Song of the Week: CQ - March 28, 2020

Download Chris Thile’s Song of the Week for March 28, 2020, “CQ” (originally from October 12, 2019). The band: Chris Thile, Sarah Jarosz, Mike Elizondo, Kush Abadey, Chris Eldridge, Brittany Haas, Brett Williams. — Lyrics: [BALLADEERS] He believes (belies (belabors)) Himself into the wee hours of the morning ‘Til even he finds it boring So he leaves it to long (and then look) for Someone else with some midnight oil that wants burning And seeing as he’s made up so much of this story (We will too) Behold dear listener some 50 years early (The first CQ): [MORSE] Mark what goes on under the sun Bonds are broken feuds are begun Behind veils of pride that no pastor’s son Can peek through Peek through But these treacherous partners with their envy and lies Have drifted off and left me to my Own beloved darkness where I Seek you Seek you CQ [BALLADEERS] And who should hear our hero But a sleepless God of Wire in Waiting Who jumps up from the cot where he ought to be sleeping Having implored (empowered (imperiled)) The free world into the wee hours of the morning And because that world keeps adding more to his story (So will we) Behold the rail-splitter of Illinois (At the straight key:) [LINCOLN] Mark what goes on under the sun Bonds are broken wars are begun Behind veils of pride that no farmer’s son Can peek through Peek through But these treacherous generals asking “how, sir, and why?” Have drifted off and left me to my Own beloved darkness where I Seek you Seek you Seek you [MORSE AND LINCOLN] Mark what goes on under the sun The dream is over the nightmare’s begun Behind veils of pride no daughter or son Can peek through Peek through Let these embattled children with children and wives Drift off to sleep and leave me to my Own beloved darkness where I Seek you Seek you Seek you CQ CQ CQ...