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Whittier Street (feat. Mark Hallman)

from Let's Be Brave by Rain Perry

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Referencing the music room behind Chuck Berry’s St. Louis home, “Whittier Street” is a celebration of making art under any circumstances, with a killer backup choir and a Bo Diddley beat.

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Whittier Street
Words and Music by Rain Perry
©2019 Precipitous Music/BMI

Chuck Berry bought a house on Whittier Street
Underneath the poplar tree
When the money came in from “Maybelline”
He built two rooms back of the kitchen screen

A little more space for the wife and kids
But that back room – it was only his
Away from the noise of the neighborhood
He wrote “Rock and Roll Music” and “Johnny B. Goode”

In a room of his own
He had a room of his own

Early in the morning with the coffee, creeping
Loretta wrote while the kids were sleeping
So did Wanda and June did too
A woman does what she has to do

Without a room
A pen and paper
Of her own
A little notebook
Without a room
A corner of the dining table
Of her own
A table in a closet
She needs a room
a coffee shop at
Of her own
Three in the morning
A room
A parking lot
Of her own
Until the kid gets out of school

Bridge:
A time and place for inspiration to linger
What a self-indulgent attitude
We need the song – we’re not so sure about the singer
What is it exactly that they do?

I’m gonna build me a room out in the back
Might be a trailer or a little shack
There’s no such thing as the Industry
So I’m gonna sing for you and me

In a room
A pen and paper
Of my own
A little notebook
A room
A corner of the dining table
Of my own
A table in a closet
In a room
a coffee shop at
Of my own
Three in the morning
A room
A parking lot
Of my own
Until the kid gets out of school

We need a room
A pen and paper
Of our own
A little notebook
We need a room
A corner of the dining table
Of our own
A table in a closet
We need a room
a coffee shop at
Of our own
Three in the morning
A room
A parking lot
Of our own
Until the kid gets out of school

credits

from Let's Be Brave, released April 26, 2019
Rain Perry: vocals
Mark Hallman: drums, bass, elec guitar, Wurlitzer elec piano, Hammond B3, vocal
Noelle Hampton, Jaimee Harris, Shawnee Kilgore, Daisy O'Connor, Emily Shirley: backup vocals

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Rain Perry Ojai, California

Rain Perry’s “Beautiful Tree” was the theme for the CW Network’s Life Unexpected, on which she also had the surreal pleasure of appearing as herself. She has released four albums on her own Precipitous Records, as well as writing and touring a solo play about her childhood. In 2016 she completed The Shopkeeper, her first film. She teaches a series of classes called Songwriting for Civilians. ... more

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