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WPO Singles 2019​-​2022

by West Philadelphia Orchestra

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1.
Pole Grease 05:02
2.
Sails Up 04:36
Saw you starin’ now I’m darin’ you to be brave Show me you can dance, show me you can misbehave How about we scrabble back at my place Feel the bliss, leave a kiss where my fingers trace Caught a vibe the first time I looked at you Got me thinking about places we could go. So, where you wanna go? Yeah, where we gonna go? Sails up! We gonna drift tonight Warm breeze, the air is trembling right Where the wind blows, baby, I will follow Anchors up into the air No sign of shoreline anywhere And we’re out too far to care! Take my word (hey) I ain’t here to mess around If I’m in for a penny I’m in for a pound Lock it in now we’re shaking like we’re starbound Feeling free, zero G, as we leave the ground Caught a vibe the first time I looked at you Got me thinking about places we could go. So where you wanna go? Yeah, where we gonna go? Sails up! We gonna drift tonight Warm breeze, the air is trembling right Where the wind blows, baby, I will follow Anchors up into the air No sign of shoreline anywhere We’re out too far to care
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Izagarica 04:36
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Paraíba 05:41
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See the timeline’s changing Get it through your head. (oh oh-oh oh-oh) Shocker of an ending, baby, We all dead! (oh oh-oh oh-oh) How do we say goodbye Is it a battle cry? Is it too late to contemplate our fate and reasons why? Will an answer toll Like thunder from the mountain top? Fuck that, I dedicate this body To the future crop. - - - - - - - - - - - - I asked the stars, “Why if we were made from clay, did we begin to see another way?” Try to throw away the dice And redesign the rules Draw lines across the land preach and teach it in the schools That these rivers are not veins (sung by children) And these waters are not blood That the soil’s not alive Born of fires born of flood But see these trees With their fingers reaching upwards to the sky Are praising the same god, tracing I and I. You taught me joy, taught me peace The cool of earth, the mirth of bees. How to dig the dark like roots And bring to surface bitter fruits. But all along I held a knife With unseen hand pressed to your side. I thought you gave your gifts for free I long to see you Drinketh from your heart. Forgive me dear,I did betray, When all these years I should have stayed With thee. - - - - - - - - - What will we pray for as the ending nears? What will we pray fothrough the burning years? What will we pray to as confusion clears? Don’t leave us drowning in our tears. Ancestors Of disaster. Was entitled to Live like masters. That’s what they’re gonna say about us. That’s all of you that they will ever know. What will we pray to as the ending nears? What will we pray for through the burning years? What will we pray to as confusion clears? Don’t leave us drowning in our tears. You brought me love,taught me peace The cool of earth, the mirth of bees. How to dig darkness like roots And bring to surface bitter fruits. I didn’t know I held a knife With unseen hand pressed to your side. I thought you gave these gifts for free I long to see you Drinketh from your heart. In your fields and folds You saved me from the start. Forgive me dear,I did betray, When all these years I should have stayed With thee.

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Get all of West Philadelphia Orchestra's self-released singles in one download. Features songs by Gregg Mervine and Larry Goldfinger, Hayley Varhol and Gregg Mervine on vocals, and so many great instrumental performances from Elliott Levin, David Fishkin, Adam Hershberger, Daniel Stern, Dawn Webster, Frank Rein, Larry Toft, Elliot Beck and Chad Brown.

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released November 25, 2022

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West Philadelphia Orchestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

West Philadelphia Orchestra (WPO) is a brass band whose music draws inspiration from Balkan brass bands and transcendent jazz. WPO is known for the intensity and chaos of their dance parties, as well as their curious line-up of musicians: spinning tubist, Elliott's hellfire sax, and the voice of Petia Z. ... more

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