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Painted

by Whim, Po & Emili

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1.
Buzz 04:44
Back to where we began, Woman and man Stiffest drink I could stand, A mad city, I’m curb-sitting with my best friend, a half-planned man All is sound when you’re around Back to where we began, Re-learning the land Same movies, same bands, Young lovers, Fixed mothers milking souls of half-planned men Stiffest drink we could stand Blood brothers, Best lovers twenty-years, we’re half-planned men All is sound when you’re around (You say) “Be where you are,” so I am where I am. I am here right now.
2.
Rainbow 05:46
It just might rain today, Wear your favorite gray, It just might rain today.
3.
Bench 07:52
There is a person. There is a person, And there is another person. There is a person, there is a person. There is a person, there is a person. Look at what they make together. Look at what they make. Together, together, together.
4.
Xo 04:53
Them birds are flirting around out there, Them birds are flirting around. What time will they fly on home tonight? What time will go on home? They are eating the same damn things all day, Happy eating the same damn little things. The mama, she made her babies wise, The mama, she made her babies wild. Soon, so soon. So soon, so soon. But “soon” is a screwy word, my dear “Soon” is a screwed up word. And birds don’t know what words are for, Birds don’t even know what words are. Soon, so soon. So soon, so soon. Fly.
5.
Winter 06:37
Winter, winter, winter, winter Before the sunrise, when I’m sleeping You’re the only soul awake. The heavy silence below the pine boughs, Grown so heavy, but scared to break. Winter, winter, winter, winter Like the quilt your mama sent me On the bed we used to make Just like my mother telling me, “Baby, if you love her, let her be.” I don’t know if these hands Can still spin you slow. I don’t know if I’ll ever dance again. I guess we’ll see when the snow melts What’s left of summer’s glow. The wood floor creaking softly, On the porch we used to sway, Above the lilac locks in July, Sweating tired, in the shade.
6.
Minnesota 10:22
I’m trimming my hair now, It don’t matter, don’t matter. Walking real tall now, It don’t matter, don’t matter. Smoothing my wrinkles, It don’t matter, don’t matter. I’m reading the paper, It don’t matter, don’t matter. Forgetting dependence, It don’t matter, don’t matter. I’m serving the people, It don’t matter, don’t matter, no. All that matters, all that matters, Is coming on home to you. I’m tending the garden I buried my lady Now I’m laughing at love songs I’m making it easy, forgiving my baby. Listening to daddy, His wisdom to save me. I like when it’s windy, It’s peace like he’s breathing. All that matters, all that matters, Is coming on home to you. I’m taking my time now, We’re taking our time. She teaches to dress well, He teaches to smile. I’m learning a lover, It’s taking a while. All that matters, all that matters, Is coming on home to you.
7.
Underwear 07:09
Don’t you dare Don’t leave me hanging, Don’t you leave me hanging, Don’t you dare. Don’t leave me hanging, Don’t you leave me hanging, No, no, no Don’t you dare. You say music was the best thing That ever happened to you. Now, look at me, Look at this life I’m living. All for you, all for you, Don’t you dare. You told me, The nights were where I would see, Where I’d be safe, Safe Just listen, listen (love, don’t you dare) Do you listen to the words I say? You told me You’re walking the ways We walked them together. (Do you listen?) When we walked them together, baby You tell me you’re walking the ways, We walked, when we were yellow, Ways like now. Don’t leave me hanging here, don’t you keep me hanging. The leaves aren’t yellow, now. They changed somehow, Still… Still hanging, yellow hanging Still hanging in there, as long as you leave me hanging here, there’s yellow leaves in your hair, yellow leaves in my hair, and all over the bed’s our underwear. There’s nothing here to share, you must’ve got some new, To hang you It isn’t these bones no more. Someone new.
8.
Text 03:16
9.
Like the children Like we’re wishing Like the sun Yeah, like the sun Hold me high Hold me high In the city, yeah In the city, yeah You’ll be safe You’ll be safe La da da dei ya da La da da dei ya da La da da bum dei ya bum In the evening, drinking evening The sun be sinking You’ll be mine Take your time La da da dei ya da La da da dei ya da La da da bum dei ya bum When I’m alone When I’m alone I will hold you high La da da dei ya da La da da dei ya da La da da bum dei ya bum

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released April 20, 2011

All songs written and performed by Whim, Po and Emili

Colin Weaver: vocals, electric guitars, acoustic guitar, banjo, percussion
Emily Robertson: vocals, percussion, kazoo
Clifton Nesseth; vocals, organ, e-bass, upright bass, fiddle, flute, piano, orchestration, percussion, electric guitar on “To Hold You High”

Copyright 2011
Whim, Po and Emili
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Recorded at: Blast House Studios, Madison, WI; St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN; Clif’s attic, Cameron, WI; and in our apartment living room and bathroom, Madison, WI.
Recorded, engineered, and mixed by Dustin Sisson
Mastered by Clifton Nesseth, …
Produced by Dustin Sisson and Whim, Po and Emili
Photographs by Scotty Gunderson
Design by Scotty Gunderson and Whim, Po and Emili

Additional Musicians:
Dave Hagedorn: Miscellaneous percussion on Buzz, Pillows & Blankets, and Text
Lewis Franti: Drums on Buzz
Hilary James: Cello on XO
Timothy McCarthy: Trumpet on Bench
Molly Raben: French horn on Bench
Nathan Bishop: Trumpet on Bench
Natalie Warren: Sax on Bench

Special thanks to Zoe Baranowski, Dustin Sisson, Dave Hagedorn, our lovely Olaf musicians, Dawn, Scotty Gunderson, Lewis Franti, and our families and friends, we sing for you.

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