Rain Perry: Blog

I've had a few requests for the lyrics to "Beautiful Tree."  Here you go:
 
Beautiful Tree
words by Rain Perry; music by Rain Perry & Mark Hallman
 
Bent or broken
It’s the family tree
Bent or broken
It’s the family tree
Each branch a part of a part of me
This is my tree
And It’s a beautiful tree
 
Dwarf or giant
It’s the family tree
Dwarf or giant
It’s the family tree
Growing just as tall as it was meant to be
This is your tree
And it’s a beautiful tree
 
What a beautiful tree
 
Strong or fragile
It’s the family tree
Strong or fragile
It’s the family tree
See how the sun shines through the leaves
This is our tree
And it’s a beautiful tree
What a beautiful tree
 
Sure, it’s broken
But It’s the family tree
Sure, it’s broken
But It’s the family tree
I can feel the sap running through me
This is my tree
And it’s a beautiful tree
 
 

Last night I heard my song "Beautiful Tree" for the first time on TV!  Delighted to be associated with such a sweet, clever show.  For more info about Life Unexpected, visit http://cwlifeunexpected.com!

Welcome to my brand new blog!!!  I've had one on the news page, and one on blogger, and of course there's the facebook one..Ack.  From now on, this is the place for blogging!

It's a physical thing: kind of down my throat and around my chest. It's a profoundly satisfied, joyous, relaxed-yet-energized feeling. There's humor to it. I feel funnier than usual and pretty and worthy and kind of badass. It happens most often in rehearsal, or, as it did this weekend, at a late night jam. It happens the whole week when I'm recording in Austin with Mark. It involves connecting with other musician(s) in a comfortable, inspired way. I go out on a limb.
When I'm performing, I'm usually too alert (remembering what I'm supposed to be doing, worrying that everyone knows their part, trying to connect with the audience, reacting to the expressions on people's faces, etc.) that I rarely settle in enough to feel it. Once in a while - especially doing my play - I was rehearsed enough that Danny, the audience and I could lock in and become one organism - connected, communicating, feeding off each other.
The moment that I think of most recently - and it just makes me smile [...]