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the heavy, sweet orange
made the branch bow low
 
once admired from on high
it is ready
for hungry hands
 
it casts upon you a little spell
its halo grows
and power swells
you are seduced by its call
oh yeah its call
 
when the dreamer
wants a lover
like the orange
she dress in color
 
when the sparrow
wants a lover
she sing her notes
into the ether
 
she cast upon you a little spell
her halo grows
and power swells
you are seduced by her call
oh yeah her call
 
now the time
for standing in the middle of the midnight hour alone
it has gone
no more staring at the stars
no more
 
now the time
for building has come
and love will build itself a house
as tall as the sky
it will sway in the wind
but it will not fall
till the time for falling has come
 

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from On A Day Like This​.​.​., released April 20, 2010

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Meklit San Francisco, California

Meklit is an Ethio-American vocalist, composer and cultural strategist whose music has been featured by the New York Times, BBC, NPR and many more. She is a NatGeo Explorer, a TED Sr. Fellow and has collaborated with Kronos Quartet, Andrew Bird and Preservation Hall. Meklit is host and co-founder of Movement, a podcast, radio series and live show exploring the intersection of migration and music. ... more

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