Rachelle Garniez - Live at Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC. Part I

Featuring "Mamas Got a Brand New Baby" and "Tourmaline":
These pieces were performed live at the Cornelia Street Cafe on October 27, 2008 in the second act of the "Shadow Land" composition with Sxip Shirey.
Both songs are from Rachelle Garniez's album, "Melusine Years". Songs from this performance: "Mamas Got a Brand New Baby" and "Tourmaline". Lyrics following bio and video credits, below:

Rachelle Garniez enjoys a diverse career as a performer, singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. She has worked with many people and ensembles including the Marvin Sewell Group, Weimar New York, Dan Zanes, Lori Carson, Catherine Russell, Jenny Scheinman, The Western Wind, choreographer Keely Garfield, Hazmat Modine, the Isle of Klezbos, Mumbo Gumbo, Retumba Con Pie, DJ Foosh, Richard Barone, Rufus Wainwright, Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Children's Theater, and aerialist Chelsea Bacon, and has appeared at the Festival Internationale de Louisiane, International Akkordeon Festival in Vienna, and the Riverbank Festival in NYC.
www.rachellegarniez. com

Camera Operators: Oona Maya and Bruce Cheung. This video was made by Oona Maya for RandomSenseless , www.randomsenseless.com.

Lyrics:

"Mamas Got a Brand New Baby"
fudge fudge call the judge | mama's got a brand new baby | it's not a boy | it's not a girl | It's just a brand new baby | wrap me up in tissue paper | put me in an elevator | oh carry me up to your house of peace

"Tourmaline"
oh you shine in that beautiful setting | just like the best of the polished & cut | but my darling, in case you're forgetting | you were natural-born anything but | oh they'll line up to congratulate you | for sucessfully | stealing the scene | & they'll all either love you or hate you | for you'll always betwixt and between | tourmaline, tourmaline | semi-precious, semi-precious | tourmaline, tourmaline | of all the green-haired girls I've seen today | you blow them all away | just like the rest of us bath-water babies | you'll grab any old line that you're thrown | will I'm tired of those mermaids and maybes | so I'm gonna go go it alone | you can meet me out on the deep water | where the sailing is smooth and serene | just promise me when you get back to shore that you won't tell a soul where you've been | (chorus) | we all know you came in through the kitchen | cuz the floor kinda sticks to your feet | when you go better you use the back door | he'll be waiting for you on the street | oh he closes his eyes when he kicks you | for a cat cannot look at a queen | realize when his memory tricks you | oh he's nothing but snow on your screen | (chorus)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rachelle Garniez
• accordion
• Cornelia Street Cafe
• Oona Maya
• RandomSenseless

[Lafayettebluesman]

She's so... eccentric. In a very very good way. This song made my day!

[gyrgrls]

Asolutely wonderful.

Why only 852 views?

Acoustic, at its best.

Tourmaline is more precious

than quartz, as is Rhodium to Platinum.

I will definitely buy your CD.

[vangogh7]

wow....great lyricist. I live the song (ah...meant to say love!) Tourmaline. C'est manifique...

[brianjcorby]

truly outstanding... such a unique talent