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Qazaq Lounge-Gulderayim (DJ AKEE Edit)

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I wrote this song over the Thanksgiving Holiday in 2015--something really different for Penelope's Thrill--a kind of indie dance tune with a political message. This was soon after the November bombings in Paris and Beirut and other terrorist atrocities around the world--not to mention the plague of gun violence across the U.S. Thanks to my wife Barbara for the soaring soprano vocals. Andrew and I trade off singing the verses. Hope you like it! --Tim

LYRICS: We're going....on the town.
We're searching....all around.
And when we get to the club
we'll get something to eat,
get out on the dance floor on our happy feet,
jumping and swaying to the pulsing beat--
but Something's going down!

There's bankers on Wall Street who lie and who cheat,
stealing from the people homeless on the street.
Buying politicians, buying up the courts,
buying up elections, bribing all sorts.
And the plutocrats are running rampant on the land,
buying up states wherever they can.
What ever happened to democracy?
Now, Something's going down!

All around the city, there's terror in the streets.
Guns and bombs and knives--the terrorists creep.
Refugees in crisis all around the world.
Fanatics win the headlines hurling hatred like a sword.
And I don't believe in panic. I don't believe in fear.
I don't believe the lies fanatics hold dear. 
I don't believe in hatred. I don't believe in guns...
but Something's going down!

We're heading....back home.
We're checking....all our phones.
And when we get home, baby, we'll tuck ourselves in bed,
and I'll rest on the pillow by your lovely head.
Safe from disaster, love in our hearts...
though Something's going down!
   ***words & music by Timothy Walsh

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>>>LYRICS BELOW (click "Show More")
*****see the video on YouTube (my first video!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4vER6YNVdI

This song is for all my friends in Kazakhstan, where I've been working as a consultant the past few years. I've also met and worked with many amazing Kazakh musicians. This song is played on a dombra or "dombyra" (домбыра), a Kazakh "lute" that is very ancient but still the national instrument of Kazakhstan. Traditionally, during courtship, any Kazakh worth their salt would be expected to compose a love song accompanied by the dombra as an expression of love. This is my take on that tradition, the lyrics incorporating traditional Kazakh imagery.

This was recorded "live" at home--me playing the dombra and singing on a single take of a stereo track (see the video!). I later added an additional dombra track to thicken the rhythms (the percussion is just me knocking on the dombra top). I also added a discrete bass line and the electric guitar--making this, I guess, an "alternative dombra" track.
--The guitar is my '78 Guild S-60
--The dombra is made of birch with a Tien Shan spruce top.

Many thanks to Laura Paluanova and her husband Oscar for helping me select my dombra in Kazakhstan and for Laura's instruction and her wonderful playing!

Here's an example of a beautiful Kazakh song with dombra:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVXUmbnMIFM

LYRICS:
See the eagle flying through the sky--
that's how my love soars when you're by.
Please don't go away and leave me here.
I'm just so afraid you'll...disappear.

CHORUS: Something 'bout the way you move through the air
just wants to make me stop and stare.
It's the winged horse of love that I ride,
and I want to make you my bride.

Like a snow leopard in the night,
I can sense you when you're out of sight.
I can't seem to get you off my mind.
I just want to be with you...all the time.

CHORUS: Something 'bout the way you move through the air...etc.

In the moonlight I see you clear.
Your eyes' starlight is twice as dear.
Won't you climb up in this saddle now--
fly with me across the mountain's brow?

CHORUS: Something 'bout the way you move through the air...etc
*****Words & Music by Timothy Walsh

"The Winged Horse of Love" for Kazakh dombra (домбыра)

* Nominated for NPR Album of the year 2013 *

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