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Shoeshine Brothers

from Wandering Feet by Kayla Ringelheim

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I think this is the fastest song I’ve ever written. I read a story about kite adventures and a lasting friendship by a child named Tu Ahn who lives in Vietnam (thanks to the Sing Me A Story Foundation’s website), went to a coffee shop to write all the lyrics, and had the tune in my head when I got back to my piano.

Background: Sing Me A Story is an amazing organization that partners with kids foundations, orphanages, hospitals, etc. across the globe and posts children’s written stories online for any songwriter on the planet to be inspired by. Songwriters then post songs back on www.SingMeAStory.org so these children get to listen to songs inspired by their story.

I love this idea. 50% of the proceeds from selling this track will go to the Blue Dragon Foundation in Vietnam, where Tu Ahn was connected with Sing Me A Story. For more information, check out www.singmeastory.org. To see the story I was inspired by, just search for my name or "Shoeshine Brothers"!

lyrics

Brother and brother, hand in hand
Tip-toed away to the willow lands
Coconut trees swayed in the breeze
Blue dragon eyes as big as the sky
Blue dragon eyes as big as the sky

Out on a string our kite went to sing
A story of birds with golden wings
Brother lets leave here, brother lets play
We’ll fight the impossible just for today
Fight the impossible just for today

And I wont forget you
We’re shoeshine brothers through and through
Shoeshine brothers through and through

Stumblin on stones I let the kite go
And bloodied my knees right down to the bone
Hitting the sand I cried at the pain
You carried me home right through the rain
Carried me home right through the rain

And I wont forget you
We’re shoeshine brothers through and through
Shoeshine brothers through and through
Shoeshine brothers through and through
We’re shoeshine brothers through and through

credits

from Wandering Feet, released November 17, 2012
Kayla Ringelheim--piano and vocal
Jamie Edwards--keyboards, samples
Lorne Entress--accordion, celestaphone
Jesse Williams--acoustic bass

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Kayla Ringelheim New York, New York

Kayla Ringelheim is a singer, songwriter, and pianist based in New York City.

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