Name: The Nightingale
Duration: P00H02M18S
Description: The oldest Amateur Anthropologist song that is still played regularly today. The music was written by Alex and Paco well before Paul was in the band. Paco wrote the lyrics coming home from band practice the night that the original bassist left Amateur Anthropologist. The words are inspired by the William Wordsworth poem, "The Solitary Reaper".

The Nightingale

from Digging Up Bones, Baby! (EP) by Amateur Anthropologist

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The oldest Amateur Anthropologist song that is still played regularly today. The music was written by Alex and Paco well before Paul was in the band. Paco wrote the lyrics coming home from band practice the night that the original bassist left Amateur Anthropologist. The words are inspired by the William Wordsworth poem, "The Solitary Reaper".

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I am a stranger. And I travel this lonely land. My thoughts are weary. And my boots are filled with sand. I've been searching for her. To find where I belong. But the road is twisted. And the journey is long. Though the sea is violent. She calls me home. She sent the nightingale. So I'm not alone. She sings me stories. About the times of old. She keeps me safe. From those who want my soul. But I tricked the devil. I made her forget my name. I walked beside her. I carried her lonely flame.

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from Digging Up Bones, Baby! (EP), released September 19, 2009
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Amateur Anthropologist Dearborn Heights

Alex, Paco and Josh

"These young, rock 'n' romp upstarts are doing it in Detroit the hard way. Starting at the Token playing to staff, they've since kept company with Danny Kroha and played all the city's venerable venues, buzzing up the town. They blend punk and pop, but aren't pop punk." - Metro Times Detroit ... more

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