Artist: Calexico
Title: Voices in the Field
Album: The Thread That Keeps Us
Year: 2018
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Running through fields of flowers and smoke
Leaving behind all that we ve built
The garden now in ashes and the roof is caving in
A broken hourglass; Blood running thin
[Chorus]
For your life... come to my side
For your life... take me from here
For your life... open up your heart
Let me hear your voice; Let me hear you sing
[Verse 2]
I wasn t on my way down to the marketplace
Wasn t at the schoolyard, where our children play
I wasn t in our home standing in the living room
Or writing you a note that I ll be back soon
[Chorus]
For your life... come to my side
For your life... take me from here
For your life... open up your heart
Let me hear your voice; Let me hear you sing
Oh, let me hear you sing
Let me hear you sing
[Solo]
[Verse]
I don t recognize myself that much anymore
Memories in my pockets and coins on the floor
All I smell is smoke and all I ever see
Is the look in you eyes that look in you eyes
[Chorus]
For your life... come back to my side
For your life... take me from here
For your life... open up your heart
For your life... let me hear your voice
For your life... open up your heart
For your life... let me hear your voice
Oh, let me hear you sing
Let me hear you sing
[Note]
The song is in 3/4 time, but there is some 2-against-3 polyrhythm going on throughout the whole song,
just so you don t get confused by the rhythm.
If you want to improvise the solos over the progression, the solos are mostly in D dorian.
