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If There Are Mountains
04:32
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If there are mountains
I look at the mountains
On rainy days
I listen to the rain
Spring, summer
Autumn, winter
Tomorrow, too, will be good
Tonight, too is good
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We Saw You Off
04:31
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We saw you off
And returning through the fields
I thought morning dew
Had wet my sleeves
But it was tears
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Even a Nameless Stream
03:58
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May rains
Even a nameless stream
Is a frightening thing
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Wolf Orchard
03:16
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In orchard dreams
The hired man’s gone
And hounds lie low
How the gold grass climbs
In orchard dreams
In orchard dreams
How the cold frost limes
The wire bound cross
And foxglove crowns
The fruitless beams
Now the cold keeps time
Disordered scenes
And bootless dreams
Man’s gone now
And wolves lie down
In Orchard dream
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Haiku
03:06
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Here on the Plains
04:01
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Through the window
We watch the wind blow
Silver breakers
Through the summer fields
Storm-clouds’ shadows
Swallow silos
Homes and hedgerows
Man the harpoons
Here on the plains we wake
To find the air grown salty
Our talk saltier still
Interlaced with courtly pleasantries
And perilous diphthongs from old world tongues
Our hands would almost
Mistake the plow handle for keel
And we go sailing off
Into the endless waves of grass
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Village of No Bells
05:23
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Village of no bells
Spring evenings
What’s to listen for?
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The Spring Current
04:10
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Wading through it
Her feet muddied
The spring current
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With Your Singing
04:41
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With your singing make me lonelier than ever
You solitary bird
Cuckoo of the forest
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Arms Folded to the Moon
03:23
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Arms folded to the moon
Among the cows
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A thicket of summer grass
Is all that remains
Of the dreams and ambitions
Of ancient warriors
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Barn's Burnt Down
04:49
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Barn’s burnt down
Now I can see the moon
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Life
03:50
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Love doesn’t come peacefully
Love doesn’t come fair
Life isn’t a fantasy
Life lives
Why is it you run from me
What makes you recall
All this is the best of me
Life lives
Love in your arms
Love in your eyes
Now owning it gratefully
All part of a plan
I’m up for the mysters
Life lives
Love
Love in your arms
Love in your eyes
Love doesn’t come peacefully
Love doesn’t come fair
Life isn’t a fantasy
Life lives
Love
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Dave Douglas New York, New York
Dave Douglas is a prolific trumpeter, composer and educator from New York City.
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