[dar-list] How Do I Work?

[Russel Evans]

I've enjoyed the "old" Dar tapes for years, but would appreciate having them
on disc instead.  Would Trish care to share her email address openly so I can
ask for a disk copy?  (Or email me at revans at cc.edu)
Russ Evans

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From: dar-list-bounces+revans=cc.edu at folkserv.net on behalf of Trish
Sent: Tue 10/23/2007 4:40 PM
To: Dar Williams Discussion List
Subject: Re: [dar-list] Obscure (but amazing) SOTW: How Do I Work?



I've actually talked to Dar about this. Someone from the list sent me copies
of "All My Heroes Are Dead" and "I have No History" (with a few bonus tracks
including "Oh CanadaGirls") a few years ago. I asked Dar how she felt about
copies being made for people who wanted them. She said that, as long as we
weren't making a profit, and the material was being respected ,she's fine
with us making copies of the music that's out of circulation and not being
sold.

 So, for those of you that don't have copies, or only have it on tape and
want it on cd, you can send me an e mail with your address and I'll do my
best to get them out to you within the next month or so, Depending on the
volume of the requests, I may have have to send them C.O.D.

Trish
----- Original Message -----
From: <mirinda.kovacs at thomson.com>
To: <dar-list at folkserv.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: [dar-list] Obscure (but amazing) SOTW: How Do I Work?


> I've never heard this song before.
> The lyrics are intriguing.
>
> You know, in all the years I've been on this list I guess I've never
> seen it discussed how Dar feels about people sharing her music.  Is she
> opposed to people sharing those old songs or does she support it?  I'd
> love to hear some of these older songs that made it on small circulation
> but never onto commercially produced cds.
>
> Had someone not sent me a few MP3's of Dar like 6 years ago and said
> they thought I might like them I would have missed out on so much great
> music.  My all-time favorite band (Indigo Girls) is all for file sharing
> so I am used to that world where literally everything is available.  I
> don't want to post a message to this list asking for someone to send
> this song to me if it is against the rules.
>
> :)
> Mi Rinda
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dar-list-bounces+mirinda.kovacs=thomson.com at folkserv.net
> [mailto:dar-list-bounces+mirinda.kovacs=thomson.com at folkserv.net] On
> Behalf Of Wood Alexander
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 4:07 PM
> To: dar-list at folkserv.net
> Subject: [dar-list] Obscure (but amazing) SOTW: How Do I Work?
>
> Ever since I got copies of Dar's first two tapes a few years ago, thanks
> to Scott Green and his fundraising project for the now-defunct Snowden
> Environmental Trust, I have been amazed by some of the songs on them
> that never made it to Dar's more widely distributed albums --
> particularly "How Do I Work?" and "For Everyone."
>
> I can't say I have any deep analysis of the lyrics of "How Do I Work?" I
> didn't even know them all until I found them on an Internet lyrics site
> today. The song seems to be essentially a meditation on the artist's
> life. But, to me, it's a stunningly beautiful song, and a look into the
> soul of a stunningly beautiful person.
>
> My favorite passage is this one:
>
> In class the teacher dressed in tweed
> Said to fly around the room like milkweed.
> And she told me I twirled like Martha Graham.
> At the time I just turned away,
> But if only she knew
> How I danced in my room that night
> When everyone had gone to sleep.
>
> I know this SOTW is a little unfair in that this tape is hard to get.
> But I hope those who know "How Do I Work?" will contribute lots of
> thoughts, and I hope it will one day make its way into wider
> distribution.
>
> Alex
>
> How Do I Work?
> By Dar Williams
> (From the tape "I Have No History")
> Lyrics from http://www.lyricsmania.com <http://www.lyricsmania.com/>
>
> I chopped off that braid of hair.
> My neighbor hooted and people stared,
> So I tried to look haughty, more occupied.
> I lost the weight, I go for walks,
> Sometimes I'm out a hundred blocks.
> And my clothes are like caverns in which I hide.
> When I return the doorman's there.
> Oh, if only he knew
> The service
> Not of his open door
> But of his open smile to me.
>
> CHORUS:
> How do I work?
> How am I put together?
> I still do not know
> Though it's late in the hour
> Oh I have some ways to go.
> How can I grow without just growing old?
>
> I remember me as a child,
> I often shrugged and seldom smiled.
> In the mirror I asked, "Is this all I am?"
> In class the teacher dressed in tweed
> Said to fly around the room like milkweed.
> And she told me I twirled like Martha Graham.
> At the time I just turned away,
> But if only she knew
> How I danced in my room that night
> When everyone had gone to sleep.
>
> CHORUS
>
> So now into my life of computer mail
> And a single mark hanging on its nail
> Someone entered where no one has even tried.
> Oh, there has been so much for me
> Out of all the greatness in this small city.
> I believe I have beauty coiled up inside.
> Sometimes I think that I can be tapped
> Just like a barrel.
> Oh, I'm crazy, yeah.
> I laugh at myself,
> Another lonely kid grown up.
>
> How can it work?
> How can we live together?
> I still do not know
> Though it's late in the hour
> Oh I have some ways to go.
> Help me grow.
> I'm just growing old.
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