
Violet Bell
8/19/2021 | 27m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Violet Bell brings together folk, soul & bluegrass to create a beautiful Americana sound.
Violet Bell’s Americana music draws inspiration from the natural world around us and ancient mythology. Lizzy Ross' singing and songwriting skills combine with the composing and multi-instrumental skills of Omar Ruiz-Lopez to create a unique sound texture.
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Music at the Museum is a local public television program presented by PBS NC

Violet Bell
8/19/2021 | 27m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
Violet Bell’s Americana music draws inspiration from the natural world around us and ancient mythology. Lizzy Ross' singing and songwriting skills combine with the composing and multi-instrumental skills of Omar Ruiz-Lopez to create a unique sound texture.
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[relaxed folk music] ♪ Mmm [banjo solos playfully] ♪ All the stars are out tonight ♪ ♪ Turn out the light, turn out the light ♪ ♪ All the stars are out tonight ♪ ♪ Look up, honey babe ♪ Way out here the air is clear ♪ ♪ Feels like I could disappear ♪ Float up through the atmosphere ♪ ♪ Ride the Milky Way ♪ And I'll fly away ♪ And I'll fly away ♪ And I'll fly away ♪ And I'll fly ♪ I'll fly ♪ Fly ♪ See that camp fire in the sky ♪ ♪ Hear them singing clear and high ♪ ♪ Smell the cedar and pine, whoa, ooh ♪ ♪ I don't need no telescope ♪ To see that there's no velvet rope ♪ ♪ Keeping us from where I'm going ♪ ♪ When we fly away ♪ And I'll fly away ♪ And I'll fly away ♪ And I'll fly away ♪ I'll fly ♪ I'll fly ♪ Fly ♪ Ooh, the stars are out tonight ♪ ♪ Turn out the light ♪ Turn out the light ♪ All the stars are out tonight ♪ ♪ Look up, honey babe [gentle music] ♪ I can't say nothing ♪ What do I have to be offering ♪ ♪ No, I never have to fear ♪ Blue lights in the rear view mirror ♪ ♪ He leans in the window ♪ And he says ma'am you're free to go ♪ ♪ And I can't say nothing ♪ What do I know about suffering ♪ ♪ When I send my baby out ♪ I don't teach him to look down ♪ ♪ Keep his hands where they can see ♪ ♪ Pray that he'll come home to me ♪ ♪ Mmm ♪ How many voices will it take ♪ I won't wait for change to come ♪ ♪ How many blinders can I break ♪ ♪ I won't stay deaf and dumb ♪ Open ears and open heart ♪ Where I stand is where I start ♪ ♪ Where I stand is next to you ♪ And we're standing with the truth ♪ ♪ I can't say nothing ♪ That's my brother they're murdering ♪ ♪ That's my sister they're hurting ♪ ♪ Aren't we all God's children ♪ I can't say nothing [serious music] ♪ Ooh, Mama, did you know what you would be ♪ ♪ When you older ♪ Ooh, Mama, did you think that you could see ♪ ♪ Into the future ♪ Howl at the moon if you want ♪ Run wild with the wolves no more ♪ ♪ You can howl at the moon if you want ♪ ♪ You can howl ♪ Ooh, Mama somewhere in the darkness ♪ ♪ There's a young girl running ♪ Ain't gonna make her give it up for anybody ♪ ♪ Howl at the moon if you want ♪ Run wild with the wolves no more ♪ ♪ You can howl at the moon if you want ♪ ♪ You can howl ♪ Ha [fiddle solo music] [fiddle syncopates] [fiddle glissandos] ♪ Let your teeth grow long ♪ Let your skin grow fur ♪ Let your feet grow strong ♪ Run back to her ♪ Let your teeth grow long ♪ Let your feet grow ♪ Let it, let it, let it, let it, let it ♪ ♪ Howl, howl ♪ Oh, you can howl, oh ♪ You can howl, ooh ♪ You can howl ♪ Howl at the moon if you want ♪ Run wild with the wolves once more ♪ ♪ Howl at the moon if you want ♪ Howl at the moon if you want ♪ Run wild with the wolves once more ♪ ♪ Howl at the moon if you want ♪ You can howl ♪ You can howl [violin glissandos] [gentle guitar music] ♪ Babe, I'm a junkie and I always been ♪ ♪ Looking for something to numb the pain ♪ ♪ Call it a miracle of medicine ♪ ♪ A crutch by any other name ♪ Free, free, oh I get free, free ♪ ♪ Oh, it'll find me anywhere I go ♪ ♪ Even my dreams smell like smoke ♪ ♪ Take it away from what's below ♪ ♪ Can't fill the hole, can't fill the hole ♪ ♪ Free, free, oh I get free, free ♪ ♪ I get free, free ♪ I get free, free [guitar solos] ♪ Some say we're born, some say we're made ♪ ♪ I don't know how, but I got this way ♪ ♪ Sugar and sex, just spin the wheel ♪ ♪ Whisky and weed, and how do I feel ♪ ♪ Deeper inside, bright as can be ♪ ♪ Praying for grace to rescue me ♪ ♪ Babe, I'm a junkie and I always been ♪ ♪ Looking for something to numb the pain ♪ ♪ Going without, going within ♪ Babe, I'm a junkie and I always been ♪ [audience applauds] - This one is off of our album "Honey in My Heart."
You can find it anywhere you listen to music.
And it's a song to the kid inside.
[gentle guitar music] ♪ Dear one, let me do your bidding ♪ ♪ Let me do what I couldn't before ♪ ♪ Don't need to hurt anymore ♪ No, don't need to hurt anymore ♪ ♪ Standing here outside the door ♪ Yeah ♪ Dear one, pardon me forgetting ♪ ♪ Life can feel like an awful chore ♪ ♪ You don't need to hurt anymore ♪ ♪ No, don't need to hurt anymore ♪ ♪ Dancing 'cross the kitchen floor ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ Woo, been gone ♪ Yeah, so long ♪ Now I'm coming, yeah, I'm coming home ♪ ♪ How did I ever think I was all alone ♪ [guitar solos] Woo ♪ Dear one, I would sit and listen ♪ ♪ Sing me all of your secret songs ♪ ♪ You know that nothing's wrong, yeah ♪ ♪ You know that nothing is wrong ♪ ♪ In the dark before the dawn ♪ Yeah ♪ Woo, been gone, yeah, so long ♪ ♪ Now I'm coming, yeah, I'm coming home ♪ ♪ How did I ever think I was all alone ♪ ♪ Woo, been gone ♪ Yeah, so long ♪ Now I'm coming, yeah, I'm coming home ♪ ♪ I don't need anything ♪ Just to be your own ♪ Dear one, dear one - One, a-two, three [bittersweet guitar music] ♪ Darling, tell me true ♪ How much can I ask of you ♪ I know you feel it, too, coming down ♪ ♪ Those words we love to say ♪ Easy on a sunny day ♪ Now you turn away ♪ Turn me out ♪ Meet me in the garden ♪ Midnight at the fountain ♪ I'm leaving in the morning ♪ Going up the mountain ♪ Older than the winter ♪ Buried like a splinter ♪ Only love can win ♪ Only love can win [guitar solos] ♪ That question never sleeps ♪ Every night it comes for me ♪ Singing at my balcony ♪ Calling out ♪ My name in water sung ♪ Melodies of [indistinct] ♪ Satan knows where I've loved ♪ If I come down ♪ Meet me in the garden ♪ Midnight at the fountain ♪ I'm leaving in the morning ♪ Going up the mountain ♪ Older than the winter ♪ Buried like a splinter ♪ Only love can win ♪ Only love, oh [guitar solos] ♪ Meet me in the garden ♪ Midnight at the fountain ♪ I'm leaving in the morning ♪ Going up the mountain ♪ Older than the winter ♪ Buried like a splinter ♪ Only love can win ♪ Only love [lively folk music] ♪ Windows open ♪ The chill is blowing in ♪ I turn to her walking by the wind ♪ ♪ One room, one bed ♪ Two pillows, only one head ♪ One moon, black sky ♪ Deep waters, opening wide ♪ Can't hold the tide ♪ We are an oak ♪ And yet we've all tried ♪ Steal from the sea ♪ Not meant for a horder like me ♪ - Quality public television is made possible through the financial contributions of viewers like you, who invite you to join them in supporting PBS NC.
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