could save the soul and we’d be whole. In his arms I’d crawl to fall asleep And I’d be better off within my dreams God took me far away As the days they past and I could only break I left her when she turned seventeen With the hopes she’d never loose the man she’d meet. And with hopes that she would never blame me.
9.
In the Light 04:01
When I was a little child my mother sang the blues She opened up her evil eyes and sang the sweetest tunes. Her lips grew dark and brazed the marks, and wine was always met With shallow eyes that sleep at night and dream the sweetest dreams To conceal the night, a widowed fright, with hopes to see the light I will fight, to see the light (x2) Mother said the world would med a broken heart to death She lay still when lights grew clear and mother she left. I will fight, to see the light. (x2) Mother left with dreams of death, her dreams they did come true. And in the light, she fought the fight and god took her soon. I will fight, to see the light (x2)

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released May 7, 2011

Performers -
Katie Hammon - Vocals, Guitar, Aux Percussion
Frank Moscowitz - Keyboard, Bass Guitar (Select tracks)
Matthew Loiacono - Drums, Aux Percussion
Nick Matulis - Bass Guitar
Christina Corrado - Cello
Dan Pardee - Musical Saw

Mixing/Mastering - Katie Hammon

Artwork - Alex Muro and Katie Hammon
CD Case Assembly - Katie Hammon

Special Thanks to Mishelle Stapleton, Sal DeTillio, and Alex Muro for their help pressing buttons and turning knobs. Thank you to all my friends and family and teachers for their love and support. I love you all.

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Bear Grass Troy, New York

Bear Grass attracts listeners with the quirky songs of Katie Hammon. Her sultry pipes leave them devastated, but the band’s blend of folk, rock, and homespun trip-hop soothes their wounds. Drawing on influences like Laura Veirs and Wye Oak, the music is sometimes subtly dark, but always thoroughly captivating and melodic. ... more

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