When Evening Falls by Leni Stern

this song is dedicated to rachel, her mother, her friends, to everyone who works for peace to come.

Lyrics:

WHEN EVENING FALLS

When evening falls by the ocean

When the sky and the earth have a tangerine glow

There's a silver road on the water

That's where I wanna go

We all travel along to the gate of dawn

We all get called to the sky

The gentle hand of love makes us weak makes us strong

We whisper we shout we sigh

So why can't we be brothers

Why can't we live in peace

Why do we hate each other

Why do we bring war and grief

When we could all live in paradise

If we'd open up our eyes

If we'd look around and realize

That peace could come today

We're all looking for hope with the eyes of a child

We gather our loved ones around

We could learn to forgive to let go of our pride

We're lost and we'll all be found

So why can't we be brothers ...

OJE MAMA OJE

story:

i traveled in kenya a few years ago. the samburo people, a masai tribe took my friends and me on a week long walk in a dried riverbed. i recorded the songs they were singing while we walked and i recorded the tribe dancing and singing when we stopped to rest. from what i could make out these songs were stories and the storyteller would start by chanting "oje mama oje". you can hear them on the loops and samples throughout the song.

i heard the story of mamadou in west africa. Mamadou is a farmer and he is really poor. so poor that he decides to go and find a sorcerer that is supposed to live far inside the jungle. People say that this sorcerer can make diamonds and gold from nothing, appear and disappear like the wind, talk to the animals in the jungle, he can make you a rich man, if you can find him, if you can give him a live chicken or a sheep, if he is in a good mood that is and decides you deserve it.

Mamadou grabs his last chicken and gets on his way.

when he finds the sorcerer's hut, he pleads his case. he is in love with a beautiful girl but he can't marry her, because he is poor. the sorcerer takes pity on him and decides to help him. he tells him to build a fire and goes back into his hut. The sorcerer comes back with a can of gasoline, pores it over the wood and sets it on fire. when the flames are nice and hot he takes the chicken and throws it in. the chicken burns up and mamadou is beside himself. "what did you do this for! he cries. we could have eaten it or waited for it to lay eggs. now it's ruined!"

"well, says the sorcerer, i'm going to make some money for you now, a lot of it, and while i do, i want you to think about this, because, when i give you the money you could end up just like that chicken in the fire.

lyrics:

OJE MAMA OJE

Chorus:

Oje mama oje, oje mama

Oje mama oje, oje mama oje

I went to see the sorcerer

They told me that he could

Make money in the forest

From blood and spells and wood

From blood and spells and wood

Oje mama oje

I found him by the marketplace

In a dimly lit Cafe

He's the son of a king of a tigress of a snake

He's as old as time, they say

He's as old as time, they say

Bridge:

He said

So you need money, you wanna be rich, I see

You wanna be free, I understand

But I warn you, it's not what you think it is

Be ware, it will burn in your hand

Oje mama oje

When I come out of the forest

The sunlight hit my face

My feet were barely on the ground

As if I'd been touched by grace

Oje mama oje

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