Album of the week: M. Ward's Post War (2006)
Here's an album for Fall- for sun shining through morning windows, steaming pots of tea, for giving that extra kick that you need to leave the warmth of your apartment and fight the wind all the way to the bus stop. For mittens and pea coats and long-underwear under tights. For days without rain.
"Chinese Translation"
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I sailed a wild, wild sea
climbed up a tall, tall mountain
I met a old, old man
beneath a weeping willow tree
He said now if you got some questions
go and lay them at my feet
but my time here is brief
so you'll have to pick just three
[Chorus]
And I said
What do you do with the pieces of a broken heart
and how can a man like me remain in the light
and if life is really as short as they say
then why is the night so long
and then the sun went down
and he sang for me this song
See I once was a young fool like you
afraid to do the things
that I knew I had to do
So I played an escapade just like you
I played an escapade just like you
I sailed a wild, wild sea
climbed up a tall, tall mountain
I met an old, old man
he sat beneath a sapling tree
He said now if you got some questions
go and lay them at my feet
but my time here is brief
so you'll have to pick just three
[Chorus]
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Walks through leaves (+)
Past broken down buildings (+)
A warm pair of gloves (+)
That maybe you made yourself(+)
With a scone (+)
And a thermos full of butternut squash soup (+)
And maybe a good book or two