Father Father

from Father Father by Devin Greenwood

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father father in my head
shall i mourn you now instead?
father father when you're gone
will we finally get along?
get along get along
who will feed this angry throng
father father when you're dead
shall i mourn you now instead

father father who art thou
who shall feed the holy cow?
father father still i've said
who shall break the holy bread?
holy bread, holy bread
leave those holy words unsaid
who shall you be when your dead
shall i mourn you now instead

father father can't you see
manners do as manners be
raise the rod to raise a son,
who shall clean the holy gun?
holy gun, holy gun
whose the only righteous one?
raise the rod to raise a son,
who shall clean the holy gun?

will my father father falter?
will he break me on the altar?
will he bring the blade upon me?
or will he spill his own blood on me?
blade upon me blade upon me
bring it down rightly or wrongly
will he bring the blade to bear
is that a pick ax in his hair
in his hair in his hair
the burning bush is everywhere
the blade to bring
the braid to wear
is that a pick ax in his hair

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from Father Father, released October 4, 2011
Devin Greenwood - vocals, juno 106, prophet 600, tambourine
Ross Bellenoit - guitar
Todd Erk - bass
Patrick Berkery - drums

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Devin Greenwood New York

Devin Greenwood is a New York City-based recording artist, filmmaker and musician. He is also co-founder of the Brooklyn recording studio The Honey Jar and has collaborated with artists such as Steve Reich, Sufjan Stevens and Priit Pärn. His work has most recently been presented at St. Ann's Warehouse (NYC), National Sawdust (NYC) and the Turku Animated Film Festival (Turku, Finland). ... more

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