Ting Ting (feat. Bonnie Paine on vocals/washboard and Bridget Law on Violin)

Ting Ting named herself after the rain
And the sound it makes as it falls
On her roof
But the roof is long gone
In the shack she was born in
And the walls stay wet
‘Cause the river
Rages on
And Ting Ting’s mother is the Great Blue Heron
She squawks sweet songs just to help
Ting sleep
She sings «Sleep, Ting Ting (ting, ting, ting, ting)
For when you wake
The sun will make a crown
Just for you to wear
In your golden hair
And nothing’s gonna harm you now.»
Ting Ting drinks from little blue bottles
She fills with rain that calls
Her name
And when she drinks
She drinks so slowly
‘Cause this is how
She prays
And Ting Ting’s father is the dust and the water
That fills the cracks
In Ting Ting’s shack
He sings, «Sleep, Ting Ting (ting, ting, ting, ting)
For when you wake
The sun will make a crown
Just for you to wear
In your golden hair
And nothing’s gonna harm you now.»
(Oooh, ooh ooh, ooh-ooh.)
(Oooh, ooh ooh, ooh-ooh.)
Sleep, Ting Ting (ting, ting, ting, ting)
For when you wake
The sun will make a crown
Just for you to wear
In your golden hair
And nothing’s gonna harm you now
No, nothing’s gonna stop you now
No, nothing’s gonna harm you now