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Amarantha
words & music by John Kimsey (John Kimsey Tunes / ASCAP)

Amarantha knows this place
Hears the music, feels the trace
Of a presence that’s long gone
All along the all along

Amarantha, one good eye’s
All you need to catch the sky
Counting thunder through the storm
Even when all is foresworn

Time rolls on its trestle
Fate collects its fees
Long ago we wrestled
Shaking in the leaves

Keep your promise, keep your nerve
Keep well outside of Spartanburg
Tie a ribbon round a limb
Pick a pocket, pick a hymn

Amarantha you’ve suffered fools
Gladly giving kind for cruel
Headlong into chilly wind
All along the might have been

Out among the people
Their faces become phones
Feeling like a letter
In a palindrome

Whatever records heaven keeps
Let’em show not all were put to sleep
By a signal from a screen
All along the in between

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from Live at the Liberry, released February 10, 2021
John Kimsey, lead vocal, acoustic 12-string guitar; Lia McCoo, co-lead vocal; Morry Fiddler, piano; Steve Hashimoto, bass; Brad Newton, drums.

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John Kimsey Oak Park, Illinois

Singer, songwriter, guitarist and bandleader John Kimsey is a musical man about town (and country). He helms and writes for The Twisted Roots Quartet; does old-timey duet sets with brother Jim as The Kimsey Brothers; conjures psychedelic pandephonium with power trio Medicated Goo; and whips up cheeky pop euphoria with The Art Thieves. Then he has a nice sandwich. ... more

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