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NOW IS THE TIME

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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The original version of this song was written in 1975. It didn’t say much, just a bunch of self conscious rhymes. About 10 years ago I added a bridge and took out a verse. But it was still brittle and stiff. Then last summer I took a serious knife to it – I kept the first two verses and the bridge, wrote another couple of verses, another bridge, and a final verse. Now it’s the way it should be. And it’s a good way to end an album like this – with a beginning.

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there are things to come and things to pass
pure and simple, made of glass
to feed the future you weed through the past
to make it fast, and make it last

(chorus)
the time is now, now is the time
the time is now, now is the time

time has come and time has gone
to pick up roots and to move along
to rise up early before the dawn
to start out standing to come on strong

(chorus)

you got eyes to see you got ears to hear
and you know very well what’s been happening here
don’t make light of the people’s tears
stand up and face your fears

(chorus)

there was a time when the winter came
and all the world turned cold
will be a time when the spring arrives
and all the flowers unfold
and the future belongs
the future belongs to the bold

don’t let it scare you, the noise and the dare
so many millions arise everywhere
polish the glass, hold it up to the air
look in the reflection, you’ll see yourself there

(chorus)

now we stand with the wind at our backs
for we are the eye of the storm
we look at the world and the world looks back
and the drums beat a rhythm to warn
that the future is just
the future is just being born

the fuses were lit such a long ways away
and they’d stutter and spark, fade and decay
now the clocks are on fire at the edge of the day
and we turn to each other and say

(chorus)

credits

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 – acoustic guitar
Dune Butler – bass
Joel Litwin – drums
J.R. Rhodes – vocal

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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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