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from the song cycle "To Match the Voice and the Face"
poem by Carolyn Dewald

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Speaking French
by Carolyn Dewald

On a train once
when I was eighteen
and it was an even race between
my hair and my hemline
I met an older woman
with a lived-in face and
a cigarillo.

We watched the sun set
over Arles.
Staring at my knees
she said:
no cherry tree
in insolent bloom
can understand
the hot dry summer to come
or the fruit that the birds will peck once
and then leave hanging.

and I may have misunderstood
or made some of it up
out of desire
for a story
to match the voice and the face

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from My Mind Was a Mirror, released January 31, 2012
performed by:
Helen Avakian, guitar, voice
Jeff Haynes, percussion
Sabina Torosjan, violin
Scott Petito, guitar
Terry Champlin, guitar
Vilian Ivantchev, guitar

recorded by Scott Petito at NRS Studios.
produced by Terry Champlin and Scott Petito.
mixed by Scott Petito.
mastered by Scott Petito.

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Terry Champlin Pleasant Valley, New York

Originally educated as a theoretical physicist at MIT, Terry switched to music at the age of 21. His music has been performed around the world by such artists as Evangelos and Liza, David Starobin, and The Woodstock Chamber Orchestra. He has performed at Carnegie Hall and Avery Fischer Hall.

Terry is on the faculties of Vassar College and the Mannes College of Music.
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