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As Birds Do

from Ambition by Rose Thomas Bannister

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How will you do it,
do it without me?
Well, as birds do.
Na na na na na!
How will you do it,
do it without me?
Well, as birds do, of course.

All is the fear
And nothing is the love
And little is the wisdom
When he flies away.
Go back to school yourself!
Then tell me what is noble.
Tell me what's judicious
In these baseless days.

But you do not weep
For your husband
(And you know what that means).
Honest men
Be hanged again
I don't fear the lime and
I don't fear the gin
For the poor little drab goes free.

How will I do it,
do it without you?
Well, as birds do.
La la la la la.
How will I do it,
do it without you?
Well, as birds do, of course.

Even the little wren
Fights for her little ones.
She don't flee the country for a
Creed so cold.
And when the lady owl
Comes for to kill em all
She don't hand 'em over for a
Crown of gold.

The serpent's tooth
Is not in the Scripture
(That was Billy B.)
But mother's knife
Is sharper than an adder:
When they must leave the nest
She slices them best.
She cuts those babies free.

You made it without me.
I'll make it without thee!

How will I do it, do without you, Mother? As birds do.

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from Ambition, released September 10, 2018
written by Rose Thomas Bannister
Rose Thomas Bannister: vocals, acoustic guitar
Bob Bannister: electric guitar, backing vocals
Gary Foster: drums
Matthew Stein: upright bass
Susan Alcorn: pedal steel guitar
Erik Lawrence: saxophone
Steven Levi: cornet

recorded & mixed by Greg Talenfeld at OK Records, Nyack, NY
produced by Rose Thomas Bannister & Greg Talenfeld

Album art by Ian Pyper
Layout by Rose Thomas Bannister
Formatting by Mike Susol

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Rose Thomas Bannister (FKA Ember Schrag) is a singer and guitarist originally from western Nebraska. Hailed as "distinctive and free of affect or artifice" by the A.V. Club, her Great-Plains-gothic style "lands somewhere between Scout Niblett and Karen Dalton, writing about land and space and hope and despair" (Nightlight). ... more

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