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Falling & Landing

by James Jefferys

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Falling 01:24
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James Jefferys - Falling Falling and landing, Bowing to a crowd Feeling so foolish, then suddenly so proud Falling and landing Limbs in the wind Losing a wing, fragile, thick-skinned Found the feet for the final time Falling and landing, Straighten the spine Falling and landing Facing the air How can you land when nothing is there?
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Fallen (For the Rest of His Life) 03:50
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James Jefferys - Fallen (For the Rest of His Life) Angelic wanted posters adorn the walls at night And by the morning all the maggots have made dessert out of their right Did they catch their man who? Is it even something that they can do? Does it get to five am, then all the wanted men Ring releasing bell, be released from their cells? But you look so good lying there on the grass The last of many where the many didn’t last The silver-tipped clouds sulk threats of rain On the dew-golden mounds as a dear-looking frame Frame for a scene best remembered by time I put my camera away I put my camera away And I rely on my mind I put my camera away And I rely on my mind The outlines of the buildings smudged a neon blur across my eyes Hitchhiking through the city, missing the prettiness of night Falling through vibrations I’m a wanted and unwanted parasite I’m a wanted and unwanted parasite… But I’m not sure you have that kind of trust in yourself Photographs under your feet hold you up and not much else Hammer the posters into the walls so far That even if we caught the culprit, he’d be running for the rest of his life For the rest of his life
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Fall Off the Globe 02:56
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James Jefferys - Fall Off the Globe Cannon balls Tilted through the mall Black noises on the Arctic ice To fall off the globe Wouldn’t that be nice? Cannon balls Go toward the stalls Meagre prey will suffice Candles on an oak-tipped table Flashlights in the falling forest Also falling off the world Please join in the chorus next time Candles on But now that they’re gone And doing nothing for us Quiet day Follows the noisy night Feeling the helium in us Fallen off this sphere Monday morning on the bus Quiet day Feet trodden grey Through the settled dust
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101 02:56
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James Jefferys - 101 Damp swelled the wood So the door is stiff And needs the soft and fleshy part of my first To mean the difference between The oily array of splinters Being out of bounds, or Slamming with a wet thud Against the door The smell of cheeky And being naughty Is rhubarb leaves and WD40 – Starch from bread and old potatoes And fuzzy plums wrapped in newspaper My name is called From within the house And I never go further
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Falls From the Sky 06:08
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James Jefferys - Falls From the Sky I heaved, slung over the stern of the boat, Spied land and gripped the ship With the salt in my eyes A whole hectare of orchard for granted But there’s not a pear and nothing’s been planted The farmer keels for the final time into the furrow A plough-dug grave for Autumn’s sorrow A man who never did exist Surely can’t be missed The mattress in the bath Given a new home The farmer sells up And goes it alone I heaved, slung over the stern of the boat Spied land between the pillars of salt in my eyes Gripped the ship twixt a ripped stomach’s tricks Distracted by sirens And the padding of rhinos Started admiring The strength of the giants The ground beneath us, rough and sandy Quaked from where our vessel landed How lucky am I? It falls from the sky How lucky am I? It falls from the sky
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Dædalus 04:07
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James Jefferys - Dædalus If you want to know hubris, Talk to father because these walls around you Are his own doing – The reason why you’re in here with him Tread on toes of the Gods Try too hard to learn too much Here’s a maze Even you couldn’t escape Secrets that you just couldn’t keep Learning what you’ll have to give You gave your son When he wasn’t yours to give Fluttered downward like a leaf In the daytime heat Feathers drifting on the sea This could only mean one thing Float along … the line is gone … the line is gone Falling isn’t hard to do But landing straight and landing true … … our line is gone … our line is gone What I’d give to kiss your head just once… You gave your son When he wasn’t yours to give Fluttered downward like a leaf In the daytime sun If you want to know hubris, Talk to father because these walls around you Are his own doing – The reason why you’re in here with him
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Landing (Nothing Song) 02:50
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James Jefferys - Landing (Nothing Song) Landing on hard ground With my eyes closed, feel around Let the quiet day begin Makes my breathing seem like the wind Despite the melodies I’m crying on my knees You said you’d rather be bored Than to feel too reassured So I suppose this one’s for you A nothing-song to see you through As only nothing will do… Landing in that noisy night Under revelers and neon lights If my eyes don’t see moonbeams, May I stay here in this dream? Despite the melodies I’m crying on my knees You said you’d rather be bored Than to feel too reassured So I suppose this one’s for you A nothing-song to see you through As only nothing will do…
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Polo Bunny 01:08
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James Jefferys - Polo Bunny Where’s polo bunny? Rolling around in tallest grass, Picnics with his friends at last, what fun Lying around in a grassy nook Turning pages of a book, what fun Fun Polo bunny looks right through First himself, and then through you, what fun
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Teddy Bobby 01:14
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James Jefferys - Teddy Bobby Teddy Bobby Who ya gonna nick today? Someone naughty ran away Have to keep the people safe You can never really catch them Those who hurt and lie It’s hard to surpass them But it’s important that you try Teddy Bobby How you gonna set them free Now you’re in a different key?
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Sad Panda 02:14
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James Jefferys - Sad Panda It will happen At least once a day That something in the world Won’t go your way Problems And people who make life a little harder – You’ve got to love them (They’re just like you) Sad Panda Sad Panda Sad Panda
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Fred Hviler Over Land og By (Når Saxe Sove Skal) 01:26
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All songs written, played, recorded, and produced by James Jefferys (except track 11, written by B.S Ingemann and Thomas Laub, 1823)

Backing vocals on track 10 by Laura Nielsen

Thank you again to HC Molbech for use of the microphones

This album, like all of my others, is free to download, but if you'd like to part company with money for it, then that's also kind.

Love to all,

James

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released September 2, 2018

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