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War in the World of Animals

by May Family Reunion

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Searched for years and when they found me They sewed black crosses on my eyes Sold me down the river, pulled the trigger Told those awful lies But I’m comin thru My voice is comin from your TV CD, email across your sky I’ve got you under my little thumb And if you run, I’ve got my spies But I’m comin thru
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The Quiraing 03:11
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I’m all along your freeways I’m floating in your air Solar powder in my rocket White flowers in my hair I watched you live in darkness And die in your despair I’ve sailed across to greet you With flowers in my hair I say I’ll race you toward the sun Toward the sun If you’ve slipped into my channel Here’s a visor for the glare Gonna light you like a candle Set you soaring like a flare Be my brave assistant And from their windows they will stare As we sail across their rooftops With flowers in our hair We’ll say I’ll race you toward the sun Toward the sun
5.
Tell me tell me Or should I ask Would it be cruel or spiteful If I beg Break a leg I chip a tooth Smash the window Torch the roof Tell me tell me I save my pennies I scrap my job Wrestle voices in a fog Tell Me tell me
6.
Wife 01:11
She shimmers like the gold Radiant and cold beneath the altar Dwarfed by the ruins on a starry night She waits for dawn to come And take her as a bride As a wife
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Hilda 01:26
Kissing spells, wishing wells Long drives in the rain Broken-hearted you remain Mission bells, the ocean swells They’re playin Sunday games In the garden you remain Little hell, the family sells Their conversations wane But your still in the picture frame
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Sex Guitar 03:53
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Truthless, loveless, faceless, rageful Tyrants always fallen But you know I go and on and on All against me now They were all against me anyhow All of you passionless vipers Head for your holes, I’m lightin fires And marchin down mainstreet with seventeen Uilliean pipes Playin a freedom chorus All against me now You were all against me anyhow
10.
You say you’d meet me behind the grapevine Just as friends, just to talk But you show up late, make conversation Misguided, with no heart But I’m no fool, I’ve been there before I let you play your part And wait for sunrise behind the grapevine Without you in the dark
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The Bowery 01:45
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Time Alone 03:07
Frightened finding things that sustain me Boxed up in a hall And I said I would never trade them For some time alone For some time alone For some time alone
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Fiery Pit 03:06
Catch him flashing from the TV He’s passing easily through the words Down where dreaming never sleeps Where he’s the beast who leads the herd The glory bird who rises from the fiery pit Above atomic wasteland
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Highway 9 00:19
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Mrs. Brown 03:05
If you’re ever lost Mrs. Brown If you ever feel like I do Just blow your whistle, hang it on high I’ll be comin round for you Maybe I’ll come in a carriage Burst from the forest into freezing rain As it freezes over A winter wonderland
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Through the window and into your arms I go callin your name But down below poor people only know what remains
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Nell 02:55
Seems like these days will never end She spends countless lives drownin Takes a pill to resurface again If you ask her she’d tell you that her ships comin in Come to sail her away She’s just waitin Just waitin
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Their laughter from the floor rises up Reaches my elevator door A mighty echo in the hall continues on On and on

about

War in the World of Animals is part of the May Family Reunion Early Works Collection along with three EPs; Flying in Your Sleep, Hazel and Touch 199, and two other LPs; Scarlet and The Cloud.

About War in the World of Animals -

This early eclectic group of songs really showcases the May Family’s musical diversity. Their ability to maintain a consistent feel while exploring many different song writing approaches is very apparent here. This is the record that got a buzz going on the Asheville, North Carolina music scene and got local radio Djs interested and waiting for MFR’s next release “Outside The Law” which went to # 1 on that station’s chart.

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released May 31, 2022

All music written and produced by May Family Reunion copyright 2004

Digital spectral repair, high-resolution analog re-capture and mastering by Denver Bon at small(m)mastering studio Portland, Oregon

Nine Barrows Down - written by Dan Rosen
Acoustic guitar, banjo, sitar, clarinet, samples, keyboards - Dan Rosen
Keyboards - Lee Wiggins
Keyboards and Opening Breath - Denver Bon
Recorded at El Wig Studio Atlanta, Georgia

El Presidente’ - written by Dan Rosen
Acoustic guitar and vocals - Dan Rosen
Recorded at El Wig Studio Atalnta, Georgia

The Quiraing - written by Lee Wiggins and Dan Rosen
Drums - Lee Wiggins
Keyboards - Dan Rosen
Recorded at El Wig Studio Atlanta, Georgia

Race You Towards The Sun- written by Dan Rosen and Lee Wiggins
Mandolin, Dulcimer, Tabla, Treatments - Lee Wiggins
Vocals, Guitar, atmospherics - Dan Rosen
Recorded at Myron’s Farm Studio Lake Lure, North Carolina

Tell Me Tell Me - written by Dan Rosen
Mandolin, Keyboards and Vocals - Dan Rosen
Recorded at Myron’s Farm studio Lake Lure, North Carolina

Wife - written by Dan Rosen
Keyboards and vocals - Dan Rosen
Recorded at Greenwood Place Studio Atlanta, Georgia

Hilda - written by Dan Rosen
Acoustic guitar and vocals - Dan Rosen
Recorded at Myron’s Farm Lake Lure, North Carolina

Sex Guitar - written by Dan Rosen
Guitars, keyboards, samples - Dan Rosen
Recorded at Myron’s Farm Studio Lake Lure, North Carolina

All Against Me Now- written by Dan Rosen
Keyboards and Vocals - Dan Rosen
recorded at Myron’s Farm Studio Lake Lure, North Carolina

Behind The Grapevine - written by Dan Rosen
Guitar and Vocals - Dan Rosen
Recorded at Myron’s Farm Studio Lake Lure, North Carolina

The Bowery - written by Dan Rosen and Lee Wiggins
Keyboards - Lee Wiggins
Keyboards - Dan Rosen
Recorded at El Wig Studio Atlanta, Georgia

Time Alone - written by Dan Rosen
Drums and Treatments - Lee Wiggins
Guitar and vocals - Dan Rosen
Recorded at El Wig Studio Atlanta, Georgia

Fiery Pit - written by Dan Rosen
Keyboards, guitars, samples, vocals - Dan Rosen
Drums - Lee Wiggins
Recorded El Wig Studio Atlanta, Georgia

Highway 9 - written by Lee Wiggins and Dan Rosen
Guitar - Lee Wiggins
Guitar - Dan Rosen
Recorded El Wig Studio Atlanta, Georgia

Mrs. Brown - written by Dan Rosen
Guitar, organ and vocals - Dan Rosen
Recorded at Myron’s Farm Lake Lure, North Caroina

Through The Window - written by Dan Rosen
Acoustic guitar and vocals - Dan Rosen
Recorded at Myron’s Farm Studio Lake Lure, North Carolina

Nell - written by Dan Rosen
Guitar, keyboards, chimes and vocals - Dan Rosen
Recorded at Myron’s Farm Lake Lure, North Carolina

Henry’s Ghost - written by Dan Rosen
Piano, keyboards, mandolin and vocals - Dan Rosen
Recorded at Greenwood Place Atlanta, Georgia

Cover Art by Lena Klimenko

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May Family Reunion St. Petersburg, Florida

May Family Reunion are an avant-garde experimental group led by singer/songwriter Dan Rosen. Originally emerging from Asheville, North Carolina's underground music scene but now based in Florida, Rosen crafts uniquely original songs. A mixture of post-punk, ambient, electronic and folk music, May Family Reunion have their own sound; their own visionary world and ethos. ... more

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