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Fortune & Folly (volume II)

by Birch Book

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1.
Birch Sap I 02:12
2.
New Song 04:23
Please, won’t you ask of me Ask me to sing for you my new song Please, won’t you ask me to stay Ask me to play for you my new song It was just the other day While sitting with my morning tea Looking through the windows early haze A lone melody Came flitting floating down on me I caught it like a leaf in autumn’s breeze Please, won’t you ask of me Ask me to sing for you my new song Please, won’t you ask me to stay Ask me to play for you my new song The other evening While ambling down the street Something came on to my empty mind The words they did appear Upon my notebook written clear Fitting so, the melody and rhyme
3.
I’ve got a friend I don’t yet know I’ve got a story waiting to be told And I’ve got seeds that have not been sowed Out in any field I’ve got Gold waiting to be mined I’ve got desires, they’ve been denied And I’ve got dreams that have not died Safe inside my soul Oh Sun, please don’t fail to rise Oh Stars, please don’t fail to shine Oh Breeze, don’t fail to whisper in the pine I’ve got shoes never been worn I’ve got a shirt that’s never been torn And I’ve got a song waiting to be born Hiding in this guitar I once hugged a man, he’d never been hugged I once loved a woman, she’d never been loved But she had something waiting to be sprung From behind her green eyes Oh Sun, please don’t fail to rise Oh Stars, please don’t fail to shine Oh Breeze, don’t fail to whisper in the pine
4.
Young Souls 03:40
There will always be Young Souls that can’t reform Tossed into life’s storm They’ll try their sails Before they will be forewarned When the going comes and just won’t let you be How is it that you see What will enslave you,, what will set you free? Give it all away again, just playing for today Got to go away again and throw it all away Leaving everything,, moving to another town Willing to play the clown Forgetting that each up Will have a down Packing a case and carrying my guitar Look up and see how far Away up in the sky there hangs a star Give it all away again, just playing for today Got to go away again and throw it all away There will be some folks that never will agree With the majority About what is real and what is fantasy There will always be them folks that can’t reform Tossed into Life’s storm They’ll tear their sails before they will conform
5.
New Joy 04:21
Coming ’round the bend over the high life Never seeing where the signs have marked the trail The Lovers find their ways in rough surrender Never knowing where the wind will blow their sails I don’t know that things were ever meant to be easy Don’t know how thus far I’ve managed to get on I don’t know that you could see this life through my eyes I don’t know that I could show you in a song This much I know: with love comes sorrow This much is plain: with new joy, new pain Of course its clear looking back in hindsight That old fantasy of freedom bound to fall But looking in the mirror there’s an open road Pack it up say goodbye to them all Have you got a light to give a weary traveler? Have you got a lift for one who’s fallen down? Have you got a smile to show a broken hearted man Who knows not where he’s bound? This much I know: with love comes sorrow This much is plain: with new joy, new pain
6.
Diaspora 05:23
7.
The wandering boy passing by Lifts his head to the birds in the sky Petals flitting by his face In May winds they are falling Falling with the breezes to the ground …Falling with the breezes to the ground The wandering boy with his staff Lingers long at the brook by the path Waters flowing on and on In May floods they are gushing Rushing with a low and limpid sound …Rushing with a low and limpid sound The wandering boy with a whisper in his eye A whistle in his step, a lute upon his back A feather in his cap, a picnic in his pack His bare feet treading soft upon the grass Cherry blossoms in the winds of spring The petals falling Falling with the breezes to the ground …Falling with the breezes to the ground
8.
Zephyr through the willows, Toss all my sorrows to the wind Listless leaves follow Silhouetted in the shallows of the stream In reflections of the tangles in the branches of the trees there I have seen Silver daggers, chains of hearts, Lovers lost, Islands in the rain Zephyr through the willows Toss all my sorrows to the wind Memories, like masquerades, Make artifice of all my precious dreams Leaving empty shores, ghosts and shadows Like players in a scene In the reflections of the tangles in the branches of the trees that I have seen Zephyr through the willows Toss all my sorrows to the wind Just reflections of the tangles in the branches of the trees that I have seen Zephyr through the willows Toss all my sorrows to the wind Silver daggers, chains of hearts, Lovers lost, Islands in the rain
9.
When the open sky meets the trail When the restless wind blows on the sail My listless leaves will flutter fall When the horizon’s beckon calls The road is wide, the passage free The trip goes on and on endlessly Through all the ways to no return Should I stumble, I may learn Stitch a patch upon my pack Hoist the sac upon my back With my staff and one good eye I may laugh and I may cry The road is wide, the passage free The trip goes on and on endlessly…
10.
Cross the lot, Wave a hand Dust off the loaded caravan In the settled haze of morningfall Mark the way, hark the call The tone is dry The note is clear The road is wide The passage free The Carnival is Empty Lift a finger, lift a chin Lift the corner of an eye Floating falling into sight Adrift, the paper butterfly Without aim Painted wings Gather gust Flutter free The Carnival is Empty Waking has no worry then Dreams have no sleep A cage’s edge has no name Words have no speech The thought is gone The face serene The brow is clear The mind is free The Carnival is Empty
11.
Birch Sap II 02:15

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released December 11, 2015

Voice, Guitar, Instrument & Artwork By B'ee
Chorus on "Whisper in the Pine"– Joshua Blanchard, Molly Blanchard
Mastered By – Denis Blackham

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Birch Book

The enigmatic B’eirth is best known as the frontman for the psychedelic folk outfit In Gowan Ring. However, with his Birch Book project, he has moved away from the psychedelics and instead, opted for a simpler, more straightforward folk sound. The result, however, is still some pretty haunting — and haunted — music, thanks to B’eirth’s deft guitar-work and dreamy Nick Drake-esque vocals. - Opus ... more

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