This 10-song album comes with ten unique interpretive pieces of artwork along with short stories on how the songs influenced the writings and style of James Lee Baker. Recorded in Texas and Colorado by Chris Bell (The Eagles, Christopher Cross) and Christopher J. Bloom (The Fray), this project is a collection of intimate and powerful folk tunes.
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This 10-song album comes with ten unique interpretive pieces of artwork along with short stories on how the songs influenced the writings and style of James Lee Baker. Recorded in Texas and Colorado by Chris Bell (The Eagles, Christopher Cross) and Christopher J. Bloom (The Fray), this project is a collection of intimate and powerful folk tunes.
Includes unlimited streaming of Impressions
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 3 days
$30USDor more
lyrics
When he looked
Into a starry sky upon Jupiter,
With it's cold moons
Making their weary rounds.
Did he know that the Pope
Would claim that he ran with Lucifer
And a prison cell
Would be where he’d lay his head down?
Was he wearing a thorny crown?
When he plotted the motion of planets,
Was Mercury in retrograde?
But he found the truth when a lie was what was demanded.
When the judges asked him pointedly
He was a' trembling that day.
Did Galileo pray? (x4)
And he said,
"Tell Ptolemy, tell Copernicus,
That the Sun is at the core of us
The Church, the Pope
Can’t deny the Milky Way
And every flower that follows the sun,
Has known all along what God had done
They whisper truth as the seasons each give way.
Don't shoot the messenger,
The postman delivers Truth today.
And Truth will march in Birmingham
It will block the tanks in Tiananmen.
Put the judges on the witness stand
Let’s see what they all say.
Did Galileo pray? (x4)
In the heavens you'll see it
As God has conceived it.
Oh, believe it.
Oh, what does it take to believe?
Don't shoot the messenger,
When the postman brings you truth today.
Because truth will march in Birmingham
It will block the tanks in Tiananmen
Put the judges on the witness stand,
Let's see what they all say.
Did Galileo pray? (x4)
Don't shoot the messenger, don't shoot the messenger
credits
from Impressions,
released May 6, 2022
Written by Ellis Paul, Ellis Paul Publishing
Piano: Michael Ramos
Upright Bass: Roscoe Beck
Guitar, Mandolin: Dave Scher
Percussion: Katie Marie
Acoustic and Vocals: James Lee Baker
Backing Vocals: Laurie MacAllister
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