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Song Of The Rio Grande (for Oscar and Valeria Martinez​-​Ramirez)

from Secrets Are The Best Stories by Kurt Elling ft. Danilo Pérez

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I used to hear the running of the river as a song with no ending

The sound was like a message to my spirit that the river was sending

The rushing of the water played with harmonies continually ascending

Enchanted by the river I would stand alone in fear / and ever trembling

The Rio Grande filled my heart



But now I've seen a side of things that makes the song a curious tune

(It seems) the river is a siren calling underneath a cowardly moon

And harmonies grow darker as as the revelation opens up to me

(and up to you)
Because now I’ve seen the river kill our brother and our tiny sister too

The Rio Grande has drowned my heart

Of course, it’s not the river / It’s the people we’ve elected to lead us

Who make the walls and send the armored wagons for the ones who would join us

While billionaires recline upon divans upholstered in the skins of slaughter

And feast upon the children we should think of as our only sons and daughters

America, you’ve lost your heart


(And it’s no excuse / just being blind)


America, you’ve lost your mind

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from Secrets Are The Best Stories, released April 3, 2020

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Renowned for his singular combination of robust swing and poetic insight, GRAMMY winner Kurt Elling has secured his place among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists. Declared “the standout male vocalist of our time” by The New York Times, Elling has garnered unprecedented accolades, including a fourteen-year run atop the DownBeat Critics Poll, as well as a dozen GRAMMY nominations ... more

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