Rosanne Cash — A Feather's Not a Bird
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I'm going down to Florence, gonna wear a pretty dress
I'll sit atop the magic wall with the voices in my head
Then we'll drive on through to Memphis, past the strongest shoals
Then on to Arkansas just to touch the gumbo soul
A feather's not a bird
The rain is not the sea
A stone is not a mountain
But a river runs through me
There's never any highway when you're looking for the past
The land becomes a memory and it happens way too fast
The money's all in Nashville but the light's inside my head
So I'm going down to Florence just to learn to love the thread
A feather's not a bird
The rain is not the sea
A stone is not a mountain
But a river runs through me
I burned up seven lives and I used up all my charms
I took the long way home just to end up in your arms
That's why I'm going down to Florence, now I got my pretty dress
I'm gonna let the magic wall put the voices in my head
A feather's not a bird
The rain is not the sea
A stone is not a mountain
But a river runs through me
A feather's not a bird
The rain is not the sea
A stone is not a mountain
A feather's not a bird
The rain is not the sea
A stone is not a mountain
But a river runs through me
I'll sit atop the magic wall with the voices in my head
Then we'll drive on through to Memphis, past the strongest shoals
Then on to Arkansas just to touch the gumbo soul
A feather's not a bird
The rain is not the sea
A stone is not a mountain
But a river runs through me
There's never any highway when you're looking for the past
The land becomes a memory and it happens way too fast
The money's all in Nashville but the light's inside my head
So I'm going down to Florence just to learn to love the thread
A feather's not a bird
The rain is not the sea
A stone is not a mountain
But a river runs through me
I burned up seven lives and I used up all my charms
I took the long way home just to end up in your arms
That's why I'm going down to Florence, now I got my pretty dress
I'm gonna let the magic wall put the voices in my head
A feather's not a bird
The rain is not the sea
A stone is not a mountain
But a river runs through me
A feather's not a bird
The rain is not the sea
A stone is not a mountain
A feather's not a bird
The rain is not the sea
A stone is not a mountain
But a river runs through me
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MojoJojo wrote:
You're thinking of this one, which this one does sound like.
Sounds like that other Rosanne Cash song.
You're thinking of this one, which this one does sound like.
logic wrote:
I know, they're both pretty good! Sounds like an 8 here in CO.
Yep, It's Groovy. 8
I know, they're both pretty good! Sounds like an 8 here in CO.
Yep, It's Groovy. 8
Rosanne Cash follows Cake and it works
I know a girl she did not take a fig from fashion, and managed to be classy and tasty.
Anyways, it deserves a place in the museum of consciousness.
Anyways, it deserves a place in the museum of consciousness.
MojoJojo wrote:
I know, they're both pretty good! Sounds like an 8 here in CO.
Sounds like that other Rosanne Cash song.
I know, they're both pretty good! Sounds like an 8 here in CO.
Album of the year.
Sounds like that other Rosanne Cash song.
WonderLizard wrote:
Great song! (don't forget EmmyLou for your list)
For my money, along with Lucinda Williams, Patty Griffin, Sean Colvin, and Mary Chapin Carpenter, one of the very short list of most thoughtful and insightful singer-songwriters around these days.
Great song! (don't forget EmmyLou for your list)
WonderLizard wrote:
Most definitely a list of all-stars, gender not withstanding.
For my money, along with Lucinda Williams, Patty Griffin, Sean Colvin, and Mary Chapin Carpenter, one of the very short list of most thoughtful and insightful singer-songwriters around these days.
Most definitely a list of all-stars, gender not withstanding.
It's ok but I think the music carries her performance .
Enjoying! 
Today she followed her Dad. Kinda cool.
Baby_M wrote:
Me Too!
Definitely liking this!
Me Too!
She sure is summoning up all the Country Ghosts on this one! Took awhile, but I'm coming around to like it a lot more than at first listen...
Definitely liking this!
An amazing album; one of her very best; and worth the five-year wait.
Great listening, smooth rhythms, acoustics and guitar 
For my money, along with Lucinda Williams, Patty Griffin, Sean Colvin, and Mary Chapin Carpenter, one of the very short list of most thoughtful and insightful singer-songwriters around these days.
Thanks, Bill. More 'Murican music, s'il vous plait.
And yet another cut off the new album that shines. She has developed a nice blend of country and folk first evidenced on her previous album "The List."
This has settled in at a 5 for me. 's okay.
I always spend the first half of it imagining she's doing a cover of Jackson...
• I'm going down to Florence, gonna wear a pretty dress
• I'm goin' to Jackson, I'm gonna mess around,
I always spend the first half of it imagining she's doing a cover of Jackson...
• I'm going down to Florence, gonna wear a pretty dress
• I'm goin' to Jackson, I'm gonna mess around,
.... quality artist, superb song, excellent album and a production as good as it gets
Solid piece of music and lyrics by Rosanne Cash--nice twang running through it!
Excellent.
...and she and Billyjoe McAllister jumped off the tallahatchie bridge
QuestionMark wrote:
On this song:
Who are the players on this album ?
On this song:
John Leventhal (producer & Rosanne's husband): Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Organ, String Arrangement
Shawn Pelton: Drums
David Mansfield: Violin, Viola
Leventhal is a very, very talented dude. The sound of the album is pretty much all his (& Rosanne's, of course).
One track (The World of Strange Design) features Derek Trucks on slide guitar.
Nice!
Who are the players on this album ?
.... love this new album - highly recommendedI like
How's the rest of the album?
How's the rest of the album?
Thank you 3000, Bill & Rebecca ❤️