Fish & Bird lyrics
They bought a round for the sailor
And they heard his tale
Of a world that was so far away
And a song that we'd never heard
A song of a little bird
That fell in love with a whale
He said: you cannot live in the ocean
And she said to him:
You never can live in the sky
But the ocean is filled with tears
And the sea turns into a mirror
There's a whale in the moon when it's clear
And a bird on the tide
Oh, please don't cry
Let me dry your eyes
So tell me that you will wait for me
Hold me in your arms
I promise we never will part
I'll never sail back to the time
But I'll always pretend you're mine
Though I know we both must part
You can live in my heart
Discuss it
Alice lyrics
Album release date:
2002.05.07
Album guest musicians:
Dawn Harms: Stroh violin
Matt Brubeck: cello
Larry Taylor: upright bass
Bebe Risenfors: Stroh violin, viola, bass clarinet, marimba, clarinet
Carla Kihlstedt: violin
Colin Stetson: alto, tenor and bariton saxophone and clarinet
Ara Anderson: trumpet and baritone horn
Nic Phelps: French horn, trumpet
Stewart Copeland: drums (Table Top Joe)
Bent Clausen: piano solo (Table Top Joe)
Tom Waits: piano, pump organ, Mellotron, Chamberlain vibes
Album description:
Originally performed as an avant-garde opera directed by Robert Wilson for Hamburg's Thalia Theater in winter 1992, "Alice" is loosely based on Lewis Carroll's purported obsession with young Alice Liddell, the girl who inspired his "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass." - from an Anti Records press release 71 reads
