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Hunger

from Hunger by Robinson & Rohe

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Words and music by Jean Rohe and Liam Robinson

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Hunger
Words and music by Jean Rohe and Liam Robinson

We were children then
We drove across this country with the windows down
We stopped for gas and ice cream in these reservation towns
The curving mountain lanes and the asphalt arrow running through the plains

We were lovers then
We drove across this country with the windows down
We touched those heavy stones that hold this nation to the ground
The rocks that have endured; great paperweights for freedom’s written word

But these awesome peaks
Are not monument enough for our hungry thoughts
We must raise a stone for each brave act, for each war fought
As if memory’s great ship without these tethered weights would set adrift

And we wondered if our love would endure the certain pain
And if this land could withstand the crimson stain of our hunger

We were dreamers then
We drove across this country with the windows down
We stopped for gas and coffee in these migrant worker towns
We touched those heavy stones and the greatest lakes this ancient Earth has known

But these torrent streams
Cannot cool the burning of our open pores
We must turn our greedy mouths up to the drinking gourd
From sea to thirsty sea, these mighty rivers yearning to be free

And we wondered if our love would endure the certain pain
And if this land could withstand the iron chains of our hunger

We are older now
We drive across this country with the windows down
We stop for gas and bathrooms in these slag heap company towns
We buy some pretty stones and fill our tank with prehistoric bones

These fossil lakes
Are the inkwells for a novel of our times
We scratch with furious hands to soothe our feverish minds
Though the ink is running dry, we still insist to write upon the sky

Oh, this spacious sky
Is not poetry enough for our swelling lungs
We must write a thousand songs to carry on our tongues
Our thoughts will burn so bright we can white the stars out from the sky at night

And we wonder if our love will endure the certain pain
And if this land can withstand the endless strain of our hunger

Will we be lovers then?
Will we move across this thirsty land of trading posts?
And stop to stretch our tired legs among the hungry ghosts?
As o’er the Earth we roam, the past will live inside these heavy stones

But these pilgrim rocks
Are not elegy enough for our aching hearts
We must plant a stone for every soul when it departs
Until every shady grove is a grinding mouth of molars set in rows

And we’ll wonder at how our love endured the certain pain
As we are swallowed by the land again
Oh the hunger

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from Hunger, released August 15, 2017
© 2017 Jean Rohe (Laundry Line Music, BMI), Liam Robinson (Liamerica, ASCAP)

Jean Rohe –– acoustic guitar and singing
Liam Robinson –– banjo, accordion, piano, brushes, and singing
Hannah Read –– fiddle
Christopher Tordini –– bass
Kyle Morgan –– resonator, acoustic, and electric guitars, additional vocal “Safe Harbor”

Produced by Robinson & Rohe
Recorded by Danny Blume at Old Soul Studio
Mixed by Todd Sickafoose at Earycanal
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music

Art by Andrew Benincasa
Photos by Jen Painter
Design by Karen Oh
Essay by Stephanie Mills

Thanks to the Robinsons and the Rohes; to Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology and Blue Mountain Center for the gift of time and space; to the residents and visitors of Yggdrasil for companionship and spiritual nourishment (especially Andy Benincasa, Nikki-Lu Asselin, Sara Joy Marquez, Jess Serrante); Kathleen Sullivan and Blaise Dupuy, Michael Moricz, Mike Olson, and all the kind people who have fed and sheltered us on our journeys in exchange for a little music.

© 2017 Laundry Line Records

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Robinson & Rohe Brooklyn, New York

Robinson & Rohe is the duo of American songwriters Liam Robinson (banjo, accordion, vocals) and Jean Rohe (guitar, vocals). Since the release of their debut record, Hunger, in 2017, they have taken their music all over the US, Switzerland, UK, and Ireland, lighting up venerable folk venues and festivals from Club Passim to The Green Note and opening for Tom Paxton and Anaïs Mitchell along the way. ... more

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