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Soulflower

from Soulflower by Robbie Gennet

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This is a pretty unique tune for me~ used to do a killer version of it when I briefly had a Rabbithead band going. I was singing through my Zoom 9030 guitar effects box and finding cool sounds to sing through. That's partly why the vocal came out the way it did. Tricky melody when that major 7 chord hits in the chorus but I think I got it now. Not to blow my own horn but I'm particularly pleased by the line "she's paralyzed like a frozen tear" even after all these years.

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Two souls
sitting under a lamp post.
Hot coals
right beneath my feet,
I wear a sheet and I’m a
blue ghost.

And there will be enough
for you to share, my darling.
You can ask for anything,
and there will be enough time
to get over
your beautiful soulflower.

White bone
sticking out of a payphone.
Call home;
whisper that you miss her
and the busy signal
just drones
on and on and on…

I spend my days tracing butterflies in mayonnaise,
painting pretty pictures posed in Polly’s perfect ways.
She spends her time
in a glittery bath of ruby wine,
licking lovely lemondrops
to pass away the time.

And she holds the end of the rope in her hand,
and she can’t make sense
what she don’t understand.
She can’t do nothing
when she’s tied up with fear-

she’s paralyzed like a frozen tear.



Robbie Gennnet  1995 Brown Earthling Music All Rights Reserved

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from Soulflower, released July 13, 1998
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Robbie Gennet Los Angeles, California

Robbie Gennet is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter with a prolific output and a penchant for rock, pop and funk. An award-winning piano player, Robbie's style branches off into something special all his own. Dig in to the words and music and enjoy the trip! ... more

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