Greenbelt

from The Astral Plane by Dana Sipos

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lyrics

The green belt never felt so far as today
Half the country and all five great lakes away
Still in my minds eye the bartlett pears are growing wide
At the end of the long drive in their fat bottom glass jars in a scraggly line

It was magic then but I'm hip to your tricks
Now the pickings are slim but I'm still feeling it
magic, magic of the greenbelt

We grew too side by side drunk off the heady vidalia on the winter vine
Time was blind like the breath of morning
On the cusp on a drop of something divine
Feel the stick smell the sweet of the juice of the ripe blackberry on your feet
Bare and red past the wicked woods a golden thread
Still the bee stings came to a head

It was magic then but I'm hip to your tricks
Now the woods are stripped but I'm still feeling it
Magic, magic of the greenbelt

How does a secret get set free?
When three moons rose in the black sky we were ready
The six daughters of the three daughters
dutifully gathered plus one extra for fodder
To lift the curse of the black hen
Placed on the family she couldn't quite remember when
Sat at the table wide eyed and spooked
We worked our juju from every angle
When at last we failed our task now the curse has crept into every last crevice

It was magic then but I'm hip to your tricks
Now your secrets are safe but I'm still feeling it
Magic, magic of the greenbelt

Strain of the old country pain collides
With the drive and ambition of their new country lives
Tales from before and of the war simmer in the soup and are met at the door
In the hushed tones of their mother tongue
Our mothers spun out on some tough love so hard won
What was once yours is now mine
It's a hand me down story embroidered with time
But there's a tear down the middle of the table cloth of this family riddle

It was magic then but I'm hip to your tricks
Now I can’t mend the bend but I’m still feeling it
Magic, magic of the greenbelt

The lines are faded now the light is low
Trace the hughes of the evening blues from the kitchen window
Tall shadows of Yiddish in the morning
Are ghosts come to call like notes in the wailing wall
Still all roads lead to cherry and green lane
When the pecking order was the rule of the day
Back to the lake hidden in plain sight
Is the better to be right or to belong?

It was magic then but I'm hip to your tricks
Now the farmhouse is quiet and all that went with it
Magic, magic of the greenbelt

credits

from The Astral Plane, released June 25, 2021
Dana Sipos - vocals, guitar
Nick Zubeck - guitar
Tom Hammerton - keys
Mark McIntyre - bass
Blake Howard - percussion
Sandro Perri - percussion
Lydia Persaud - backing vocals
Michael Davidson - vibraphone

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Dana Sipos British Columbia

hypnotic folk from Turtle Island.
The Astral Plane, produced by Sandro Perri, out on Toronto's Roaring Girl Records June 2021

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