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I said to the cantor, “I can't hold a tune,
I won't sing for you. Stop asking, don't make me
this choice wasn't mine.”
yai dai dai dai dai...
From a song it all started
a wordless melody
older than language
older than time
I breathe through the length of this horn, it's true
through my bellows I sing this song for you
how many languages have a word for “nigun”?
yai dai dai dai dai...
You fought me before
and you fought me today
you said, “We can't pay you
but please come play.”
The way we see is not eye-to-eye,
but it's in your blood
and it's also in mine
and it's no surprise that
musicians need paychecks, too.
yai dai dai dai dai...
I breathe through my horn, it's true
and play these songs for you
and so I sing you a nigun.

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from Simple Machines, track released January 8, 2016

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Stef on a Clear Day Seattle, Washington

Stef on a Clear Day sings the intimacy of deep secrets and brings fading memories to life through storytelling, live-looping, electro-acoustic songscapes, micro-ballads, and poetic pleas.

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