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The No Spoons Sessions

by Jennifer Vena Wood

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1.
Hey Hey (Sweet Sweet) 02:36
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Early on an April evening Sitting in my garden weeding I heard a sparrow softly sing Hey hey, sweet sweet sweet sweetie! Looking up, I can see Sitting on a branch in my old pine tree A sparrow sings his song to me Hey hey, sweet sweet sweet sweetie! Pulling weeds from dirt mulched black I pause, to unbend my back I whistle and he calls me back Hey hey, sweet sweet sweet sweetie! Here is where I find my peace Sunning in a warm spring breeze He and I are slow to leave Hey hey, sweet sweet sweet sweetie! I'll see you in late September We can share the season's ember We'll tell our stories and remember Hey sweet sweet sweet sweetie!
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All The Best Reasons (A Tour of The Heart) 02:41
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Oh, I'm gonna cry, for all the best reasons And I'm gonna fly, with the sparrows this season We'll take a tour, of the heart this spring I'll lift up my voice, and with them I'll sing Tra da da, da da da da da da Tra da da, da da da da da da We'll fly to the north, where the wind meets the water And we'll splash with the sturgeon, and we'll play with the otter With a wide open heart, and a light in my eye I'll lift up my voice, and I'll sing to the sky Tra ... I'll learn every lake, from shoreline to bottom And I'll stay 'til the aspen, turn yellow in autumn When the wind takes a bite, and Orion shines bright I'll rise with my flock and we'll sing through the night! Tra ...
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Hitchin' Song 02:53
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I've been on the road so long This loneliness just can't go on I've been up to where the grass is brown I've been down And every time I think of you I know just what I'd like to do I'd put on my walkin' shoes And walk right out of this town I said head out on the road Set down my load Stick out my thumb... and Find out where I'm from Well a man pulls up in eighteen wheels He knows just how I feel He's been up, to where the grass is brown He's been down And every night around six o'clock He turns his dial to classic rock And this is how it goes Just head out on the road Set down your load Stick out your thumb... and Find out where you're from Well I'm climbing up that mountain-top My feet are cold, but I can't stop The sun from going down Or the world from spinning 'round Ten more miles I'm almost there The road is dark but I don't care I've finally made it home I've almost made it home Cause I've been out on the road Set down my load Stuck out my thumb... and Found out where I'm from Now I've gone home
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Over Time Blues 01:53
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Well, I'm takin' my time Easing 'cross the line One foot down Brings the other From behind Well, I'm easy in my mind Left my troubles behind One -- thing leads to the other Over time
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Lonesome Sailor's Lament 03:34
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On this beautiful morning, I woke up feeling grey Thinking of my sweetheart, a thousand miles away Oh, a thousand miles away Far away to the east I've been To spend some time with kin I'm counting all the days and nights 'til I see my true love again Oh, see my own true love again If I had a ship to sail on, I'd leave here today Chart a course for my true love, sail out from the bay Oh, sail out from the bay Call all hands to the capstan, boys Trim the mainsail true Send a cable to my own true love, sayin' I'm a-comin home to you Oh, I'm a-comin' home to you Down at the public dock yard, I watch the tide come in Like ships swinging at their anchor, how my heart does spin Oh, how my heart does spin 'Cause I been kickin around this little port town Pacing round and round If I could snap my fingers, boys I'd be home right now Oh, I'd be home right now Call all hands to the capstan boys Trim the mainsail true Send a cable to my own true love, sayin' I'm a-comin home to you Oh, I'm a-comin' home to you I'm a-comin' home to you, oh I'm a-comin' home To you!
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Ocean of Love 03:19
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Tie the wind to the water, let it flow along my keel It keeps me in motion while my spirit heals One hand for the wind, and one hand for the water I navigate by starlight, I am guided by wonder (chorus) Oh we are sailing Oh we are sailing Oh we are sailing, on an ocean of love! (repeat) Heave-to for a while, when the winds blow strong A new course we'll set when the skies clear 'fore long Reef your sails or not, when the winds are fair As long as I can see the sky, I'll always be somewhere (chorus) I'll learn the winds by name, and perhaps they'll learn mine If it wasn't for all this water, I'd have nothin' but time When supplies are low and I've had my fill I'll turn my bow towards morning Chart a course for familiar shore And a grand returning (chorus)

about

This is a selection of voice-and-guitar folk songs I've written over the past few years. A couple of tracks are re-issues with added verses ("All the Best Reasons", "Hey Hey, Sweet Sweet").

Most significantly, I started recording this album soon after being diagnosed with stage-4 non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. I'm expected to make a full recovery, but it's a long path.

One surprising result of all of this is that I've let go of a lot of perfectionism that too often gets in the way of recording. So some of these songs may start square, ready for a backing track, but I run out of breath or my thoughts drift into the lyrics just enough that I add a measure here and there, and, where on other recordings that my be followed by obvious compensating, here I just let 'er rip.

This is my time, but I'm inviting you to share it with me.

The name of this album comes from Spoon Theory, first put forward by Christine Miserandino. In the disability community, it's a way of budgeting finite energy in terms of spoon units.

"I've got 3 spoons to spend today. I want to shower, do laundry, have a short visit, and record a song." If I managed to do all four I'd go into a deficit, and likely pay for it the next day.

If you've made it all the way to this part, thank you! I hope you enjoy the music.

All the best reasons

--Jen

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released April 28, 2023

All music composed and performed by Jennifer Vena Wood

Cover photo and artist profile photo by Rebekah Teague
Picture of lobster / clam boats at anchor by Jean Bookman

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Jennifer Vena Wood Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jennifer Vena Wood is a singer-songwriter, who writes ballads, vignettes, and earnest, multipart circle songs -- occasionally reaching into other vernaculars as the song requires. Lifting voices and spirits with music and good company, in the richest of folk tradition. ... more

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