Name: Who Can Name the Wind
Duration: P00H03M59S
Description: The Bushwick Book Club in Seattle gave us the task to write a song inspired by Zadie Smith’s book White Teeth. We wrote this outdoors in the early days of the pandemic lockdown, as the wind blew through the trees and eagles circled overhead.

Who Can Name the Wind

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The Bushwick Book Club in Seattle gave us the task to write a song inspired by Zadie Smith’s book White Teeth. We wrote this outdoors in the early days of the pandemic lockdown, as the wind blew through the trees and eagles circled overhead.

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I can’t name the wind that brought me here
I can’t give that wind a name
I can’t name the hands that hold me here
I can’t give those hands a name

Who can name the wind
Who can name the wind

I can’t name the lies I told myself
Or when lies were told to me
I can’t see the walls I built myself
Or find the lock and key

Tell me who can name the wind
Who can name the wind

You’re never stronger than when you land
On the other side of despair
Sing to it there
Sing to it there
Sing to it there

I can hear the stories in the wind
And they never stay the same
And the ones we breathe between ourselves
I can’t give that wind a name

Tell me who can name the wind
Who can name the wind

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from The Go Janes, released December 9, 2022
Kathleen Tracy vocals, guitar
Patrice O'Neill vocals, guitar
Arni Adler vocals, guitar

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The Go Janes Seattle, Washington

The Go Janes feature original tunes, ukulele, guitar, and generous doses of delicious harmony. Arni Adler, Patrice O’Neill, and Kathleen Tracy (pictured l-r above) have decades of experience as performers, visual and recording artists, community organizers, educators and inquisitive consumers of life. ... more

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