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The Argument

from The Folk Opera by Annie Bacon

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[Mechanic]

Hello?

[Elizabeth]

Yesterday, in a fit of preparation
Thinking of all the things there were to do
I called you, I called you

It isn’t easy to transport an aging woman
Her fragile bones and mind could break at any time
But I called you, I called you

And then today, because of what you said
I drove for hours to get to you
Because you’d be open
You said you’d be open

But when reality called on my behalf
Suddenly, there were we standing in the draft
Of an empty shop, how could this be?
Why did you lie to me?

Now we’re stuck in some Podunk little town
Wasting time and waiting when we ought to be debating
The price of labor, how could this be?
Why did you lie to me?

[Mechanic]

Well, I said I’d be open, I never said I’d be here

[Elizabeth]

Is this some kind of joke?
Is your mind so small that you would answer my call
With this worthless drivel, I’m sorry, I’m angry
I don’t understand, we’re coming over now

[Elizabeth + harmony]

Please don’t leave

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from The Folk Opera, released December 2, 2010
Elizabeth Greenblatt (Elizabeth)
Joel Dean Stockdill (Mechanic)
Annie Bacon (harmony, ukulele)
Savannah Jo Lack (violin)
Joe Lewis (upright bass)

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The Folk Opera San Francisco, California

Written and composed on the ukulele during a 6-week trip on two distant continents,recorded live at The Tower Studios in SF’s Mission District, and self-released digitally and on vinyl in December 2010, Annie Bacon’s The Folk Opera is a haunting and triumphant extended musical suite written for ukulele, upright bass, fiddle, trumpet, and multiple voices. ... more

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