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Mami Wata

by Reuben's Daughters

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    140 gram black vinyl version of Mami Wata. Includes exclusive insert. Artwork by Phoebe Phillips of Two Fold Print Studio. Mastered for vinyl by Jason Mitchell at LOUD Mastering.

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    Four panel gatefold CD version of Mami Wata. Artwork by Phoebe Phillips. Mastered by Jason Mitchell. This is the only version that includes crossfades that are not present on vinyl or digital versions.

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1.
The Well 02:29
the well oh, come and get a piece of me there’s just one bit left yeah they had the rest too old, too old to run around but too young to settle down so i chose the middle ground oh, can i say, i love you today? can i say, there’s nothing getting in my way? oh, nothing’s gunna bring down after all that i found at the bottom of the well i, i am nothing more than you see just a soul trying to be so throw away the misery yeah, that was me i was the fool the very greatest of them all took a tumble did i fall oh, can i say, i love you today? can i say, there’s nothing getting in my way? oh, nothing’s gunna bring down after all that I found At the bottom of the well yeah, i just got to sing it out i’m too tired to shout yeah, the love weighed it out oh, nothing’s gunna bring down after all that I found at the bottom of the well
2.
underwater garden and you know how i’m feeling you can read it in my eyes i was never good at disguise or deceiving you bad though you made up your own stories just to satisfy that mind In your underwater garden where the dream keeps running and i, i wanna be just like that yeah, swim off and don’t look back yeah i, i wanna be just like that yeah swim off and don’t look back and i feel kind of sorry for your life that’s without air you were never right for this one so you’re better off down there where you chose a fantasy world over truth before your eyes it’s really silly baby you’ve bought your own lies and i, i wanna be just like that yeah, swim off and don’t look back yeah i, i wanna be just like that yeah swim off and don’t look back social paranoia it’s going round your skull it snatched up all your questions yeah it’s stealing your glow yeah it’s stealing your glow yeah it’s stealing your glow yeah it’s stealing your glow in your underwater garden
3.
the well settle down baby it’s okay and when it’s not i’ll see it in that face those eyes can’t lie to me can’t imagine baby there’s no words if i’m this way then i know your world isn’t working quite like it really should yeah it’s okay to live how you want to live with nothing in the way you give all you gotta give but on that day the sun was stolen from our skies and now that there’s no day i never get to see those eyes whatever makes her mad whatever makes her sad whatever makes her happy won’t be long baby ‘till it’s time to put it back and get on with this life we really are the very lucky ones don’t switch off baby know your mind and while you wait i’m kicking down the doors the man needs for it’s profit wars yeah it’s okay to live how you want to live with nothing in the way you give all you gotta give but on that day the sun was stolen from our skies and now that there’s no day i never get to see those eyes whatever makes her mad whatever makes her sad whatever makes her happy
4.
fragile frame yeah, right now there’s not much i can do to bring you right back into this view oh, i know that you are missing me the same i read it, i read it, in the words about our name oh, there’s no winner in this dirty game it’s a decimated ruin it’s a damned un-holy stain on my name don’t tell me things that aren’t true they don’t sit well with this fragile frame oh, i know that you are missing me the same i read it, i read it, in the words about our name oh, there’s no winner in this dirty game it’s a decimated ruin it’s a child without her flame
5.
Messenger 03:21
messenger oh, messenger take my note in double time to, to the one that needs to read it most someone take them down, it’s not good enough oh no, it’s not good enough someone take them out they’re not good enough no, they’re not good enough and no, no you don’t get away with acts like that stand, stand up tall just like the rest of us all someone take him down, it’s not good enough oh no, it’s not good enough someone take them out they’re not good enough oh no, they’re not good enough someone take them out they’re not good enough la da da da da (repeat)
6.
bundle of love okay, three, two, one... oh what a difference that would be bundle of love between you and me and, oh what a difference that would be oh what a difference that would be the beating of our hearts going one,two,three oh what a difference that would be listen now my love please move closer with our bundle of love please move closer with our bundle of love please move closer oh what a difference did they make putting on a smile for a smiles sake and oh what a difference did she make now i think twice about others sakes and oh what a difference does she make brightens up each day even worlds away and oh what a difference did we see the beating of our hearts going one, two, three listen now my love please move closer with our bundle of love please move closer with our bundle of love please move closer spending time with no one going to bed early spending time with no one going to bed early spending time with no one going to bed early eating noodles! eating noodles! eating noodles! eatingnoodles! calling my friends calling my friends calling my calling my friends calling my friends bob dylan dinner-dylan-dinner-dylan-dinner-dylan-dinner-dylan-dinner being silly to my own daddy stars alight they’re like god coming zooming through the sky the beatles y’all this girl
7.
everyday sunday been through this before it’s hell on earth feeling down a lot these days for sure i don’t trust anyone that’s getting closer still it’s broken i know no trust over it again second guessing time alone with you i know it’s a sad old time life slipping by hold on to your precious mind keep, keep it in line i never meant you wrong oh how we got along i’d sing another song and you’d pick out the pieces i need to let you know that you did nothing wrong just the way the river flows i’ll meet you in the ocean no hope thinking like that getting too old to waste the days together i know it’s a sad old time life slipping by hold on to your precious mind keep, keep it in line i never meant you wrong oh how we got along i’d sing another song and you’d pick out the pieces i need to let you know that you did nothing wrong just the way the river flows i’ll meet you in the ocean
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Mami Wata is the debut album by Reuben's Daughters • Released 1st April 2022 via Microcultures Records.

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Reuben's Daughters Bath, UK

“ playful and adventurous pop... who knew some of the sunniest new music in the world could be crafted in the southwest of England? " Kelley Stoltz

“ Reuben’s Daughters is a moonlight swim under a weeping willow slide guitar forest... "Mami Wata" is a cool album! ” Particle Kid aka Micah Nelson

The debut album "Mami Wata" will be released 1st April 2022 via French label Microcultures Records.
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