With my time in Amman drawing to a close, I recorded a couple songs. One of them, "Cold Jordan," is a traditional that I first heard covered by the Grateful Dead. Maybe it's my tribute to my home of the past four months. It's a little bit Jesus-y, but there's a long line of good songs with Jesus in them, notably Kris Kristofferson's "Jesus was a Capricorn," the traditional and Nirvana's cover of "Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam," and Kanye's "Jesus Walks," which is just a great song.
Anyway, "Cold Jordan" is a good song about the river and the apocalypse. I also did Jolie Holland's "December, 1999," which is just how I feel right now. She's my favorite singer, and I believe every one of her songs, which I think is pretty rare.
These songs are availale at www.drop.io/tedssongs
Catch you on the Cairo side.
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