Lullaby for Liquid Pig (Lisa Germano)
Arranged by Gaya Feldheim Schorr

Gaya Feldheim Schorr - vocal
Sagi Kaufman - alto sax
Blake Opper - tenor sax
Micha Gilad - keys
Tal Yahalom - guitar
Gal Shaya - bass
Ben Silashi - drums

Art work by Yanfush

Lullaby for Liquid Pig (COVER)

Empty Pocket Waltz is the first single from "I Have Considered The Lilies", Gaya’s reimagination of the music of Connie Converse, an enigmatic singer-songwriter who left behind a staggering archive of music and texts after her disappearance in 1974. Alongside a group of cult-favorite Brooklynite collaborators including Grey Mcmurray (guitar), Tal Yahalom (guitar), and Eva Lawitts (bass), Gaya invites the listener into the intimate world of Converse’s songs, poems, and ontological wrestlings with equal doses of warmth and melancholy.

To be released April 23rd, 2020.

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Shall we dine out, my dear,
And dance the night away?
Don't say you're tired;
You know you haven't worked all day.

We paid the rent finally,
And we're free to be be free.
Come now and waltz
The Empty Pocket Waltz with me.

Let's close our door
And make believe we're all alone.
Grandma can't hear,
And Baby's sleeping like a stone.

We paid the doctor his fee,
And we're free to be be free.
Come now and waltz
The Empty Pocket Waltz with me.

Why so unhappy?
Don't be that way.
Maybe they'll make me
Queen for a day.

You'll find a job, probably,
Or be free, or be free.
Come waltz again
This Empty Pocket Waltz with me.

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Released March 27, 2020
Empty Pocket Waltz, feat. Tal Yahalom

Composition & lyrics by Connie Converse
Production, arrangements and research by Gaya Feldheim Schorr

Gaya Feldheim Schorr - voice
Tal Yahalom - guitar
Grey Mcmurray - guitar
Eva Lawitts - Bass

Produced by Gaya Feldheim Schorr & Daniel Bloch
Mixed and mastered by Daniel Bloch
Engineered by Chris Krasnow and Eva Lawitts at Wonderpark Studios, with additional engineering by Daniel Bloch at Soda Aroma Studios.

Brooklyn 2019

I Have Considered The Lilies

Empty Pocket Waltz

(Or "Ever Since We Met", 1950-1951.)

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Ever since we met,
The world's been upside down.
And if you don't stop troubling me
You'll drive me out of town.
But if you go away,
As trouble ought to do,
Where will I find another soul,
To tell my trouble to?

My bed is made of stone,
A star has burnt my eye,
I'm going down to the willow tree
And teach her how to cry!
But if you go away,
As trouble ought to do,
Where will I find another soul,
To tell my trouble to?

They bid me wear my hat,
Put on a nice new gown,
I tossed my bonnet over the roof
And I guess it won't come down.
But if you go away,
As trouble ought to do,
Where will I find another soul,
To tell my trouble to?

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from I Have Considered The Lilies, releases April 23, 2020
Composition & lyrics by Connie Converse

Gaya Feldheim Schorr - voice
Tal Yahalom - guitar
Grey Mcmurray - guitar
Eva Lawitts - Bass

All tracks produced by Gaya Feldheim Schorr & Daniel Bloch
Mixed and mastered by Daniel Bloch
Engineered by Chris Krasnow and Eva Lawitts at Wonderpark Studios, with additional engineering by Daniel Bloch at Soda Aroma Studios.

Brooklyn, 2019