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The Henderson Sessions

by LILLI LEWIS @folkrockdiva

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Blue Rock 04:18
BLUE ROCK, BLUE ROCK TWISTING TRYING TO MAKE TROUBLE, TRYING TO MAKE FREEDOM. BLUE ROCK, BLUE ROCK SHIFTING STIRRING UP TROUBLE, STIRRING UP FREEDOM. WE ARE LIVING IN A WORLD TODAY WHERE WE TAKE OUR OWN PEACE OF MIND AND GIVE IT AWAY. TAKE MY HAND AT THE HIGHEST PRICE, AND WITH JUST ENOUGH STARDUST I’LL PAINT MY OWN PARADISE. CHORUS ALL AROUND ME I SEE SOUL FOLK ON THE FLOOR SELLING FLESH AND BLOOD TIL IT AIN’T NO JOKE NO MORE. SWEATSHOP ECONOMICS IN THE NAME OF EVOLUTION AND GREEN BACK FLAVORED APATHY DONE BOUGHT OUT THE REVOLUTION. BRIDGE MY LORD WHAT A MORNING WHEN THE BLUE ROCK SHAKES THE MIGHTY TO THE EARTH MY LORD WHAT A MORNING WHEN THE MOUNTAIN LAYS DOWN PLEADING FOR REBIRTH MY LORD WHAT A MORNING WHEN THE TIDE CRAWLS BACK TO REST UPON THE SHORE MY LORD WHAT A MORNING WHEN THE MARTYRED SONS AND DAUGHTERS CRY NO MORE.
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WE NEED LOVE WE NEED LOVE WE NEED LOVE ON OUR SHORT WALK THROUGH THIS LIFE PLEASE BE KIND PLEASE BE KIND PLEASE, BE KIND ON YOUR SHORT WALK THROUGH THIS LIFE OFFER GENTLENESS AND GRACE OFFER GENTLENESS AND GRACE OFFER GENTLENESS AND GRACE ON YOUR SHORT WALK THROUGH THIS LIFE ‘CAUSE ANYONE COULD BE IN PAIN, ANYONE COULD BE IN PAIN, ANYONE COULD BE IN PAIN ON THEIR SHORT WALK THROUGH THIS LIFE BUT THERE’S A FIRE WE ALL CARRY AND IT LIFTS US WHEN WE BREAK WE MUST OFFER UP OUR FIRE ON ON OUR SHORT WALK THROUGH THIS LIFE IT’S AN OFFERING OF LOVE IT’S AN OFFERING OF LOVE IT’S AN OFFERING OF LOVE ON OUR SHORT WALK THROUGH THIS LIFE WE NEED LOVE WE NEED LOVE WE NEED LOVE….
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One Shoe 03:13
I CROSSED THE OCEAN TO THIS LAND CARRYING EYES JUST LIKE A MAN SO ALONE, HOLDING ON TO MY MOTHER’S HAND BUT I HELD A WEAPON AT MY SIDE IT HELD A PROMISE AND MY PRIDE IT WASN’T MUCH, JUST ENOUGH TO HELP ME MAKE MY STAND I KNEW TOO WELL WHAT I COULDN’T TELL I’D HAVE TO SHOW SO IT BECAME THE ONLY NAME I’D COME TO KNOW SEE, WHAT YOU CARRY IN YOUR BAG COULD BE SO MUCH MORE THAN OTHERS HAVE EVEN IF IT’S JUST ONE SHOE NO, YOU MAY NOT HAVE A LOT, SO YOU BETTER GIVE WHAT YA GOT YOU ONLY NEED ONE SHOE
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THERE’S A LADY I MET AT A PARTY ONE NIGHT SHE’D COME OVER FROM OLD MOTHER ENGLAND JUST A BEAST IN THE AIR WITH HER FANCY A-FLIGHT AND HER SHIP WAS JUST NOW COMING IN BY THE SHINE IN HER EYES YOU KNEW WELL THIS WAS NO MAKE BELIEVE THAT SHE MEASURED HER PRIZE BY THE WEIGHT OF THE GUN UP HER SLEEVE A HAND COCKED TO ONE SIDE AS SHE STEADIED HER PRIDE AND THE KICK BACK ENLIVENED IN HER BONES NOW THE STAINED LITTLE GIRL HAS A WOMAN MADE WORLD OF HER OWN WELL I HAVE THIS GOOD FRIEND WHOSE BEGINNING AGAIN SHE HAS NEVER LIVED ON HER OWN I CAN SEE HOW SHE FEELS, IT’S A PRETTY BIG DEAL WHEN THE NIGHT COMES TO FIND YOU ALONE WELL I GUESS IT’S THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD SHE MUST HOLD IN HER HANDS A COLD CHAMBER ECHOES “HONEY, YOU KNOW YOU’VE LEFT A GOOD MAN” BUT THE BULLET INSIDE MEANS SHE NO LONGER HIDES FROM THOSE REAL OR IMAGINED DEMANDS ‘CAUSE IT’S HER STORY NOW AND SHE MOVES AS THE JOURNEY COMMANDS OH THE COFFEE SHOP GIRL WITH HER WARM CHESTNUT EYES SHE HAS NOTHING AGAINST INTEGRATION BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS HOW IT WAS DONE WENT AGAINST THE KNOWN WILL OF HER NATION SEE THERE’S ONLY ONE LAW OF THE LAND WORTH KEEPING AROUND AND THAT LAW PUTS A GUN IN HER HAND AS SHE’S STANDING HER GROUND AND WHATEVER THE COST OR THE LIVES THAT ARE LOST SHE BELIEVES IT’S HER RIGHT TO DEFEND SO THOSE BROWN EYES TURN COLD AS SHE WIPES DOWN THE COUNTER AGAIN
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MY SPIRIT SAYS, WHEN I’M MOVING AROUND WITH NO PLACE TO LAY MY HEAD, JUST GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING. MY SPIRIT SAYS, WHEN MY HEART BECOMES BLIND AND CANNOT SEE ITS WAY INTO TOMORROW YOU MUST GO BACK TO THE BEFORE. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BEFORE? WHAT ABOUT THE BEGINNING? WERE THEY NOT ONCE A TREACHEROUS TERRAIN? AND WHAT ABOUT TODAY? WHAT ABOUT EVER AFTER? TELL ME WHAT MAKES THE ROUGH PLACES PLAIN? I’D ASK IT OF ME BUT I’M ALREADY LOST. I’D JUST LET IT BE BUT RELEASE AT WHAT COST? SO FOR A TIME I’LL TURN IT AROUND. MY TV SAYS, IN A COUPLE OF DAYS MY COUNTRY WILL BE AT WAR, IT’S A MATTER OF SURVIVAL. MY LEADER SAYS I’M A VICTIM OF CHANCE IN A CROSSFIRE BETWEEN GOOD AND "OTHER" THE ANSWER MUST BE IN DEFENSE. (OR DID HE SAY REVENGE?) BUT WHAT ABOUT THE RAGE? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE WE COULD LOSE TO FURY AND FEAR? AND WHAT ABOUT THE GREED? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE DOLLARS SPENT TO MAKE ME BELIEVE ALL I HEAR? I ASK IT OF ME ’CAUSE I’D LIKE TO BEGIN TO RELEASE MY DEFENSE, FIND FREEDOM WITHIN. SO FOR A TIME, I’LL TURN IT AROUND.

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released February 16, 2018

Produced by Lilli Lewis, James Paton Walsh, Mark Bingham

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LILLI LEWIS @folkrockdiva New Orleans, Louisiana

Lilli Lewis bears a progressive, provocative, and conscientious presence paired with a love for music that began before she composed her first song on the piano at age three, Lewis is a modern day Renaissance woman, who, when in full gear, conjures the likes of Big Mama Thornton, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Odetta, and Janis Joplin. ... more

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