Cover Crop, by Amber Rubarth

Cover Crop

by Amber Rubarth

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1.	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 03:36	lyrics	buy track
Oh mercy, mercy me Things ain’t what they used to be, no Where did all the blue skies go Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east Oh mercy, mercy me Things ain’t what they used to be, no Oil wasted on the ocean and upon our seas Fish full of mercury Oh mercy, mercy me Things ain’t what they used to be, no Radiation underground and in the sky Animals and birds that live nearby are dying Oh mercy, mercy me Things ain’t what they used to be What about this overcrowded land How much more abuse from man can she stand Oh mercy me Oh mercy me Oh mercy, mercy, mercy me Oh mercy, mercy me Things ain’t what they used to be No, no, no No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Oh mercy, mercy me Things ain’t what they used to be Mercy
2.	Living Too Close to the Ground 03:21	lyrics	buy track
Listen and hear each word Stop or you’ll miss the birds They sing in the top of the trees Sometimes when you look you can’t see But up there you will know that it’s round You’re living too close to the ground Come where the lights are grand Leave now without a plan You can get away if you choose Confess it, you’ve nothing to lose And I can show you where it’s found You’re living too close to the ground Rush so you’ll pass it by Don’t let it catch your eye Don’t stop, you might look a fool Standing with love in your eyes Trying hard to believe what you’ve found You’re too close to the ground I once held her close to me Listened and heard her breathe Just like I’ve done all my life Her heart was the image of mine But my wings just couldn’t be found I was living too close Living too close to the Living too close to the ground
3.	In Tall Buildings 03:23	lyrics	buy track
Sometime my baby when I am a man And others have taught me the best that they can They’ll sell me a suit Cut off my hair And send me to work in tall buildings And it’s goodbye to the sunshine Goodbye to the dew Goodbye to the flowers And goodbye to you I’m off to the subway I must not be late Going to work in tall buildings When I’m retired and my life is my own I made all my payments, it’s time to go home And wonder what happened betwixt and between When I went to work in tall buildings And it’s goodbye to the sunshine Goodbye to the dew Goodbye to the flowers And goodbye to you I’m off to the subway I must not be late Going to work in tall buildings Goodbye to the sunshine Goodbye to the dew Goodbye to the flowers And goodbye to you I’m off to the subway I must not be late Going to work in tall buildings
4.	The Logical Song 03:07	lyrics	buy track
When I was young it seemed life was so wonderful A miracle, it was beautiful, magical All the birds in the trees they were singing so happily Joyfully, playfully, watching me But then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible Logical, responsible, practical And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable Clinical, intellectual, cynical There are times when all the world’s asleep The questions run too deep For such a simple man Won’t you please, please tell me what we’ve learned I know it sounds absurd But please tell me who I am I said watch what you say or they’ll be calling you a radical A liberal, fanatical, a criminal Won’t you sign up your name We’d like to feel you’re acceptable Respectable, presentable, a vegetable Oh take it, take it, take it, yeah There are times when all the world’s asleep The questions run too deep For such a simple man Won’t you please, please tell me what we’ve learned I know it sounds absurd But please tell me who I am Who I am Who I am Who I am Cause I was feeling so Feeling so
5.	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 02:37	lyrics	buy track
I can’t get no satisfaction I can’t get no satisfaction I try and I try and I try and I try But I can’t get no When I’m driving in my car And a man comes on the radio Telling me more and more About some useless information Try to fire my imagination But I can’t get no Oh no, no, no, no, no Hey hey That’s what I say I can’t get no satisfaction I can’t get no true reaction I try and I try and I try and I try But I can’t get no I can’t get no satisfaction I can’t get no true reaction I try and I try and I try and I try and I try But I can’t
6.	Virtual Insanity 05:09	lyrics	buy track
It’s a wonder men can eat at all When things are big that should be small Who can tell what magic spells will be doing for us I’m giving all my love to this world only to be told I can’t see I can’t breathe No more will we be Nothing’s gonna change the way we live We can’t always take but never give Now the things are changing for the worse, see Oh it’s a crazy world we’re living in And I just can’t see the half of us immersed in sin Is all we have to give These futures made of virtual insanity Always seem to be governed by the love we have For useless, twisting of their new technologies Now there is no sound for we all live underground And I’m thinking what a mess we’re in It’s hard to know where to begin If I could slip the earthly ties that earthly man has made Now every mother can choose the color of her child That’s not nature’s way That’s what they said yesterday There’s nothing left to do but pray I think it’s time we find a new religion Oh it’s so insane to synthesize another strain Something in these futures that we have to be told Futures made of virtual insanity Always seem to be governed by the love we have For useless twisting of their new technologies Now there is no sound for we all live underground There is no sound For we all live underground In virtual insanity Forget your virtual insanity Nothing so bad Nothing so bad Nothing so bad Nothing so bad hmmm Living in virtual insanity We’re living in virtual insanity Living in virtual insanity We’re living in virtual insanity Virtual insanity is what we’re living in
7.	Losing My Religion 04:24	lyrics	buy track
Oh life is bigger It’s bigger than you and you are not me The lengths that I will go to The distance in your eyes Oh no I said too much I set it up That’s me in the corner That’s me in the spotlight losing my religion Trying to keep up with you And I don’t know if I can do it Oh no I said too much I haven’t said enough I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try Every whisper Of every waking hour I’m choosing my confessions Trying to keep an eye on you Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool Oh no I said too much I set it up Consider this Consider this the hint of the century Consider this the slip That brought me to my knees, failed What if all these fantasies are Flailing around and now I said way too much I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that i heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try But that was just a dream Try, cry, why, try That was just a dream It was just a dream Just a dream, dream That was just a dream Try, cry, why try That was just a dream It was just a dream It was just a dream, dream It was just a dream
8.	Can't Buy Me Love 03:02	lyrics	buy track
I’ll buy you a diamond ring my friend if it makes you feel alright Get you anything my friend if it makes you feel alright I don’t care too much for money Money can’t buy me love I’ll give you all I got to give if you say you love me too May not have a lot to give, but what I got I’ll give to you I don’t care too much for money Money can’t buy me love Can’t buy me love Everybody tells me so Can’t buy me love, no no no no no Say you don’t need no diamond ring and I’ll be satisfied Tell me you want those kinds of things that money just can’t buy I don’t care too much for money Money can’t buy me love Can’t buy me love Everybody tells me so Can’t buy me love No no no no Say you don’t need no diamond ring I’ll be satisfied Tell me you want those kinds of things that money just can’t buy I don’t care too much for money Money can’t buy me love Can’t buy me love Love Buy me love
9.	Talkin' Bout a Revolution 04:33	lyrics	buy track
Don’t you know talking about a revolution sounds like a whisper Don’t you know talking about a revolution sounds like a whisper While they’re standing in the welfare lines Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time in the unemployment lines Sitting around waiting for a promotion Don’t you know talking about a revolution sounds like a whisper Poor people gonna rise up and take what’s theirs Poor people gonna rise up and get their share You know you better run run run run run run run run run run run run I said you better run run run run run run run run run run run run Finally the tables are starting to turn Talking bout a revolution Finally the tables are starting to turn Talking bout a revolution oh While they’re standing in the welfare lines Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time in the unemployment lines Sitting around waiting for a promotion Don’t you know talking bout a revolution sounds like a whisper Don’t you know talking bout a revolution sounds like a whisper Finally the tables are starting to turn Talkin bout a revolution Finally the tables are starting to turn Talkin bout a revolution, oh Talkin bout a revolution Talkin bout a revolution, oh
10.	A World Without Love 03:10	lyrics	buy track
Please lock me a way And don’t allow the day here inside Where I hide with my loneliness I don’t care what they say I won’t stay in a world without love Birds sing out of tune And rain clouds hide the moon But I’m okay, here I’ll stay with my loneliness I don’t care what they say I won’t stay in a world without love So I’ll wait and in a while I will see my true love smile It may come, I know not when When it does I’ll know, but until then Lock me away and don’t allow the day Here inside where I hide with my loneliness I don’t care what they say I won’t stay in a world without love So I’ll wait and in a while I will see my true love smile It may come, I know not when When it does I’ll know, but until then Lock me away and don’t allow the day Here inside where I hide with my loneliness I don’t care what they say I won’t stay in a world without love I don’t care what they say I won’t stay in a world without love I don’t care what they say I won’t stay
11.	Society 03:45	lyrics	buy track
It’s a mystery to me We have a greed with which we have agreed You think you have to want more than you need ’Til you have it all you won’t be free Society, you’re a crazy breed Hope you’re not lonely without me When you want more than you want, you think you need And when you think more than you want Your heart begins to bleed I think I need to find a bigger place ‘Cause when you have more than you think You need more space Society, you’re a crazy breed Hope you’re not lonely without me Society, crazy indeed Hope you’re not lonely without me There’s those thinking more or less, less is more But if less is more, how are you keeping score Means for every point you make your levels drop Kinda like you’re starting from the top Can’t do that Society, you’re a crazy breed Hope you’re not lonely without me Society, crazy indeed Hope you’re not lonely without me Society, have mercy on me Hope you’re not angry if I disagree Society, you’re a crazy breed Hope you’re not lonely Without me
12.	Idé werewere ni'ta Oshún idé werewere (Song for Oshún) 04:37	lyrics	buy track
Idé werewere ni'ta Oshún idé werewere Idé werewere ni'ta Oshún idé werewere nita ya  Ocha kiniba ni’ta Oshún cheke cheke ni’ta Oshún Idé werewere ni’ta ya   Idé werewere ni'ta Oshún idé werewere Idé werewere ni'ta Oshún idé werewere nita ya  Ocha kiniba ni’ta Oshún cheke cheke ni’ta Oshún Idé werewere ni’ta ya
13.	The Bare Necessities 03:01	lyrics	buy track
Look for the bare necessities Simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife I mean the bare necessities Mother nature’s recipes Simple bare necessities of life Wherever I wander, wherever I roam I couldn’t be fonder of my big home Bees are buzzing in the trees to make some honey just for me If you look under the rocks and plants And take a glance at the fancy ants, then try a few The bare necessities of life will come to you Look for the bare necessities Simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife I mean the bare necessities It’s why a bear can rest at ease With just the bare necessities of life Look for the bare necessities Simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife I mean the bare necessities Mother nature’s recipes Simple bare necessities of life The simple bare necessities of life The simple bare necessities of life
14.	Under African Skies 03:53	lyrics	buy track
Joseph’s face was as black as night And the pale yellow moon shone in his eyes His path was marked by the stars in the southern hemisphere And he walked his days under African skies This is the story of how we begin to remember This is the powerful pulsing of love in the vein After the dream of falling and calling your name out Oh this is the roots of rhythm and roots of rhythm remain In early memory mission music was ringing round my nursery door I said take this child Lord from Tucson, Arizona Give her the wings to fly up in harmony and she won’t bother you no more This is the story of how we begin to remember This is the powerful pulsing of love in the vein After the dream of falling and calling your name out Oh this is the roots of rhythm and roots of rhythm remain Joseph’s face was as black as night And the pale yellow moon shone in his eyes His path was marked by the stars in the southern hemisphere And he walked the length of his days under African skies
15.	Wildflowers 03:15	lyrics	buy track
You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea Sail away, kill off the hours You belong somewhere you feel free  Run away, find you a lover Go away, somewhere bright and new I have seen no other Who compares with you You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free Run away, go find a lover Run away, let your heart be your guide You deserve the deepest of cover You belong in that home by and by You belong among the wildflowers You belong somewhere close to me Far away from your trouble and worry You belong somewhere you feel free You belong somewhere you feel free You belong somewhere you feel free

about

Thank you for visiting, so happy to share COVER CROP with you. During the pandemic I started volunteering at an organic farm nearby and became intrigued by cover crops - a farmer’s way of giving back to the land they harvest from by planting something solely to nourish and enrich the soil itself; they do this regularly for sustainability and health of the land. I began looking at my own life through this same lens - how am I giving back to what has given to me? How can I have more awareness of reciprocity? I started thinking about everyone who has been such a beautiful support over the years, the land that feeds and inspires me, the many experiences around the world that so deeply fill my heart, artistry...

COVER CROP begins with the disconnect from nature and how that expresses itself in the world personally, socially and environmentally… about two thirds in there’s an awakening and remembrance to our interconnectivity, weaving us back in to our own nature and nature outside, and its essential reciprocity. Hope you enjoy it as much as I’ve enjoyed making it - I arranged, recorded, played, produced and mixed everything at my house on my laptop (alone!) at my little cottage in the woods during the pandemic.

I invite you to listen in order to get the full narrative. Also open to creative partnership ideas that might further honor this idea of "giving back to what gives to us" - stay tuned for more COVER CROP MUSIC community events or donate to support at www.CoverCropMusic.com

xX, Amber

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released June 2, 2023

Amber Rubarth - All instruments, vocals, arrangements, recording, mixing.

Fed to 1/4" analog tape in Nashville, TN with the dear help of Matt Andrews, who also mastered this collection.

Artwork lovingly created with brown earth pigments by the incredible naturalist artist, Mirella Salamé.

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Amber Rubarth Nashville, Tennessee

In her unassuming yet beguiling way, Amber Rubarth draws you into a world where wonder and insight weave a poetic tapestry with “songs so strong they sound like classics” (Acoustic Guitar).

She has toured extensively through Europe, Africa, Asia and the US including Carnegie Hall, and has composed for numerous films. She makes her acting debut co-starring in 'American Folk,' out now on Amazon. ... more

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May 17

Me & Thee Coffeehouse, Unitarian Church

Marblehead, MA
May 18

Bull Run Restaurant

Shirley, MA
May 19

Chocolate Church Arts Center

Bath, ME
May 20

The Word Barn

Exeter, NH
May 21

The Word Barn

Exeter, NH
Jun 15

Rancho la Puerta

Tecate, Mexico

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