Demo of my song about Ina Coolbrith

Ballad of Ina Coolbrith 

Calling all the cars up to Russian Hill
There’s a meeting of the mind and of the heart
At the confluence of privilege and misfortune
I hear Ina in her parlor breaking hearts

But you had known the early days of the first six fires
And the division of the great uncivil war
You’d seen your lady fall to desperation and recovery 
So you never lost the faith you’d found before 

Oh As you watched your cherished city burn 
Oh each wound upon your city was a wound upon you
I hear you still up on Russian Hill
Up on Russian Hill

You wrote about the dead and of the sweetness 
Of the tired heart finally still at last
When sweet Agnes died you moved to Oakland 
and worked as a librarian 
But you always knew your exile too would pass

But you had known the early days of the first six fires
And the division of the great uncivil war
You’d seen your lady fall to desperation and recovery 
So you never lost the faith you’d found before 

Oh great city of my faith and my desire
Oh Ina I can feel your noble fire
When I’m up on Taylor Street
Oh the minaret and spire
I hear you still up on Russian Hill
I hear you still up on Russian Hill
I hear you still up on Russian Hill

(C) 2020 Donovan Plant

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