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On Stow Lake With The Nightingale & The Rose

from Saints Of The Lost Cause Saloon by Katy Stephan

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inspired by Oscar Wilde's story The Nightingale And The Rose
featuring Ara Anderson, trumpet and Alex Kelly, cello

lyrics

there is a lizard that runs by
scaly and cynical
there is a daisy that is also a boy
there is a tree whose roses are white as foam of the sea
his brother's are yellow
and all of them are wrong

there is an oak tree
in love with a bird
in love with a student
in love with a maiden
in love with silver-buckle shoes
which one are you

there is a girl
who refuses a gift
he calls her ungrateful
without even knowing
how it feels
to sing until dawn
with your breast pressed against a thorn
pressed against a thorn

it's too easy to say you are the rose

there is a boy
who returns to his room
he pulls out a great and dusty book
and begins to read

it's easy to say you are the rose
built out of music by moonlight
stained with the crimson heartsblood
of a nightingale on love
with love

you are the one
who rowed the boat
and read me the story
which somebody sent you
whose name you won't say

you are the one
who read me the story
while both of us floated
and turtles looked on

you are the one
who is always the story
the rose
and the nightingale
the gift of a song

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from Saints Of The Lost Cause Saloon, released August 4, 2008

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Katy Stephan San Francisco, California

Katy Stephan's music is both sweet and salty, delicate and powerful.
Her voice has been featured in major motion picture soundtracks, TV movies and theme songs, and even in childrens toys. 
She has created original music for theatre productions, modern dance, and circus. 
“Beautiful sonic valentines handcrafted from oaths, prayers, curses, feathers and frills.” ... more

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