Sub Rosa

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1. I Know It Won’t Be Long
2. Rocking Chairs
3. All Your Days
4. It’s Been Going ‘Round
5. Waltz Of The Rain
6. Sad Blues
7. Afternoon In Kanda (Instrumental)
8. I Won’t Wait
9. Patchouli
10. The Maiden
11. Tant Pis
12. Rube And Mandy At Coney Island
13. You Used To Call Me (Instrumental)
14. Let It All Come Down

Produced by Jesse Harris and Bill Dobrow
Special thanks to Daniel Carvalho and Bernard Ceppas

Rio Band:
Maycon Ananias – keyboards, piano, organ
Dadi – bass
Bill Dobrow – drums and percussion, glockenspiel on “Rube and Mandy at Coney Island”
Jesse Harris – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Guilherme Monteiro – electric guitar

Additional Players:
Vinicius Cantuaria – maracas on “It’s Been Going ‘Round”
Bill Frisell – electric guitar on “It’s Been Going ‘Round”
Maria Gadu – vocals on “I Know It Won’t Be Long”
Melody Gardot – vocals on “Tant Pis”
Norah Jones – vocals on “Rocking Chairs”, “Rube and Mandy at Coney Island”, “Let It All Come Down”, and “You Were Bound To Fly Away” (bonus track)
Richard Julian – vocals on “The Maiden”
Conor Oberst – vocals on “I Won’t Wait”
Mickey Raphael – harmonica on “As Long As You’re Here” (bonus track)
Mauro Refosco – percussion, marimba, glockenspiel, electronics
Nick Zinner – electric guitar on “I Won’t Wait”

Horns:
CJ Camerieri – trumpet, flugelhorn, french horn
Clark Gayton – trombone, euphonium
Doug Wieselman – bass clarinet, clarinet, tenor saxophone

Strings:
Pico Alt – violin
Christina Courtin – violin
Johnny Gandelsman – violin
Colin Jacobsen – violin
Max Mandel – viola
Jeremy Turner – cello

Strings and Horns arranged and orchestrated by Maycon Ananias
Except “Waltz Of The Rain” by Jesse Harris and Maycon Ananias and “Patchouli” by Bill Dobrow and Maycon Ananias

All songs by Jesse Harris c 2011 (Beanly Songs (BMI)/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC)
Except “Rocking Chairs” c 2011 by Jesse Harris (Beanly Songs (BMI)/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC) and Dadi (Warner Chappell)
And “Patchouli” c 1991 Jesse Harris (Beanly Songs (BMI)/Sony/ATV Tunes LLC)

Recorded by Daniel Carvalho and Bernard Ceppas
Mixed by Daniel Carvalho
At Monoaural Studios, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Strings and horns recorded by Pat Dillett in New York City

Additional recording by Corina Figueroa Escamilla, Scott Hollingsworth, Shimoda Kenji (Superlegal Studios), James McAlister, Lynn Peterson (Lahaina Sound), Tom Schick, Nick Zinner.

Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering

Photography by Hannah Cohen

Thanks to Vinicius Cantuaria for your generosity and to Dadi for all your help with everything. Abracos!

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1. I KNOW IT WON’T BE LONG

You can teach me what I know
But had forgotten long ago
So drink your poison
And I’ll drink mine
And keep your secrets
Safe in your mind
Safe in your mind

But I know
I know it won’t be long

Till you tell me everything
All your fears and all your dreams
All your dreams

Yes I know
I know it won’t be long

I haven’t waited centuries
Just to lose you finally

Life is easy, so you say
You save your sorrow for a rainy day
For a rainy day

And I know
I know it won’t be long
Yes I know
I know it won’t be long
Yes I know
I know it won’t be long

2. ROCKING CHAIRS

One day we bathed in the heat and the clay
And barefoot we walked far away
We talked and we talked in the shade

Someday you said this would all blow away
The sun and the moon and the waves
And taking back all that you gave

You knew that nothing was something to do
The sea and the sky shining blue
I tried but I could not get through

And lately I wonder had I been wiser then
Would we be there, still there
Like rocking chairs, like rocking chairs

The silence was something you see
The wind pushing over the trees
You taught me that nothing is free

And lately I wonder had I been wiser then
Would we be there, still there
Like rocking chairs, like rocking chairs
Like rocking chairs, like rocking chairs

3. ALL YOUR DAYS

Watching your sails out on the sea
I’m walking home again down through the streets
Where have you been, where will you fly
Out on the wind with the sun in your eyes

Somewhere is there a place you pay
For running free that way
Where they don’t care if they let you know
That now you got nowhere to go
You’re free to roam all your days

All I remember is something was wrong
We had to get back and the way back was long
You took my hand and then let it go
And fell off into the darkness down below

Somewhere is there a place you pay
For running free that way
Where they don’t care if they let you know
That now you got nowhere to go
You’re free to roam all your days

Somewhere is there a place you pay
For running free that way
Where they don’t care if they let you know
That now you got nowhere to go
You’re free to roam all your days

4. IT’S BEEN GOING ‘ROUND

It’s a shame to see you feeling sad and down
It’s been going ’round

So you say bad luck’s pursued you like a hound
It’s been going ’round
It’s been going ’round

Words of wisdom don’t prevail
No one hears them
They’re bound to fail

There’ll be trouble
Watch your back and stand your ground
It’s been going ’round
It’s been going ’round

Words of wisdom don’t prevail
No one hears them
They’re bound to fail

There’ll be trouble
Watch your back and stand your ground
It’s been going ’round
It’s been going ’round
It’s been going ’round
It’s been going ’round

5. WALTZ OF THE RAIN

If the rain in this city wasn’t so cold
You wouldn’t be here now
Looking for fun you dreamed of the sun
But woke to thunder clouds

Oh don’t say you won’t stay a little while
I do regret the times I’ve let you go
And run wild

Now the wind in the alley’s whispering low
Haunting us just like a ghost
You walk through the door asking for more
Treating me just like a host

Oh don’t say you won’t stay a little while
I do regret the times I’ve let you go
And run wild

Oh don’t say you won’t stay a little while
I do regret the times I’ve let you go
And run wild

6. SAD BLUES

Too bad you had to go
Too bad you had to go
You know I miss you so

No way to change your mind
No way to change your mind
And now it’s up to time

Somewhere I’ll run away
Somewhere I’ll run away
But where I cannot say

I long to hear you call
I long to hear you call
But you’re not there at all

The fog keeps rolling in
The fog keeps rolling in
The nights don’t seem to end

8. I WON’T WAIT

I guess it’s hard to be yourself, yourself
If all you want to be is someone else
So take a look inside the glass
Cause don’t you know that time will pass, pass, pass

You never want to walk alone, alone
But I’m afraid you’re on your own, your own
So take a look inside your heart
You’ll see your heart and mind are worlds apart

Tell me straight
Make it clear
I won’t wait
I won’t wait here

So take a look at what’s to come
You say that you’re afraid but you won’t run

Tell me straight
Make it clear
I won’t wait
I won’t wait here
I won’t wait here
I won’t wait here

9. PATCHOULI

Where you been this time
Besides on my mind?
I see your tan warm life
School out West, that’s nice
Newly, I notice the scent of patchouli

You say our need is dire
And the skies are on fire
So you’re goin’ back there
Where the people still care truly
Since when do you wear patchouli?

I remember vaguely when
You left here with hopes of higher livin’
Head all packed, the zipper grinned
Takin’ for granted the world’s givens

So you’re goin’ back there
Where the people still care
Wanna find me, you know where
In an herb shop back here, gloomy
Lost in the scent of patchouli

Oh patchouli, oh patchouli
So long patchouli, so long patchouli
So long patchouli, so long patchouli

10. THE MAIDEN

The maiden leads us on the bow
Through all the seas that time allows
She’s not afraid to be the one
To face the waves for everyone

I wondered when I heard the vow
If they would feel as they do now
In twenty years or just a few
Remembering the times they knew

Or if they’d turn to other seas
By force of wind or just a breeze
But who can say and who can know
There’s only been one way to go

But if you turned another way
And flew up high and far away
Do you think you’d come back down
Crashing back down to the ground?

Or do you think you’d make it through
To another world with life renewed?
So take a seat and speak your mind
And wax again that love is blind
For a while or for all time
It never stops just on a dime
It never ends, it’s never gone
Even when you sing it in a song

11. TANT PIS

Je me souviens du temps où t’étais jeune
Avant ce jour soudain où tu m’as dit que tu te sentais
Comme tout le monde et personne

Après, mon amour, tu t’es changée en soir, en noir
Pareille au ciel fait d’or d’une fin d’été
Que tu as toujours aimé

Et finalement j’oublie tout
Des chants, des sourires des enfants
Tant pis

Toute la nuit blanche
Je marche seul en silence

Et finalement j’oublie tout
Des chants, des sourires des enfants
Tant pis
Tant pis
Tant pis
Tant pis

12. RUBE AND MANDY AT CONEY ISLAND

If you ever want to find them
Living like a memory
They’ll be out at Coney Island
That’s the place they used to be

All the ancient ruins hide them
Where the camels walked in sand
They’re still out at Coney Island
Staggering and holding hands

Rube and his Mandy
Laughing and crying
Rube and his Mandy
Lost in their time

Rube and his Mandy
Laughing and crying
Rube and his Mandy
Lost in their time

All the world dissolves behind them
Like a dream of summers gone
They’re still out at Coney Island
In an everlasting song

14. LET IT ALL COME DOWN

If you’re walking desert sand
Never touching another hand
And the sun beats on your head
Like a hammer of burning lead

Let it all come down
Like the rain so soft
Till it all rolls off

And if the moon shines on you alone
Pouring silver from its throne

Let it all come down
Like the rain so soft
Till it all rolls off

You’ll never stop it anyhow
Or close a window in the clouds

Let it all come down
Like the rain so soft
Till it all rolls off
Let it all come down
Like the rain so soft
Till it all rolls off

BONUS TRACKS

15. YOU WERE BOUND TO FLY AWAY

If you roam you never know what you will find
Stay at home
You know you’ll wish you changed your mind
You know you’ll wish you changed your mind

So listen now to the voice inside of you
You’re so afraid
You never know what you should do
You never know what you should do

So don’t delay, don’t delay, don’t delay, don’t delay
You were bound to fly away
You were bound to fly away

You’ve waited years to hear the beating of the drum
Loud and clear
But stick around it never comes
If you stick around it never comes

So don’t delay, don’t delay, don’t delay, don’t delay
You were bound to fly away
You were bound to fly away
You were bound to fly away
You were bound to fly away
You were bound to fly away
You were bound to fly away
You were bound to fly away
You were bound to fly away

16. AS LONG AS YOU’RE HERE

As long as you’re here
There’s nothing can harm me
There’s nothing to fear
As long as you’re here

As long as I know
That you’ll stand by me
When the cold wind blows
As long as I know

But if we were parted
Would you keep me inside?
Deep down in your heart
There’s someplace I could hide
A place I could hide

As long as you’re here
Nobody can sway me
With a love more dear
As long as you’re here

But if we were parted
Would you keep me inside?
Deep down in your heart
There’s someplace I could hide
A place I could hide

As long as you’re here
There’s nothing can harm me
There’s nothing to fear
As long as you’re here

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