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Build Yourself an Ark

from Old Habits by Kat Wallace and David Sasso

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The lyrics of this gentle folk-country waltz riff on the story of Noah and the Flood to provide 'instructions for a modern-day ark.' The song reflects on the pain of needing to stay inside our figurative 'arks' during COVID, and what important things we choose to save during catastrophe.

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Gather some gopher wood and
Build yourself an ark,
Gather the animals two by two.
Take along your loved ones,
They may not all want to go.
Don’t worry about your husband,
He already knows.

You’ll have to stay inside
Till it’s safe to come out,
Can’t really tell you how long that will be.
Prayers are good for hope,
But they won’t be enough,
Have faith in the truth, that’s faith in me,
Have faith in the truth, that’s faith in me.

Gather some melodies and
Build yourself an ark,
Gather the poems two by two.
Take along your paintings
And hang them on the walls,
Keep telling your stories
While the water falls.

Gather the teachings
Of those who came before,
Build the ark with wisdom
And able hands.
Don’t let the words you use
Destroy and divide,
Words are the way it all began.

You think this is to punish you?
That’s how you wrote the tale,
Couldn’t be further from the truth.
Read into rainbows
Whatever you will,
That’s just a story from your youth,
That’s just a story from your youth.

Gather the seeds of life
And plant them again,
The fate of the earth
Is in your hands.
Take care of your neighbor,
Take care of yourself,
Take care of the water and the land.

You’ll have to stay inside
Till it’s safe to come out,
Can’t really tell you how long that will be.
Prayers are good for hope,
But they won’t be enough,
Have faith in the truth, that’s faith in me,
Have faith in the truth, that’s faith in me.

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from Old Habits, track released August 20, 2021
Music and Lyrics by David Sasso (ASCAP)

David Sasso – lead vocals, mandolin, guitar
Kat Wallace – backing vocals, fiddle
Mike Robinson – pedal steel guitar
Brittany Karlson – backing vocals, bass
Ariel Bernstein – drums

Thanks to the Religion, Spirituality, and the Arts Program of the Arts and Humanities Institute, IUPUI

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Kat Wallace and David Sasso New Haven, Connecticut

Kat & David met playing hard and fast bluegrass with New Haven string band Five ‘n Change. Their shared background in classical music and affinity for all things trad brought them together to form an intimate and virtuosic duo. With fiddle and various mandolin-family instruments, Wallace & Sasso orbit traditional folk, original songwriting, and the ever-evolving boundaries of Americana music. ... more

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