Here on the Plains
from If There Are Mountains by Dave Douglas & Elan Mehler
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lyrics
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
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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from If There Are Mountains,
released March 24, 2023
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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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May 3London, UK
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May 3London, UK
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May 4Cheltenham, UK
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May 5Bray, Ireland
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Jul 14Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Jul 31Palo Alto, CA
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Aug 9Tarrytown, NY
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Aug 10Tarrytown, NY
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Aug 27New York (NYC), NY
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