Written & performed by Lindsey Mills

Recorded & mixed by Rich Switzer

Drum performance by Marcos Marchesani

Cover artwork by Shanna Morgaine

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The cock crows at dawn

but one cock alone doesn't summon the sun

Some still maintain

that Orféu sings the sun up each day

Yes, in the throes

of Carnaval's close, it seems to be true

But one rooster's crow

is a pale echo

Still, sad and beautiful

~

Dream wine- and moonlight-infused

Orféu conjures his momma, the muse

One cock alone,

crying out in the night, bewitching the stones

Still sad and beautiful

~

Ya gotta pay the piper

If ya wanna call the tune

Even that cock was an egg

Laid last June

Even if he had

the strength of ten

Still, sad and beautiful

~

Fountains are weeping

As he goes on seeking the Fountain of Youth

And every other Muse

Echoes