"Truce" from Blood From Stars by Joe Henry

Joe Henry - Blood From Stars Truce

Tracks on this album

1.Prelude: Light No Lamp When The Sun Comes Down
2.The Man I Keep Hid
3.Channel
4.This Is My Favorite Cage
5.Death To The Storm
6.All Blues Hail Mary
7.Bellwether
8.Progress of Love
9.Over Her Shoulder
10.Suit On A Frame
11.Truce
12.Stars
13.Coda: Light No Lamp When The Sun Comes Down

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Contributors

ISRC:USEP40913011
Recorded:2009 The Garfield House - South Pasadena, CA

Upright & Tack Piano, Field Organ, Keyboards:Patrick Warren
Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitar:Joe Henry
Drums, Percussion:Jay Bellerose
Keyboards, Piano, Vibraphone:Keefus Ciancia
Tenor & Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet:Levon Henry
Bass:David Piltch
Electric, Acoustic & Gut String Guitar, Bowed Banjo, Coronet:Marc Ribot

Lyrics

I clawed at your skirt
Like it was a dirt floor
And I could dig my way free
Of myself, taking more;
But prisoners know nothing
Of victory in war…
Let’s call it a truce for now

Georgia looks covered
In blood from the air
Where the clay and the river
Fight and run as a pair;
And women comb bramble and
Stones from their hair…
Let’s call it a truce for now

True revelation is a thug
And it comes
With narrow grey eyes
Not the rolling of drums—
It may take your hand
But is seeking your thumbs
And will call it a truce for now,
Let’s call it a truce for now