Plaything of the Winds

from The Drunken Wind of Life by John Kruth

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Plaything of the Winds
Words by Tin Ujevic/music by John Kruth

Suffer without tears and live without a curse
And be unhappy quietly
For tears are vain and your complaints
Cannot assuage a bitter dream

Give yourself to the drunken wind of life
And let it blow you anywhere
Like a shear leaf let it twirl you
Into a madder verve, into the mad, mad whirlwind

Fly like a leaf the whirlwind whirls
You’re made, my soul, for flying
It’s not for the earth, it’s not for peace
The flower has no roots
So give yourself to the drunken wind of life

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from The Drunken Wind of Life, released October 17, 2015

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John Kruth New York, New York

With 12 solo albums to date, multi-instrumentalist, John Kruth plays mandolin, banjo, guitar and sitar as well as flute and harmonica. The former leader of the NYC "other-world" music ensemble TriBeCaStan, Kruth has played with Ornette Coleman, Allen Ginsberg, Sam Shepherd, John Prine, Rick Danko and Violent Femmes, and worked with producers Joel Dorn and Hal Willner. ... more

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