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How Many Times

from Blue Macabre by Rob Birdwell

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"How Many Times" opens the set and features Rob on vocals and all instruments. After the first verse, Rob plays a flugelhorn solo and then after another verse he switches over to take a tenor sax solo (a relatively new instrument for Rob and somehow almost rivals his flugel solo). Then we hear a bit of musical development and into a short flugelhorn/tenor sax soli. Rob wraps up the tune with the question: "How many times will we close our eyes and ears / to all reason and compassion / see only shadows and not the tears / how many times will we read that sad headline? / looks like one more time..."

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How Many Times words and music by Rob Birdwell

how many times
must I do what I’ve been told
close my eyes
and jump head first
into that rabbit hole

how many times
have I got to toe the line
looks like one more time

...

how many times
must I suspend belief
in search of satisfaction
in hope of some relief

how many times
will it take sweet clementine
looks like one more time

...

how many times
will we close our eyes and ears
to all reason and compassion
see only shadows and not the tears

how many times
must we read that sad headline
looks like one more time

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from Blue Macabre, released September 1, 2014

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Rob Birdwell Corvallis, Oregon

Rob Birdwell is a songwriter, composer, producer, and performer. He lives in Corvallis, Oregon. He sings, plays trumpet, sax, bass, piano, ukulele, and more. Thanks for listening and sharing his music!

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