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Under a Stone

from Have You Been Listening? by Crooked Mowth

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We were drawn to this song, originally recorded by British trio Coope, Boyes & Simpson, because of how it evokes some of the disturbing changes we have witnessed in American society over the past five years. Even though the song was first recorded 12 or so years ago, when we sing these lyrics we can’t help seeing certain events in Charlottesville some seven years later. We can’t begin to address the challenges we face if we don’t see them plainly. Have you been listening, indeed!

Our community theater group, In Good Company, had intended to include this song in a new musical play, but we thought we would give it a go first. With that in mind, we want to thank IGC’s former music director, Steven Lipsitt, for helping to put this arrangement together.

lyrics

How many years have they been hiding?
How many years kept in the dark?
How many years so cold and lonely,
Waiting for the spark?

How many more behind the woodwork?
Crawling around as though their dazed?
Now they're awake and slowly stretching.
Has the alarm been raised?

Desperate, yearning, seeking, burning,
Waiting for the telephone.
Deathly creeping, violently weeping,
All so mean and twisted, under a stone.

Only the light shows their true faces,
Madness revealed behind their eyes.
Trying to stop them in their traces,
When they materialize.

Under a stone they keep surviving,
Nothing is changed and nothing learned.
Trying to keep them from reviving,
Leave not a stone unturned.

Ranting, raving, foaming, salivating,
Suspended while the lid is on.
Strutting, despising, shouting, jingoising,
All within the minute that the pressure is gone.

Are you staying?
Are you going?
Are you hoping?
Are you praying?

Have you been listening to what I'm saying?
Have you been listening to what I'm saying?
Have you been listening to what I'm saying?
Have you been listening to what I'm saying?

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from Have You Been Listening?, released January 14, 2022
Originally recorded by Coope Boyes & Simpson and arranged by Jim Boyes
Special thanks to Steven Lipsitt for this arrangement

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Crooked Mowth Boston, Massachusetts

Crooked Mowth is an a cappella quartet from the Boston area, conceived by harmony-hungry friends during the COVID-19 pandemic. Haley Fisher, Jennie O’Brien, Jim Henderson, and James Gerke deliver a rich vocal blend and unique arrangements to songs old and new. Though the performers already have a comfortable home in trad/folk singing, their goal is to make an impactful sound across genres. ... more

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