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MC Lars: In the Land of the Grasshopper Song

by Lions With Wings

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music and lyrics by MC Lars
raps and musical arrangement by MC Lars
additional guitar and bass by Mike Russo
additional vocals by Ash Tell Em and Christina Rotondo
mixed and mastered by Beau Vallis

lyrics

"In the Land of the Grasshopper Song"




CHORUS:

In the Land of the Grasshopper Song
You can sink forever, up north
In the Land of the Grasshopper Song
Lost beyond the mist you’ve been warned

VERSE 1:

And you can go north, away from the traffic
Where time slows down and the world’s less frantic
The Land of the Grasshopper Song I’ve heard it called
South of Oregon and Klamath Falls
There’s the Trinity River, Mad and Siskiyou
The Eel and the Smith, and Van Duzen too
Doing back flips I saw a rainbow trout
In the clear cold water I forgot about the drought
Where the mountains keep on going, I would be a liar
If I said I wasn’t scared by the Slater Fire
I took two photos, before and after
I met a park ranger there was zero laughter
When I asked about the scope of the blaze
Paradise was lost and it burned for days
But you can still go swimming where the waters run deep
And big foot might be hiding watching in the redwood trees

CHORUS:

In the Land of the Grasshopper Song
You can sink forever, up north
In the Land of the Grasshopper Song
Lost beyond the mist you’ve been warned

VERSE 2:

And when Arnold and Reed left New Jersey
They crossed the Kalamath, the bridge wasn’t sturdy
The Hoopa and Karuk tribes welcomed them
They came as field matrons but left as friends
Christmas traditions, schoolhouse meetings
Love was lost and traditions were fleeting
Big Steve protected his friends from the east
Land arguments never stopped or ceased
From the Marble Mountains out to Yreka
Life never again would be be the same for the teachers
They moved to Nova Scotia to help the miners
Building co-opt housing, like the 49ers
Who came out west and changed the lives
Of the NorCal Natives, never asking why
To find El Dorado, it wouldn’t be long
They’d be forever changed by the Grasshopper Song

CHORUS:

In the Land of the Grasshopper Song
You can sink forever, up north
In the Land of the Grasshopper Song
Lost beyond the mist you’ve been warned

(guitar solo)

VERSE 3:

And you can go north, away from the traffic
Where time slows down and the world’s less frantic
The State of Jefferson I’ve heard it called
South of Oregon and Klamath Falls
And when Arnold and Reed came to Cali
They crossed the Kalamath and the Hoopa Valley
To find El Dorado, it wouldn’t be long
They’d be forever changed by the Grasshopper Song

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released September 23, 2020
music and lyrics by MC Lars
raps and musical arrangement by MC Lars
additional guitar and bass by Mike Russo
additional vocals by Ash Tell Em and Christina Rotondo
mixed and mastered by Beau Vallis

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Lions With Wings Palo Alto, California

Lions With Wings, an initiative of Earthwise Productions of Palo Alto
I'm a concert promoter and artist manager who actually hates computers and the internet and social media but while sheltering in place I started corresponding with musicians and induced them to create covid-protocol, social-distance bubble projects. mostly new works. Until we meet again, have a listen. ... more

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