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PAPER HORSES

by Ed Askew

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purple fishes fly away water falls into the blue lake it's a swim upstream on somedays but Turtle has to lay her eggs he got 3 wishes when he found that lamp a magic carpet was the best he made and the girl from Kansas had it made but she went home when she should a stayed i've met some children on my way talked to boys in the willow shade we went swimming on the last day gave me a bottle of wine paper horses run away that little child runs all day a yellow bird and a black snake a glass of beer and chips purple fishes fly away water falls into the blue lake it's a swim upstream on somedays but Turtle has to lay her eggs 8 /09
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Automobile 04:33
all of us kids, go down to the town boys on the corner, hang out hey pass the wine, come for a ride in my cousins, automobile street lights pass by, pedestrians smile a boy steals a kiss from a pal in the back seat, we watch the street and my cousin laughs at the crowd down by sea, we get out of the car we see a friend at the Bar hey John your sweet, buy me a drink but watch the cops there not so cute around the town, we walk around Robert and Ricky and John we watch the lights,such a pretty sight hay Bob this isn't bad weed. my cousin pulls up, we all pile in off to the beach in a car the night is young, boys having fun give me a kiss in the dark down by sea, we get out of the car we see a friend at the Bar hey John your sweet, buy me a drink but watch the cops there not so cute
3.
Boy Lost 03:55
Alexander walked alone over the bridge into a blue zone where black night and starry sky the sounds of the town make you cry Alexander was 13 years old he liked the boy 3 doors down but please don't tell cause you burn in hell the sounds at school make you hide lovely wishes filled his mind and beautiful boys made him smile when you see him in heaven give him a kiss love and affection is no crime there was a boy, a beautiful child who hanged from the sky at the top of the stairs where black night and falling stars stopped the sounds that made him cry lovely wishes filled his mind and beautiful boys made him smile when you see him in heaven give him a kiss love and affection is no crime
4.
Deep Water 02:24
Water is deep. The road goes on forever. And some day we'll make this world, a little brighter. The rain is sweet. The cows are in the clover. And when wee meet we'll be closer. The sky is wide. The rivers flow together. and when they meet the waves go out forever. Water is deep. The road goes on forever. And some day we'll make this world, a little brighter.
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we'll take a car to a new destination and if it rains we have an umbrella the streets won't be gold but the music's fantastic me and my pal we'll build a new town in our new town everyone will be happy we'll spread joy around even talk radio won't bring us down and we'll be so beautiful me and my pal my pal is Al all over the world people are dancing and making love thats not a problem so lets take the car to a new beginning me and my pal we'll build a new town
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Old Boats 05:13
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Ornamenta 03:33
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Robert Frost 04:08
Robert Frost picks up a pen on the white sheet the words fall into place again and like Robert i try to speak about the road through the woods the path to the sea but of the one i can not sing even Robert Frost can not speak when Herman Melville went to sea even Moby Dick couldn't read the shape of clouds calligraphy the writing on on my mind, the farewell words i couldn't believe but of the one i can not sing even Herman Melville does not speak what Walt Whitman said to me in the letter that he sent was a comfort and like Walt i tried to read a face in a picture a voice , a memory but of the one i can not sing even Walt Whitman did not speak
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the lights go down as the last show comes to a close the singer plays one last song that we all know and the old man on the stage takes his bow and goes the lights come up the saddest clown i ever saw makes us laugh and mends our broken hearts he paints a smile on our face as he waves good by the company takes one last bow, the play comes to an end the lights are turned down low we rise to our feet and give it up for this magic show the lights go down as the last show comes to a close the singer plays one last song that we all know and old the man on the stage takes his bow and... goes
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a boy in blue shorts runs down the beach does a summersault his name is Louie a woman on a swing under the trees watches an old man swimming in the sea la la la and down in the shacks where the poor people live the boy in blue shorts gives his mom a kiss be careful Louie don't swim out too far if you got lost in the sea it would break your mother's heart "and Louie sings" la la la a girl with green eyes lies on the beach she likes that silly boy playing in the sea o' Louie pretty Louie look at me but Louie smiles his blue eyes are only for the sea a boy in blue shorts runs down the beach does a summersault his name is Louie a woman on a swing under the trees watches an old man swimming in the sea

about

he put down the tiple
annoyed at the weight
of the new wooden case
he had been carrying around
and sat on a bench
while waiting for the train
to New York
and i think
that it is true
that we are sometimes
punished for our
idiotic thoughts or moods
for when the train arrived
he just
stood up
and entered
the train
leaving the tiple behind
and now some 22 years later
he has apparently been forgiven
for this momentary lapse
by someone
who never knew he was ever annoyed
by the weight of the tiple
and case
because that lovely man
who was the one
who found the lost tiple
has tracked him down
and returned it

this is an album of new tiple music (mostly). the tiple is a small South American guitar with 10 strings.

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released November 1, 2009

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Ed Askew New York

The singer-songwriter / painter moved to New York for a few months in 1967 where he met Bernard Stollman of ESP-Disk, who offered him a contract. Between 1968 and 1986, Ed lived, mostly, in New Haven; doing occasional shows with his band, and later doing solo shows there. Around 1987, Ed moved to New York City, where he continues to write and record songs, and occasionally perform. ... more

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