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Song For Joni

from Trailing Speed Lines by James Riotto

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I'm camouflaged like cotton balls in a cupboard full of surgical gauze
Gazing through the open maw to watch the whitewash fall apart
I'm a passive actor, I'm filled with anger, sensitive to horror, hung-up on cliffhangers
I read the news Lord knows I don't make it
And every now and then I get a little down down
Yes every now and then I get a little bit down down down

So I put my shoes on and tie them up tight
Then I run around the block just to clear my mind
When I come back you're cooking dinner on the stove
And our daughter is dancing on the living room floor

I could do this all night
Yes I think I could do this for my whole life

So let's take a record out and wipe it down
I drop the needle Black Uhuru sounds
There's nothing in the world like the rush of love when she says
"Daddy will you dance with me?"
But every now and then I might get a little down down
Yes every now and then I might get a little down down down

But I could do this all night
Yes I think I could do this for my whole life
Yes I could do this all night
Yes I think I could do this for my whole life

Yes every now and then I get a little down down
Yes every now and then I might get a little down down down
Yes every now and then I get a little down down
Yes every now and then I might get a little down down down

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from Trailing Speed Lines, track released November 4, 2022
James Riotto: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric bass, prophet, 808, mono/poly, piano
Rob Shelton: Moog IIIC
Doug Stuart: Solina
Andrew Maguire: shaker and cymbal

Produced and recorded by James Riotto at home in Oakland, CA
Additional recording by Rob Shelton at Tiny Telephone in Oakland, CA
Mixed by James Riotto at Tiny Telephone Oakland
Mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Services

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James Riotto Pasadena, California

James Riotto is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer/engineer in Pasadena, CA. After over a decade on staff at Tiny Telephone Studios, James relocated to Southern California in order to build Altamira Sound, an ambitious multi-room recording studio, with friends and partners Andrew Maguire, Rob Shelton, and Carly Bond. ... more

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