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Tim Robinson - Snyder in the Suburbs

from The (Greater) Croton Songbook by The (Greater) Croton Songbook

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Tim Robinson is a performing songwriter who also works as an illustrator and graphic designer from his home along the Croton River.

"The song expresses a longing for what's wild in us and around us. To me, that seems so remote from the suburban landscape, except for the fleeting appearance of a hawk in flight, or a deer darting through the dark, across a highway. Gary Snyder is a Beat poet and a legendary outdoorsman. I often read his poems here, in our suburb, and wonder what is left of the way he managed to live - the wild reality he was able to put into words."

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lyrics

Snyder in the Suburbs Tim Robinson 2006

I’ve been reading Gary Snyder in the suburbs
He’s just a guy who wrote some poems in the woods
And there’s not much here to echo what he’s saying
Yeah there’s some trees, but then this sprawling neighborhood
Still I’ve seen a red-tail who hunts along the golf course
Little snakes slippin’ through the perfect grass
Although come winter that great bird he’s a stealing pigeons
Off of the cross county parkway overpass

What grace remains, child, where to start?
Is there no place wild left us but the heart?
No place wild… but the heart
No place wild left us but the heart…

The deer don’t mind the cold - they just get skinny
Once the priceless garden paths are bare at last
So they wander, ghosts of god’s own best intentions
Into to traffic then come flying through the glass
Of cars meant for driving up what mountain?
I guess this Snyder guy - he didn’t need that ride
No, he had boots, and soul, so he just got hiking
Carrying a cleaner fire deep inside

CHORUS:

Garry Snyder, or whoever, that doesn’t matter
The point is, all that’s real is being lost
That lies beyond the grid, the frail forever
Herds across the silent permafrost
And I know reading poems is no good answer
And I know one vote doesn’t change a goddamn thing
But there’s a red-tail still hunts along the golf course
And there’s still a little fury in his wings…
Still a little fury in his wings

credits

from The (Greater) Croton Songbook, track released July 7, 2012
Written and performed by Tim Robinson. With Dan Vonnegut--drums, Byron Isaacs-- bass and David Hamburger--dobro.
From the Album Helena's Radio
Recorded in 2010.
Produced, engineered and mixed by Chris Tarrow.

Tim Robinson's work can be purchased on Wild Cat Records wildcatrecords.com/robinson/index.html

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