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Butterflies and Rainbows

from The Crow by Paula Eve Kirman

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When I was little I sang about rainbows,
Butterflies so lovely, and a sky so blue.
But today I can’t see the rainbows,
Butterflies are gone, sky has changed colour too.

But I’ve been told that I’m very lucky
To live in a place with so much money to spend;
Many people who are chasing rainbows
Think we’re the pot of gold at the end.

Then they learn looks can be deceiving
When they discover there’s nowhere to live;
Cost of housing and everything shoots up,
Until they have got nothing to give.

Not far away up north there’s the Tar Sands;
People are dying, so is a way of life.
Exploitation’s price is too high
Causing the land and its people strife.

All in the name of shipping our oil
Down south to lubricate a war machine
That invades other countries and murders;
Even now our hands are not clean.

How I long for the days of rainbows,
And for the butterflies to soar again;
Someone must tell these huge corporations
Violation of Earth has to end.

Then one day we can live in freedom,
From the bust that follows the boom.
When we’re told that we’ve got a good thing
We should answer by asking, “For whom?”

When we’re told that we’ve got a good thing
We should answer by asking, “For whom?”

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from The Crow, released December 1, 2022
Written by Paula Eve Kirman

Produced by John Armstrong, Bill Bourne & Paula Eve Kirman

Bed tracks recorded July 2019 by Bill Bourne at Tree Frog:
Paula Eve Kirman: vocals & acoustic guitar
Miguel Ferrer: drums & percussion

Additional tracks recorded through 2020 and 2021 by Paula Eve Kirman at The Yellow House:
Paula Eve Kirman: keyboard

Additional tracks recorded from July to November 2022 by John Armstrong at Chez Bordeaux:
Paul Steffes: electric guitar
Michael (Mucha Bee) Belandiuk: electric bass

Mastered by Harry Gregg at Riverdale Recorders

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Paula Eve Kirman Edmonton, Alberta

Paula Eve Kirman writes and performs music with a message.

She became interested in both music and social justice at a young age, in part due to being raised on her mother's love of 60s folk music.

For Paula, music is a way of reaching a wider audience with messages of social justice themes, as well as expressions about the complexities of life and love. ... more

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