Room In My House
from Reach For The Morning by Miriam Jones
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album12-song, 12" Vinyl with gatefold sleeve featuring artwork by GC Myers ("From a Distance") and printed lyrics, along with a CD disc with on-body artwork tucked inside.
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumIn a simple, plastic wallet which shows off the glorious on-body and sleeve artwork of NY painter Gary Myers; sleeve opens out containing original lyrics by Miriam Jones.
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"Around the time I began latching on to my electric guitar, rooting around in some old spirituals, my husband Jez and I moved to London for a new job and spent several weeks looking for an affordable place to live.
Inexplicably, we ended up in an extraordinary Victorian terrace near the Thames with 3 floors and glorious windows. Our first day in the place I lay down on the bed and cried with amazement, gratitude and immense relief. I hadn’t realised how much my spirit had been quietly bracing for the loss of space and privacy which I assumed this move to the big city would require—and here was this gift.
It was a short leap in my imagination from that feeling of space which had been created for me, to thinking about what it means to let ourselves be shaped in ways that make room for people - people who may be hard to love, even our ‘enemies’. What good is it to live in comfort if we are inhospitable with our lives?"
Inexplicably, we ended up in an extraordinary Victorian terrace near the Thames with 3 floors and glorious windows. Our first day in the place I lay down on the bed and cried with amazement, gratitude and immense relief. I hadn’t realised how much my spirit had been quietly bracing for the loss of space and privacy which I assumed this move to the big city would require—and here was this gift.
It was a short leap in my imagination from that feeling of space which had been created for me, to thinking about what it means to let ourselves be shaped in ways that make room for people - people who may be hard to love, even our ‘enemies’. What good is it to live in comfort if we are inhospitable with our lives?"
lyrics
I’ve got room in my house for you
I’ve got room in my house for you
it goes up and down and sideways too
I’ve got room in my house for you
there’s a room on the second floor
and another with a large armoire
there is a carpet underneath your feet
and a fire putting out the heat
I’ve got a room for all of the folk I know
but every room inside of my heart be freezing cold
I’ve got windows that are big and wide
all my windows let in all the light
all of the world there reach your hand outside
all of the world gone when you close the blinds
oh and the sun shine from the south on mine
but my heart is dark as the dead of midnight
I got ceilings right up in the sky
all my ceilings give you room to fly
feel like a castle when you step inside
feel like a castle where a queen reside
I’ve got all these spaces above my head
but no space at all in my heart for your loneliness
I’ve got room in my house for you
I’ve got room in my house for you
there are places in the rafters too
and a cellar for the wine and food
yes I’ve got a room if that’s what you’re looking for
but there ain’t no room in my heart so you’re being warned
with all of my rooms what am I gonna do
when there ain’t no room in my heart to welcome you
I’ve got room in my house for you
it goes up and down and sideways too
I’ve got room in my house for you
there’s a room on the second floor
and another with a large armoire
there is a carpet underneath your feet
and a fire putting out the heat
I’ve got a room for all of the folk I know
but every room inside of my heart be freezing cold
I’ve got windows that are big and wide
all my windows let in all the light
all of the world there reach your hand outside
all of the world gone when you close the blinds
oh and the sun shine from the south on mine
but my heart is dark as the dead of midnight
I got ceilings right up in the sky
all my ceilings give you room to fly
feel like a castle when you step inside
feel like a castle where a queen reside
I’ve got all these spaces above my head
but no space at all in my heart for your loneliness
I’ve got room in my house for you
I’ve got room in my house for you
there are places in the rafters too
and a cellar for the wine and food
yes I’ve got a room if that’s what you’re looking for
but there ain’t no room in my heart so you’re being warned
with all of my rooms what am I gonna do
when there ain’t no room in my heart to welcome you
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from Reach For The Morning,
track released April 1, 2022
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Miriam Jones Victoria, British Columbia
Management: miriamjones.tumblr.com/contact
"Quite apart from that this album is extraordinary on its
own merits there are few artists willing to expose their talents to such a sparse instrumental background, and you need to listen to it and discover its beauty for yourself."
- Tim Martin, FATEA Magazine
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