Kuimba: Music
Rock City Ramble (from the CD "Mount Diablo")
(Kuimba)
Lyrics and Music, Lark Bowerman
*African saying from Zimbabwe:
If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing.
Personnel- Kris Bowerman, lead vocal, trombone; Lark Bowerman, backup vocals, guitar; John Waller, 'djembe set' (large djembe, hi-hat, cymbal - played with one hand and one stick); Don Keller, electric bass
Well Mt. Diablo we’ve come
And we’re gonna have fun
Where the Rock People live!
We’ve got a moment to give
To feel the solid earth under our feet.
Chorus:
Dooh-wap-a-dooh-wap
Dooh-wap-a-dooh-wap
Rock-a-rock-a-City
Rock-a-rock-a-City
Come on a Rock City Ramble with me!
We’ll go straight to the top
O-o-of Sentinel Rock.
Now let’s have a good talk
While we’re out on this walk —
Come on a Rock City Ramble with me!
Chorus
We will pass through the Live Oaks.
They are amiable folks.
You'll meet the Sabian Pine
Standing through rain and shine
Out on a Rock City Ramble with me.
Chorus
You’ll see the Red Rock Penstemon
Up in Rock City Heaven
And far up in the blue
The birds soar above you
Out on a Rock City Ramble with me.
Chorus
If you can talk you can sing —
See what a smile it can bring!
If you can walk you can dance,
Come on and give it a chance
And do the Rock City Ramble with me!
Chorus
*African saying from Zimbabwe:
If you can walk, you can dance.
If you can talk, you can sing.