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Simple Jayne (With Wings & Strings)

by Russell Jeanes

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Inspired by an article by Ian Macdonald about Nick Drake which said 'sensitive young people often have a horror of being understood for fear of losing their uniqueness, and in the process finding that they are not as unique as they like to think. The vocal was recorded in Catherine Hershey's Parisian home, with wonderful notes of morning bird song coming through the open windows.

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I once met a girl,
she chose slowly
…what she told me

we talked for a while,
…she said something
but then nothing,
..lips moved no words came

hides in her thoughts,
what she feels,
can’t be said,
they’re just her thoughts,
shes frightened others feel the same,
then she wont be unique again,
… just simple jayne.

with lapwing she plays
and humms slowly
….for him only …

whatever she plays
the bird smothers, with feathers
no words can away

hides in wood groves,
with eyes never painted,
fringe grown past nose.
afraid if others hear her words,
her deepest thoughts wont be just hers
shes hiding words

I once met a girl she chose slowly what she told me.

credits

released June 10, 2022
written by Russell Jeanes
harp: Russell Jeanes
vocal: Catherine Hershey
string arrangement: Russell Jeanes & Tom Sidebottom
strings: Tom Sidebottom

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Russell Jeanes England, UK

'Jeanes' songs tell stories of sleeping fields, breathing trees & drunken bees.

recorded by an enchanting collective of soundcloud artists from across continents under the name ‘Jeanes’.
Recorded in the summer fields of America, gardens of Paris and bedrooms of Europe.
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