"Spinning" by Baby Mountain (for Tiny Desk)

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=482rqsLuLaA

 

Thank you!

 

 

At the initiative of Daniel Warren Johnson the band Baby Mountain just recorded a video for NPR's Tiny Desk concert contest. The song is titled "Spinning" and its protagonist (the deer / dear in the dark) is–one Temma Lowly. It was a delight recording song with this wonderful ensemble in my studio at North Park University. Lyrics for the song are below.

 

Participants included:

Christie Miller - clarinet

Javier Payano - cello

Andrea Benavides-Chaves - violin

Emerson Cobbley - Harmony Vocals & Tiny Desk Holder

Daniel Warren Johnson - Guitar & Production

Myself - vocals, lyrics and music

 

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"Spinning"

 

words and music – Tim Lowly

 

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The deer in the dark

turns her listening eye.

The stars are but sparks

in her evergreen sky

 

Out of her mouth

a beckoning sound

like the sun up above

to the seed in the ground

 

Resume the spinning

bang on the suitcase

let your baggage float

out on the water

turn around

let it go

 

Resume the spinning

dance to the wing beats of the circling dove

embrace the cipher

paint what you love

 

Resume the spinning

darn a sock

make a patchwork coat

out of the rejects

put it on

say hello

 

Resume the spinning

drop a petal in the puddle

watch the ripples float

out to the edges

one foot in front and

off you go

Done