Music composed and arranged by Deborah Stokol, 2006. Performed by UCLA musicians at Private Island Studios, 2006. Trapeze Photo by Margot Stokol, 2006. »
Archive for January, 2010
Voices at the Door
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Music composed by Deborah Stokol, 2001 (while on a flight to Athens, Greece). Poem by J.R.R. Tolkein from Return of the King, 1955. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2007. Voices at the Door Photo by Deborah Stokol. San Sebastian, Spain. 2008. »
Crossing the Bar
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Music composed by Deborah Stokol, 1999. Poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1889. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2007. Crossing the Bar Poem: Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which... »
You Leave Me Behind
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Music composed and performed by Deborah Stokol, 2007. You Leave Me Behind Instrumental version: You Leave Me Behind (Instrumental) Lyrics: You leave me behind but I don’t really mind You can go explore and I’ll stand aside I don’t mind as long as long as you come home my darling, I believe you and I will have gone my own way too. I impress your friends but it all... »
The Ballad of Barbara Allen
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Music composed by Deborah Stokol, 1998. Text by Howard Richardson, 1939. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2007. The Ballad of Barbara Allen Photo by Deborah Stokol. “The fairest gal,” Barcelona, Spain. 2007. »
Midnight Wings
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Written and composed by Deborah Stokol, 2003. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2007. Midnight Wings Lyrics: When the cow jumped over the silver moon and the silver spoon and a great big boon of comments for the man with his tair tied up, in a burlap sack or a farmer’s hat When knights come riding on silver mares and they shoot you red hot ugly glares for... »
Spinning/I do so Wish
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Written and composed by Deborah Stokol, 2005. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2006. Spinning/I do so Wish Lyrics: The road keeps on spinning and I keep on grinning but I think I’m carried away The water is coming the rocks keep receding But I’ll just keep trudging their way Stairs reaching up tower rooms in our heads none of these things mean a thing This one’s a... »
Walking Sideways
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Written and composed by Deborah Stokol, 2003. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2007. Walking Sideways Lyrics: Walking sideways in the dark softly, slowly, right off mark I can’t say that I know where mist-crowned peaks grow tall and fair Moss can grow through all the cracks of the sidewalk, ‘neath the grass Ships sail swiftly with their masts pointing northward (home at last) (Chorus) If you see... »
Striped Green
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Written and composed by Deborah Stokol, 2003. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2007. Striped Green Lyrics: Look out the door, they’re not here anymore. You can turn right around and go home. But where’s a home to a man with no heart? He can kick up a lark far away. (Chorus) I draw my breath on a cold, windy day. There’s a scarf ’round my neck, and it’s... »
Down to a T
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Written and composed by Deborah Stokol, 2006. Performed by Deborah Stokol, 2006. Down to a T Lyrics: I go where I’m welcome I leave when I’m not I make up the words if the words I forgot Sometimes I’m shallow and sometimes I care if you don’t approve of the things that I wear But sometimes comes rarely and most of the time I spend it constructing these... »