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Footnotes in Boxes (live 2008)

from FilkContinental 2008 by Jela Schmidt

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This track was recorded live at FilkContinental 2008 and has the voice and guitar of Marcus "Ratz" Raddatz on it as well.

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Footnotes in Boxes

The birds dream to sing
The oak dreams of spring
The hound does dream of foxes
I just dream of footnotes packed in little boxes

When I was young I do remember, I dreamt that I could fly
All I had to do for this was run up someplace high
I spread my arms and threw me off a mountain, roof or tree
and glided high upon the wind with all the world to see

My dreams were always vivid, though not always fun
I got run over by a train and got shot by a gun
I went up in flames and broke my limbs five nights a week
But that was better than the things I see now, when I sleep

The birds dream to sing
The oak dreams of spring
The hound does dream of foxes
I just dream of footnotes packed in little boxes

I dream of words I dream of books, they are my tools of trade
Sometimes I use my bare hands, sometimes I use a spade
I dig up all the footnotes and stow them safe away
In boxes, that I label, each night till I awake

Footnotes are no monsters, they don't inspire fear
Still I shiver when the time to go to bed draws near
I hope and pray that in this night I'm blessed with dreamless sleep
But every night I check the footnoteboxes that I keep

The birds dream to sing
The oak dreams of spring
The hound does dream of foxes
I just dream of footnotes packed in little boxes

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from FilkContinental 2008, track released March 24, 2020
recorded live 2008 by Volker Tanger

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Jela Schmidt Germany

I make music for fun. Some of my music is fun, some is serious, some is both.
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