Soon, when the wind stops
The stillness comes again
Look at the oak trees, how they tremble
To shake off all they can
Now the city lights, they camouflage
The night sky up ahead
So I kick stones down the sidewalk
To think of you instead

Now I sing, sing the words twice
I write your letters down
They just left all together now
& come back as this song
So I sing, sing the words twice
They disappear in time
They've all come back together

Then, when the chill's gone
The warmth of feels descend
See the moon, it's the bright stone
That makes the river bend
Hear the tick tock of the clock talk
It's made of soon & then
So my feet move on the concrete
To think of you again

Now I sing, sing the words twice
I write your letters down
They just left all together now
& come back as this song
So I sing, sing the words twice
They disappear in time
They've all come back together
Come back together

The Words Twice

Isaiah and Gracie's Masterpiece, with piano added.

Knight Of The Americans

"Cheekbones" off the upcoming Error Massage "Rooby" CDR on Chocolate Monk.

Error Massage - Cheekbones

Music and Artwork by Half-Handed Cloud (www.halfhandedcloud.com)

music/art created for A Light Goes On - a collection of Christmas art and music curated by Sam Billen (www.sambillen.com) - available to download for free in early Dec. 2011 at www.alightgoeson.org

Öh, It's Christmastime Again! - Half-Handed Cloud

Recorded in March 2015 in Pretoria, South Africa by John Ringhofer (piano, vocals, wood blocks, backpacker guitar, tapes, ancient organ), and in Hixson, TN USA by Brandon Buckner (drum kit, bass guitar) at Soft Hiss. Thanks Brandon! 

Written by George Frideric Handel (1742), and arranged by John. Originally commissioned by Daniel C. Smith. Thanks Daniel and Elin!

Available for a limited time (through Easter 2017) as a FREE download from the Half-handed Cloud Homemade Bandcamp page:

http://halfhandedcloud.bandcamp.com

All They That See Him, Laugh Him To Scorn (from Handel's Messiah)

Bandcamp for main Half-handed Cloud albums (on Asthmatic Kitty Records)
     https://half-handedcloud.bandcamp.com
Bandcamp for side projects (Half-handed Cloud Homemade label)
     ("I Don't Have A Bib" LP, etc)
     https://halfhandedcloud.bandcamp.com
Half-handed Cloud "Antennas Extend" Super-8 film
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-g56BkeeVk
Asthmatic Kitty Warehouse sale (only through Nov. 16th 2018)
     https://akrwarehouse.com
John Van Deusen's "Every Power Wide Awake" LP
     https://iamjohnvandeusen.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-origami-pt-2-every-power-wide-awake

Interview with John Ringhofer of Half-Handed Cloud

Pocket-symphony pop sound collage, releasing albums since 1999.

All They That See Him, Laugh Him To Scorn (from Handel's Messiah)

Half-handed Cloud

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