The Dream That Holds This Child
May 2020
T U R N T O S T O N E
Maya de Vitry, May Erlewine, Rachael Davis, Lindsay Lou
Is someone singing
I thought I heard a song
Am I hearing things again
From holding my heart open for so long
Is someone crying
I heard it in the night
Am I the only one who hears
The pain that is hiding out of sight
Is this what we hear
Time shedding tears
In a world
That feels so alone
As long as we’re living
May we hear each other singing
And may we never turn to stone
How can we listen
If we’re turning it down
If we’re losing our selves
Or drowning in the current of the crowd
Is this what we hear
Time shedding tears
In a world
That feels so alone
As long as we’re living May we hear each other singing
Rachael Davis: vocals•May Erlewine: vocals•Lindsay Lou: vocals •Maya de Vitry: vocals, acoustic guitar•Dan Knobler: baritone electric guitar•Anthony da Costa: electric guitars, acoustic guitar•Jen Gunderman: pianos, Mellotron•Ethan Jodziewicz: bass •Jamie Dick: drums, percussion
W I S H I N G W E L L
May Erlewine, Rachael Davis, Lindsay Lou
I see you savor the sweetness of time
Each and every breath, what all you have left
Has led you to find
Sometimes daybreak leaves you feeling alone
But you’re not really lonely
You’re just standing on your own
It’s hard not to lie
When you’re running on empty
Everybody needs a ride
It’s a hard, it’s a hard truth to tell
When you dig your own grave and
Somebody mistakes it for a wishing well
There are some nights you wish would last forever
You keep them all in your smile
Every once in a while I watch you remember
There are some days you just as soon forget
You live and you lose, but you get to choose
To love what you get
Chorus
Chorus
Rachael Davis: vocals•May Erlewine: vocals•Lindsay Lou: vocals •Maya de Vitry: acoustic guitar•Dan Knobler: acoustic guitar•Anthony da Costa: electric guitar•Jen Gunderman: Wurlitzer, organ•Ethan Jodziewicz: bass •Jamie Dick: drums
S O M E T H I N G M O R E
Maya de Vitry, Lindsay Lou, May Erlewine, Rachael Davis
When the walls come down
There’s no hammer and nail
Can fix the dream that holds this child
I’m not a puzzle to solve
Scattered pieces in the clay
I’m drowning in a thirst gone wild
My heart is learning to walk
My heart is learning to talk
My heart is growing like a weed
Can you hear her
My heart is crying
There must be something more she needs
I wouldn’t ask it of you
There is an earthquake in me
You’d get lost, and how would I find you
The rain’s coming down
The fields are lush and green
And I’m out looking for the light in the blue
Chorus
So when I pass you on the street
Or in a silent memory
Will you see me and
Can you hear her
Chorus
I didn’t ask it of you
I didn’t know how to
There’s this earthquake in me
Can you hear me
My heart is crying
There must be something more she needs
Rachael Davis: vocals•May Erlewine: vocals•Lindsay Lou: vocals •Dan Knobler: baritone acoustic guitar, baritone electric•Anthony da Costa: electric guitar•Jen Gunderman: piano, organ•Ethan Jodziewicz: bass •Jamie Dick: drums, percussion
M A D A T Y O U
Lindsay Lou, May Erlewine, Rachael Davis
I’m not mad at you anymore
I’ve been laying on my kitchen floor thinking about it
Thinking about a time that you won’t doubt it
I’m not mad at you anymore
There was a mountain standing between us
One we had no way around
I know the resistance, I feel the distance
I think we’re tearing it down
Chorus
New set of boundaries, new set of rules
Oh what a shame to be the one who played the fool
Some kind of forgiveness with time as my witness
I’ll find my way back to you
Chorus
Chorus x 2
Rachael Davis: vocals•May Erlewine: vocals•Lindsay Lou: vocals •Dan Knobler: electric guitar, acoustic guitars•Anthony da Costa: electric guitar, baritone acoustic guitar•Jen Gunderman: piano, Wurlitzer, organ•Ethan Jodziewicz: bass •Jamie Dick: drums, percussion
H A L L E L U J A H
Rachael Davis, Lindsay Lou, May Erlewine
Hallelujah (Hallelujah), I am free (I’m gonna)
Leave my worries where they need to be
No matter the weather whether rain or shine
I’m gonna pack up my trouble leave it all behind
One of these mornings (Hallelujah)
When that good day begins (I’m gonna)
I’m gonna set my feet to walking
Set my face with a grin
I’m going to find a place
Where they’ll be sorrow no more
And then I’ll sail on overTo a brighter shore
Chorus
The sun will be shining (Hallelujah)
You’re going to see (I’m gonna)
Mr. Misfortune will never find me
When I get to that mountain
Going to make that climb
‘Cause there is a home a-waiting
Full of happier times
Chorus
Jubilation!
Can’t you hear it ring
I’m going to celebrate
Every little thing
When fear comes knocking
Don’t you pay no never mind
‘Cause if there’s love in your heart
Ain’t nothing left to find
Chorus
Rachael Davis: vocals•May Erlewine: vocals•Lindsay Lou: vocals •Dan Knobler: acoustic guitars, percussion•Anthony da Costa: electric guitar•Jen Gunderman: piano, organ, percussion•Ethan Jodziewicz: bass •Jamie Dick: drums, percussion
S U M M E R T I M E
Rachael Davis
I’ve been waiting for the winds to change
I’ve been looking out my window pane
Hoping to hear the redwing summertime tune
Carry me into June
It’s been raining every day of the week
Tears are rolling down my face
Darlin’ I need your lovin’ like I need the sun
Pretty soon it’s gonna come
When the summertime comes
When the summertime comes
The evening is light enough to see
Slide over darlin we will ride into the night
And we will live every day easily
I know tomorrow that the suns gonna shine
I’ll be yours and baby you will be mine
We’ll leave the windows wide open the whole night long
Playing our favorite song
Chorus
You called me up said you got some good news
Your shift is over and your ready to cruise
Darlin’ the weather is perfect, the time is just right
I’m coming over tonight, tonight
Chorus
Chorus
Rachael Davis: vocals•May Erlewine: vocals•Lindsay Lou: vocals •Dan Knobler: baritone electric guitar, electric guitar, snaps•Anthony da Costa: electric guitar•Jen Gunderman: Wurlitzer, organ•Ethan Jodziewicz: bass •Jamie Dick: drums, percussion, snaps
R I G H T W I T H M E
May Erlewine
Tell the night all my secrets
Give the shadows all my fears
Give the moon all my sorrow
Give the stars all my tears
There’s nothing wrong (nothing wrong)
Nothing wrong (nothing wrong)
There’s something right with me (Something right with me)
Tell the sun I’ve been waiting
For the light I long to be
Tell the whole world I’m waiting
Tell the morning I believe
Chorus
I’ve cried many tears
Many times
And there’ll be more tears to cry
Just for today
I’ll be okay
For today I’m alright you’ll see
Chorus
Tell my love, tell my baby
Tell my worry, tell the time
Tell my heart, tell my honey
Tell the trouble on my mind
Chorus
Rachael Davis: vocals•May Erlewine: vocals•Lindsay Lou: vocals •Dan Knobler: electric guitar, high strung acoustic guitars•Anthony da Costa: acoustic guitars•Jen Gunderman: piano, organ, celeste•Ethan Jodziewicz: bass •Jamie Dick: drums, percussion •Levon Henry: tenor & alto saxophones
R I G H T E O U S R O A D
May Erlewine, Lindsay Lou, Rachael Davis
I will strive
To set the balance right
Look to the sky
Live In the light
I’m on a righteous road for my Daughter
It’s the right way to go
I hear the voices in the distance
(but I know)
Nothin’s gonna keep me from this righteous road
I will stay
There is no greater love
I am awake
I am enough
On the righteous road for my Mother
It’s the right way to go
I hear the voices in the distance
(but I know)
Nothin’s gonna keep me from this righteous road
I will stand
I will sing a prayer
From the rock I am
Will you meet me there?
On a righteous road for my Brother
It’s the right way to go
I hear the voices in the distance
(but I know)
Nothin’s gonna keep me from this righteous road
Rachael Davis: vocals•May Erlewine: vocals•Lindsay Lou: vocals •Dan Knobler: acoustic guitar, baritone acoustic guitar, high strung acoustic guitar,electric guitar•Anthony da Costa: electric guitar•Jen Gunderman: piano, organ•Ethan Jodziewicz: bass •Jamie Dick: drums, percussion
D O Y O U K N O W T H E C H O R U S
Maya de Vitry, Lindsay Lou, Rachael Davis, May Erlewine
It comes and goes and grows again
Do you know the chorus
Inside out and outside in
Sung by those before us
I was born of starlight wonder
I’ve been lost and I’ve been found
I can feel it deep down under
Do you know the sound
Chorus
In the temple in the street
In the lullaby of birdland
In the eyes of those we meet
In a lover’s hand
Chorus
In my heart there is a place
Sheltered from the changing seasons
Give me strength and give me grace
To understand the reasons
Chorus
We flow in and we fly out
On the first light of the morning
We all give what we have now
Then we take leave without warning
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Rachael Davis: vocals•May Erlewine: vocals•Lindsay Lou: vocals •Maya de Vitry - fiddle, clawhammer banjo•Dan Knobler: high strung acoustic guitar•Anthony da Costa: acoustic guitar•Jen Gunderman: piano, Wurlitzer, Mellotron•Ethan Jodziewicz: bass •Jamie Dick: drums, percussion
M O T H E R ’ S V O I C E
Lindsay Lou, Maya de Vitry, May Erlewine, Rachael Davis
I hear the voice of my mother
I would know it anywhere
Coming up from in my body
Like a song that’s in the air
Oh if I could be a desert wind
I’d fly across the years
I would do anything
To dry all of my mother’s tears
Oh if I could be a full moon
I would pull the tide
I would do anything
To help her carry me home at night
Chorus
Oh if I could be eternal
Through the ash and bone
I would hear her heartbeat
Steady as my own
Oh if I could be a full moon
I would pull the tide
I would do anything
To help her carry me home at night
Oh if I could be a desert wind
I’d fly across the years
I would do anything
To dry all of my mother’s tears
Chorus
Rachael Davis: vocals•May Erlewine: vocals•Lindsay Lou: vocals •Maya de Vitry - acoustic guitar•Dan Knobler: baritone electric guitar•Anthony da Costa: electric guitar•Jen Gunderman: piano•Ethan Jodziewicz: bass •Jamie Dick: drums, percussion
Produced by Dan Knobler
Associate producer: Maya de Vitry
Engineer: Justin Francis
Assistant engineer: Rachel Moore
Mixed by Dan Knobler
Recorded & mixed at Sound Emporium, Studio A - October 18-22, 2019
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova
Saxophones recorded by Julian Cubillos at the Loudest Place on Earth
Thank You
Without our community who has lifted us on as on wings we wouldn’t have been able to create this piece of work. Dan Knober, our producer, Maya de Vitry, our recording doula and associate producer, and the incredible crew that breathed life into these songs. Juanita Copeland and everyone at Sound Emporium for keeping the magic alive over there. Our graphic designer and moonflower artist, Eana Agopiaan. The team: Noelle Panepento, Hatchery 17, Live Loud Media, Crossover Touring, Jim Fleming and the Fleming Artists team, Amber Buist and Sharon Corbitt. The visionary whose idea it was for us to band together, Kristin Robinson and Hoxeyville Music Festival! Billy Strings and Ally Dale. Thank you to all of our Kickstarter backers: Chrissy Washburn, Danielle, Edward Baney, Jeff & Barb Duncan, Mike Powers, Barbara Fulton, Leslie Liautaud, especially Sandy Vander Zicht, John & Kathryn Mathey… and to Dan and Suzie Rilko whose good faith allowed us the privilege of getting started.
Lindsay would like to thank Joshua for his unwavering support and belief in her as an artist, her family for loving and inspiring her, PJ for the years of steadfast musical magic, Pat May for his faith and diligence, the city of Nashville for the constant inspiration, warm weather and open arms, and to the people of Michigan for always being Home to her and having a heart bigger than any other place on Earth.
Rachael would like to thank Mama Tiyi and Buncie and the rest of the Bunce-Schippers clan; Elden Davis; and her amazing husband and children, Dominic John Davis, Virgil Ryman & Lela Mae, whose support and love guide her through every day. Rachael would like to dedicate this collection of songs to the memory of two extraordinary humans; her friend and musical mentor Brett Hartenbach and Uncle Tom Schippers who, in his final days, told us to “let the day come to you”, reminding us all to live life with an open heart, ready to let in all the wonder there is to behold.
May would like to thank Iris Betsy Bernardo, Margaret and Michael Erlewine, Iotis Even, Anne Erlewine, Michael Andrew Erlewine, Seth Bernard, Ann Delmariani, Laura Ann Bates, Micah Ling, Michael Lee, Dana Even, Tim Wharton, Tyler Duncan, Theo Katzman, Joshua Bonno, Jason Walker, PJ George, Joana Pepe, John Mathey, Stephen Vidler, Meg Litten, Penny Krebiehl, Yana Dee, Mike Powers, Chris and Shauna Treter and the incredible community that has continued to lift us up <3