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PULLING THE STATUES DOWN

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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In the summer of 2020 people began pulling down the statues of confederate generals. I had already been thinking of rewriting some of the old songs that had taken what seemed to me like an apologist view of history, and now I got onto it in earnest. I wanted something inclusive - something that would say “come on, we can do this together.” I wrote a few lines and started singing them with my guitar. It felt like an anthem, so I let the movement of the chords lead me. And I thought, “if the old statues come down why not put up new ones?” So that’s how the song resolves itself: out with the old, in with the new. And we do it together.

lyrics

you don’t know me by name
I don’t know you too
but we’re on the same road, my friend
and we have some things to do

in summer of no return
fires lit for the fuse to burn
they killed somebody in broad daylight
gonna take a lot of changes to make it right

(chorus)
pullin’ the statues down, bells a-ringin’
statues down, and everybody singin’
“hey – will look at that
ain’t that a beautiful sight to see?”

some old songs we used to sing
don’t sing them anymore
some flags we used to fly
don’t fly them anymore

architects of a bad design
some worn out state of mind
best just to let it go
you can’t hold on when the winds begin to blow so hard

(chorus)

look – there goes Andrew Jackson
look – there goes Christopher Columbus
look – there goes Junipero Serra

we’ve been at war before
we know that does
sometimes what you stand up for
ain’t what you thought it was

there’s a new day knockin’ on the old one’s door
we can’t ignore it anymore
come on out and take a look to see
the way that it’s about to be

it ain’t if you lose or win
but whose shoes you’re standing in
and I know you understand
so come on out and give me a hand

(chorus)

look – here comes Harriet Tubman
look – here comes Frederick Douglass
look – here comes Geronimo

(chorus)

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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 – lap steel
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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