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Rachel Aumiller and her Illegits EP

by Rachel Aumiller and her Illegits

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applebeepatios I got this EP years ago, maybe even when it first came out? I still come back and listen to it, it’s really great. Favorite track: Back in the Day.
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1.
I’ve got a porch swing And I’ve got my four strings I still have a little song to sing I know all about your misery And I’m your favorite company So why not stay with me. Back in the day-- all I had to do was think of you and you’d come running Back in the day-- I could always have my way with you You listen here-- cause I’m still extending the invitation Don’t be a fool-- you know that I still know what’s best for you Now’s your chance run away Make each day a holiday Come away with me We’ll make ourselves a little home No more this world to roam Darling, won’t you please Back in the day-- all I had to do was think of you and you’d come running Back in the day-- I could always have my way with you You listen here-- cause I’m still extending the invitation Don’t be a fool-- you know that I still know what’s best for you Here on my porch swing We speak our minds openly and do just as we please Some days we don’t speak at all Just watch the world go by in awe So why not stay with me Back in the day-- all I had to do was think of you and you’d come running Back in the day-- I could always have my way with you You listen here-- cause I’m still extending the invitation Don’t be a fool-- you know that I still know what’s best for you Now my old porch is miles away And all your days are worn and gray I tend to let you be But if your thoughts should drift to me Don’t turn away the memory Let them linger for soft and free Back in the day-- all I had to do was think of you and you’d come running Back in the day-- I could always have my way with you You listen here-- cause I’m still extending the invitation Don’t be a fool-- you know that I still know what’s best for you
2.
Sister, give me the word and I will follow you across the world Along the Nile into wild lands make my bed the desert sand Tuck the kids into their sheets and when my man is fast asleep Steal into the city streets I won’t be coming home again There’s a place you say Beyond the reach of the noise and the crowds and this old way Where I’ll stand to speak and the clouds will weep Trees bend to their knees Mountains will creak their sounds of praise Cut my hair and sell my ring Won’t be no one’s pretty thing With my fancy in the lead I won’t look back, won’t be in need Step out of this life of mine I’ve made my peace, I’ll let it shine I don’t need a happy home So long as I can be my own There’s a place you say Beyond the reach of the noise and the crowds and this old way Where I’ll stand to speak and the clouds will weep Trees bend to their knees Mountains will creak their sounds of praise
3.
Sevilla 05:31
Spanish sun lasts just so long but night is for our keeping When solstice gray obscures the day We waste our nights just sleeping Peel me back an orange Don’t it taste less sweet than bitter When I’m thinking about that dark-haired girl And how I wish I’d kissed her Lend me your parasol and I will have green cheeks With juice of lemon and lime Your words like little fish swim all around Ay, me--there’s no love to be found On our park bench in a public square Siesta silence fills the air You and I are full of sighs As children chase the pigeons We’re sitting by the barren sea Where there’s no fruit for you or me Just fiery light of Spanish nights How I’m going to miss them Lend me your parasol and I will have green cheeks With juice of lemon and lime Your words like little fish swim all around Ay, me--there’s no love to be found
4.
Don’t you know I love you When I greet you cordially As proper as can be Waiting in parenthesis I’m still dreaming of you and those nights we were alone So deep in wine we’d never find Our way back home I’ve been shedding tears Praying to my gods who only Repeat to me words I love to hear I think I see my phantom friend And I’m lying in his arms again Sing to me and I’ll know you’re near Everybody knows that what is Gone is gone but me I’m still grasping at the breeze Waiting for your company The evening is ripe and heavy But I’m not ready to move on To fall and drift along And leave behind my sorrow song I’ve been shedding tears Praying to my gods who only Repeat to me words I love to hear I think I see my phantom friend And I’m lying in his arms again Sing to me and I’ll know you’re near
5.
Sleepwalkers 03:29
Green, I want you--I still want you That’s just the way it’s gonna be We sleep walkers got a price to pay, for all those wasted Days we spend a wishin away thinking subjectively In those if, would, should, could possibilities the only space where there might be a little place for you and me I’m Lonesome for a sweetheart that I never really had Cept when we were walking in our sleep But he’s someone else sweetheart and I am sick with greed Now I’m awake and through with slumbering Now I’m awake and through with slumbering Green, I want you--swore I had you When your heart was beating like a boy’s I can’t start confessing all those blessings that occurred Wasn’t tracking all that happened when my eyes were closed Now I’m on my best behavior and you still haven’t return Guess it’s for the better to leave you to your own I’m Lonesome for a sweetheart that I never really had Cept when we were walking in our sleep But he’s someone else sweetheart and I am sick with greed Now I’m awake and through with slumbering Now I’m awake and through with slumbering

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released April 26, 2014

All songs by Rachel Aumiller

Produced by James McIver and David Rizzuti

Recorded by David Rizzuti at Strong Recording in Somerville, MA

Mixed & Mastered by Eric Kilburn at Wellspring Sound in Acton, MA

Rachel Aumiller: lead vocals & baritone ukulele
Kirsten Lamb: harmonies & upright bass
James McIver: banjo & keyboards
David Rizzuti: pedal steel & electric guitar
Ariel Bernstein: drums & percussion
Jake Baldwin: trumpet
Jenn Bliss: accordion

Cover Art & Design by R. Scott Whipkey
Photography by Amanda Danziger
Hair & Makeup by Jessica Pineda

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