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1.
Prelude 03:06
2.
In solitude of airports, I breathe again I am, I am a blessed woman Of the lies which are believed by the liars and nobody else You’ll be too late, you’ll be too late my friend I’m wading through the wreckage of all the stones left unturned There’s a moment, there’s a moment in my mind When all the past endeavors, and future dreams still unlearned Come together, come together in my light In solitude of airports, I breathe again I am, I am a blessed woman
3.
You paint what you remember, and dance with what you saw And soar above the rooftops, and wave to nature’s law To others this is madness, to you I simply say You are way out on the water, sailing away Your body’s full of cancer, corn liquor and Thorazine Your heart is full of memories from some enchanted dream One day you’re truly crazy, one day you’re clear as day And you are way out on the water, sailing away Sometimes you don’t know me Sometimes you’re good as dead/ Please remember our last moment Remember what was said The universe expands, and holds you in its hands, in its hands
4.
Samurai 04:53
Love of a dream allows you, skill of the soul endows you Samurai stare, swords in the air Were it up to me, I’d make it clear Not allowed to fear Watch you take the form unto your frame Samurai to your name Love of a dream allows you, skill of the soul endows you Samurai stare, swords in the air You become the force, you dance the dance Draw future to chance Shape the stratosphere, and if you dare Ever watch, everywhere Voice of my dream is sounding, shape of my scheme is rounding Samurai stare, swords in the air
5.
Manuscrit inconnu.
Reproduit d'après l'édition originale de la Saison (1873).   Elle est retrouvée !
Quoi ? l'éternité.
 C'est la mer mêlée
  Au soleil.

 Mon âme éternelle,
 Observe ton vœu
 Malgré la nuit seule 
Et le jour en feu.

 Donc tu te dégages
 Des humains suffrages, 
Des communs élans !
 Tu voles selon... — Jamais l'espérance.
 Pas d'orietur.
 Science et patience, 
Le supplice est sûr. 

Plus de lendemain, 
Braises de satin,
     Votre ardeur
     Est le devoir.

 Elle est retrouvée !
 — Quoi ? — l'Éternité. 
C'est la mer mêlée
     Au soleil.
6.
I wanna hear Ray Charles sing Seven Spanish Angels I’m gonna stay up all night til I do I’ve got my court date tomorrow Section four, part two They say I ain’t got a chance in hell on the street Lying here in the hallway, tangled in a sheet With you on my mind I’m fine I wanna hear Ray Charles sing Seven Spanish Angel I’ve called every goddam station in town I got to hold on til morning Morning meds come around They say I ain’t got a chance in hell on the street Lying here in the hallway, tangled in a sheet With you on my mind I’m fine I love you
7.
Evening Star 04:45
You were born yesterday, and you’re a million years old You had a story once, but it’s never been told You are standing in the limelight and you’re shaking in the cold Evening star You have always had an answer when I never had a clue You’re blowing in the wind, now I’m curled up next to you It’s hard to comprehend what is happening to you Evening star You could die and never tell me just exactly how you feel I think I knew you once, now I wonder was it real I remember when you showed me in an instant we can heal You showed me Quiet
8.
Dreamtime 03:44
In dreamtime, yours is mine In dreamtime, I thee thine In dreamtime, rich is poor In dreamtime, less is more I’ll see you in the dreamtime In dreamtime, you are me In dreamtime, and I’m a tree In dreamtime, a wave’s a shore In dreamtime, nothing more I’ll see you in the dreamtime I’ll see you, I’ll feel you, I’ll be you, I am you I’ll see you See you in the dreamtime

about

The songs on this album were inspired by John Englehart, who I met while working in a South Baltimore nursing home in the late 1980’s. John was first institutionalized at the age of 11 and, after seven decades of isolation, had lost the ability to speak.

One day, on a whim, I offered him a marker and a sheet of scrap paper. He drew a windmill and, to my amazement, spoke the word. Over the coming months, images of guards, doctors, cowboy movie heroes, tramps, animals, wagons, and boats poured from the pastels and paints I brought him. As his work unfolded, he began to talk in short, muffled phrases. One wildly psychedelic drawing depicted, he said, a “cornfield...…axe on a chain..…jars of whiskey.” He drew whenever he had the chance, and spoke of brimstone ovens, power houses, coalminers “frozen to death", and men “put away in doors.” He gave pieces evocative titles, such as Queen Of Horses By The River and Electricity Fish In The Black Water.

In 1991, a group of Baltimore artists and curators organized an exhibition, The Life Works of John Englehart, at the BAUhouse gallery in the Station North Arts District. The show generated rave reviews and press, comparing his work to that of Odelon Redon and Paul Klee. His world expanded: he could be seen hanging out at a local bakery or a Baltimore Orioles game, or walking down the street quietly singing to himself.

After his death in January 1992, I composed and recorded a song cycle on solo piano in his honor. Thirty years later, Charles Emmett Freeman and Boris Wilsdorf have given the songs new dimension and purpose. The result is a tribute to Englehart’s persistent courage and a homage to the ephemeral power of the creative spirit.


-Anne Watts

credits

released January 21, 2023

Anne Watts- vocals, piano
Charles Emmett Freeman- guitar, bass, harmonium, electronics
Audrey Hamilton- double bass, violin


Produced by Charles Emmett Freeman and Boris Wilsdorf
 
Mixed by Boris Wilsdorf at studio andereBaustelle, Berlin

Mastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio


Photo of John Englehart by Charles Emmett Freeman
Design by Bryn Freeman


All songs written by Anne Watts © ℗ Piano Parasite Productions/BMI
A Dorchester Power and Light Recording

Thank you: John Lewis, Deborah Patterson, George Ciscle, Lyle Kissack, Ken Buhler, Megan Hamilton, Linell Smith, Sarah Tanguy, Rafael Alvarez

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