Volcanoland

Written by: Josh Moore

Appears on: Share the Well

Lyrics:

Hola, me llamo Efrain
I was born among the agave
All I need is this transistor radio
I am in a band, it’s a family band
With the brothers in the years above me
And now we have a song that we’d like to play you

He sang, “Volcano
We’re living in the shade of the volcano
The Volcano
We’re living in the shade of the volcano”

A bumpy ride on the buss to the amber hill
I was feeling like a hundred pesos
But something in my soul was certainly there to stay
And nothing on the hill goes without
Their beloved mother’s say-so
So everything is alright, everything is O.K.

She said, “Volcano
You’re living in the shade of the volcano
The Volcano
El Señor es siempre bueno”

Home for me is beneath the pine trees
That grow to be about sixty feet tall
And on the back of the SUVs is a mustang sticker
And a feeling that never leaves you alone

Volcano
You’re living in the shade of the volcano
The Volcano
You’re living in the shade of the volcano
The Volcano
You’re living in the shade of the volcano
The Volcano
El Señor es siempre bueno

See also: MusicBrainz, iTunes.

One Response to Volcanoland

  1. Chris Hubbs says:

    From Josh:

    Our companions in Ecuador were the young Tugulinago brothers. In addition to making the most severely elated music I’ve ever heard, they perpetually blind-sided us with these colossal smiles. The youngest brother is Efraim. Like me, he started playing with his band at a very young age. Like me, he was forced to learn a whole bunch of random instruments. And also like me, he was jabbed and teased by his older brothers the entire time. I knew I wanted to write a song about him that could be about me as well. But as I started to compile the tune from melodies I had already created while riding through the Ecuadorian hills, and a pan flute line the brothers had played, I became increasingly afraid that I was writing the happiest song in the history of the band. But I finished it anyway with one intended purpose: that Efraim would smile when he listened to it.

    • Otovalo, a small town in Ecuador, lies in the shadow of a volcano.
    • Agave is a small, succulent plant. Its Mexican variant, the maguey, is the basis of tequila. Agave nectar has also been used as a sugar substitute.
    • El Señor es siempre bueno, roughly translated, means “God is always good.”

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