Jenny Hval, Laura Jean, Félicia Atkinson, Vivian Wang - Six Red Cannas lyrics

Red cannas in the sky red cannas in the sky

I didn't think about it at the time
I didn't think about it at the time
But in the desert i think I was trying to
Write to Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia

Like Joni Mitchell writes to Amelia Earhart
When she is driving, driving
Driving in the desert
As if a song can communicate
With the spirit's or awaken the dead

I mean, isn't that what it's for? 1927
I mean, isn't that what it's for? 1929, 1946
I mean, isn't that what it's for? 1976, 1980
1986, 1999 awaken the dead

I was but wasn't quite writing
"I spotted six red cannas"
As I was driving towards Ghost Ranch
In the north of New Mexico
New, New, New, New, New, New, New Mexico
New, New, New, New, New, New, New Mexico

But, I was seeing them red cannas in the sky
Red cannas in the sky
As they were tearing up the heavens
Opening the zipper

To let loose all kinds
Of spirit's, of spirit's, of spirit's
1943
And you know, there used to be an ocean here
1937, 1924 we used to be all under water
1821, 1563 we used to be all under water
Clovis points we used to be all under water
The Niobraran Sea
We used to be all under water the ocean
We used to be all under water the ocean
We used to be all under water
The ocean, in the ocean
We used to be all under water
The ocean, the ocean
We used to be all under water