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THE GREEN TEA OF YOUR MIND

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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An old friend had to quit drinking and replaced it with green tea, which he came to love. One day he said something weird and I said, “what?” And he said, “that’s just the green tea of my mind.” (Okay…) His daughter had a rare medical condition, and one day they went to New York City to see a specialist - him, her, and a comfort dog. The song was written to wish them luck, strength and perseverance. It was on a spring morning when the sun shone through the rain outside my window. It gets like that sometimes.

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the rain in the morning, the bright afternoon
the days of our lives that are over too soon
the ripples of incident rise up and fall
there’s so much to know, you can’t measure it all

away to the city somewhere there to find
a way out of this great big impossible bind
an old man with a dog, and a woman in a chair
you never know what you’ll find till you get there

(chorus)
the eyes of tomorrow, the arrow of time
if you can’t take it with you, you leave behind
like a jewel in the ocean awash in the brine
as seen through the green tea of your mind

she said if “I could just get up away and fly
I’d write my name like a bird in the sky”
he said “the sky isn’t big enough for what you have to say
and you speak your own language anyway”

it was a good town for music and they found a little bar
where there were people in the mix, and whisky in the jar
where the music was medicine for the way that you feel
and maybe that’s how we all have to heal

(chorus)

some people have everything laid out on a platter
some people don’t care and what does it matter
you face up to your burden or you turn tail and run
it’s the hand that you’re dealt and everyone gets one

you did a lot of drinkin’ in your way back when
and one of these days you might do it again
but for now its the green tea that suits you just right
away in the morning, good luck and good night

(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 – dobro
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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