What's the Time

from Feet on the Floorboards by Green Heron

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The curtains softly blowing let the sunlight in
And the chattering in the yard sounds like a din
It’s Jeannie’s friend the Carolina Wren
And she turns her head and goes to sleep again

Could you tell me what’s the time?
I don’t have a notion or a rhyme
And could you turn me on a dime
Back to my life?

Out on the porch she hears the Mockingbird’s song
The one about the man who did her wrong
And Jeannie sings along when he gets to the line
About the talk that seemed so sweet there under the pines

Jeannie finally opens up the window shade
As faded as the Phoebe's ashy grey
Come afternoon she puts the clothes out to dry
And a lone sock stuck inside brings a tear to her eye

Don’t forget, she says to herself
You were always kept upon a shelf
Jimmy always flies like the geese in the fall
And Jeannie, you know, you don’t need that at all

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from Feet on the Floorboards, released May 13, 2021

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Green Heron New Hampshire

The music of Green Heron stretches across the entire folk landscape. Old-time, folk, bluegrass, country, Irish and blues music are all represented as the band brings the back porch to the stage.

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