Hydrogen

from Angel Food by Sarahtonin

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Written in the Fall of 1971, in Portland Oregon, after my best friend and I dropped out of the University of Montana and hit the road. It's one of the few songs I wrote out on notation paper before I ever played it on an instrument. The last two verses were added around 2007 to include quarks and homespun philosophy. You just can't have too many songs about quantum physics.

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Hydrogen

The world is full of forests
The forests full of snow
The snow is full of water
The water H2O

Hydrogen, oxygen, atoms and galaxies
A sea of energy

A shining constellation
A sparkle in my eye
Millennia between us
My head is full of sky

There's Truth and Charm and Beauty
And Strangeness everywhere
The closer we examine
The more there's nothing there

Eight billion tiny humans
Upon the tiny Earth
And every tiny human
A breathing universe

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from Angel Food, released February 16, 2022
Ryan McPhail - awesome drums
Sarah Tiedemann - awesome flute
Sarah Jane Burke - guitars and singing and stuff

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Sarahtonin Portland, Oregon

Sarah Jane Burke began playing piano at age five. She had a handful of piano lessons, but is mostly self-taught. She took up guitar at about age 11, mostly inspired by The Beatles, and other "British Invasion" acts. She began writing songs at around age 12, playing in bands at 13, and by 17, she'd taught herself to compose full scores. She's been composing, recording, and performing ever since. ... more

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