Globus – The Globe

from Civilisation by Polina Skovoroda-Shepherd & Fanfara

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In the grey sky, through the low, sky planes rush, rush.
A bird in a cage begs to be released, asks to be let out.
People invent rules and through their lives rush, rush,
Making business, money,
not to make fools of themselves in their friends’ eyes...
So I... in aeroplanes and trains...
through continents and towns
Sing and play without too much worry,
No, I don't believe in bank accounts, advertising, TV news.
Oh, play your games everyone, but not me!
We want everything around us to grovel to civilization
And globalization brings us further and further from the source.
I am swimming in the sky in a bus filled with petrol
And look with sadness at my home that is called the globe.

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from Civilisation, released June 27, 2010

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Polina Shepherd Brighton, UK

Polina Shepherd (Skovoroda) was born in Tomsk, Russia. Now an internationally renowned singer, she brings the songs of the Steppes and the Shtetl up to date with passion and haunting soul. Her singing, based on traditional forms, is deeply rooted in east European Jewish and Russian folk. Growing up in Tatarstan placed her close to Islamic ornamentation, which can be heard in her unique vocal style ... more

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