Tearing Down the Master’s House

Words and Music: Cornelius Eady

A half-loaf is better than no loaf
You do you think you are?
A bad attitude and a frank opinion
Won’t get you very far
The Nat’l guard wants you off their yard
But I was too busy
Tearing down the master’s house

There’s two sides to every riot
Whom do you think you are?
If you don’t believe it, come down and try it
They’ll kiss your head with stars!
The Pastor said to keep a cool head
But we were too busy
Tearing down the master’s house.

Summertime and the living is cryptic.
Where do you think you are?
The streets are broken but they never fixed it
The old crow didn’t fly far.
The men at the gate will ask you to wait
But we’re all too busy
Tearing down the master’s house.

CE GROUP:

CE: Vocals
Charlie Rauh: Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Bass
Lisa Liu: Keyboards
Tracks recorded by Eady, Rauh and Liu
Arranged and mixed by Rauh and Liu
Mastered by Charlie Rauh

Tearing Down the Master's house

Sun Break

Rich Man and the Reaper

Words and Music: Cornelius Eady

Rich man told the Reaper
Can I buy a poor man for you?
Reaper told the Rich man
You’ll have to do.

Rich man told the Reaper
Let me buy you some fine wine
Reaper told the Rich man
All I want is your time

Ghost laughed at the Rich man
Said don’t you ’member me?
Threw me out in the rain
I’m so happy you came.

Rich man asked the Reaper
Can I buy my way outta this?
Hush, hush said the Reaper
Let me seal it with a kiss.

Rich Man and The Reaper

A track in the CE Trio on-going Pandemic Folk Song project. Poem: Langston Hughes. Music: Cornelius Eady CE: Vocals; Charlie Rauh: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Bass & Percussion; Lisa Liu; Electric Piano. Arranged by Rauh & Liu. Mixed by Charlie Rauh.

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