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lyrics

Ronin

there's a whiteout of drifting snow
over the invisible lake or
important looking groups of men
with tents and sleds and tools
girls skating into their dogs and landing on their backs

I dream of a red ocelot in someone's embrace
as I dash across the lake towards the ice fishing holes
and the slush takes hold and you leap back
girls skating into their dogs and landing on their backs

I dream of the ragged white lion that my friend Star knows
over the invisible lake
the red sumach flowers rise and point to the sky
the big white day moon hangs over the twilight hills

the steam of the hot tub rises over the snow
your tuque is full of icicles
as the blue jay flies between the pines
never stopping to say hello, hello, hello

the blue jay flies between the pines
blue, blue, blue, never stopping to say hello

I'm in everyone's dreams these days
and I keep asking why
sometimes in July or three times in January
over and over and over again this week
with gold paper or in hot pink
with cookies and pencils
with Jack or JJ
with gold paper in hot pink
planning dances at a party

rowing to the lighthouse with my hands in the dark
I'm in everyone's dreams these days
sometimes in July
I'm in everyone's dreams these days
rowing to a lighthouse in the dark
rowing with my hands in the dark
the blue jay flies between the pines
never stopping to say hello

credits

from Genius Loci North, released October 20, 2021
Jeannette Lambert, voice
Star Edwards, harp
Reg Schwager, guitar
Michel Lambert, tablas

Blue jay recorded by Jeannette Lambert

Recorded near Magog, Eastern Townships, Quebec, March 2021
Title inspired by lion at www.wildanimalsanctuary.org

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Jeannette Lambert Montreal, Québec

Living creatively through jazz and intuition guides my life as a jazz singer and composer. As a Dutch-Indonesian immigrant raised in Northern Ontario, free jazz, sound poetry, and dreamwork have contributed to my creative freedom. I live in Montreal, Quebec where I insist everyone around me create as well. ... more

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