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AMAZON

from THE TIME IS NOW by Jim Page

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    11 songs recorded at Studio Litho in Seattle. Engineered by Floyd Reitsma (Pearl Jam, Chris Cornell, Dave Matthews). Comes in a 6 panel digipak with full color artwork and layout by Joel Litwin. All credits and personnel listed.

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Secular religions are born when people delegate their right to exist to an outside agent. In these modern times that could be an online retailer or the world’s richest human being. I took the bus downtown one night to see the new “Amazon Spheres,” three giant globular terrariums that had just been built next to a 60 story black tower building. I wrote a poem about it and somebody said “that should be a song.” So I sang it. The song had holes in it where instruments would go. Jessica Lurie showed up in town with her saxophone to play the Moisture Festival, and I said, “want to play on this?” She did, and it was just right.

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we live in a boomtown metropolis
a place where success is a weapon of war
some people live in spectacular mansions
some people can’t afford to live anywhere anymore

but Bezos has the money
he’s got all of that money
more than a hundred billion dollars in his pants
way down in his pants

they built a shiny new temple to themselves downtown
people genuflect as they pass
artificial sunlight and climate control
so they can colonize the jungle behind a pain of glass

and because Bezos has the money
he’s got of all that money
clutching in the fingers of his hand
he’s a rich man

Amazon - you don’t have the right to use that name
Amazon - it is a nation and a people
Amazon - one of the world’s greatest rivers
Amazon - it is the lungs of the planet

and we can barely breath anymore

we gather together see what is to be done
we know the risks we take are perilous
we sharpen up our wits for the days ahead to come
somebody has to and it might as well be us

because we have the history
we know what we are doing
and we will not just disappear
we’re gonna stay right here

Amazon - you don’t have the right to use that name
Amazon - it is a nation and a people
Amazon - one of the world’s greatest rivers
Amazon - it is the lungs of the planet

and this is our planet
and it is not for sale

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from THE TIME IS NOW, track released April 16, 2022
Recorded at Studio Litho, engineered by Floyd Reitsma
Mixed by Floyd Reitsma, mastered by Ed Brooks @Resonant Mastering
© 2020 Jim Page, Whid Isle Music BMI, all rights reserved
Jim Page - guitar and vocal
Orville Johnson – dobro and vocal
Jessica Lurie - saxophone
Dune Butler – bass
Joel Litwin – drums

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Jim Page Seattle, Washington

Named by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine as “One Of The 50 Most Influential Musicians In Seattle History.” Originally from California Page has called Seattle and the Pacific Northwest “home” since 1971. Songs covered by The Doobie Brothers, Christy Moore, Dick Gaughan, Michael Hedges, and Roy Bailey. Utah Phillips: “If you’re ever going to get the message, this is the messenger to get it from.” ... more

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