Honey Bee

from Home by Chris Monti

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lyrics

Honey Bee

-words and music © 2011 Chris Monti

Honey bees in the air in the early morning light | About their honey bee business, buzz around in flight | Honey bee, oh honey bee |

I hear the rush of the city, the traffic going past | This ain’t my first morning but it might be my last | So I set right down with my guitar on my knee | And write a little ode to the honey bee |

Cabbage and grapes and beans and corn | They’re all wet with dew in the early morn’ | The doc is in the field and the potter’s in the barn | Storyteller’s in the backyard workin on a yarn |

Honey bee, honey bee, honey bee three | Laying so still on the stoop with me | Two of them drained of life from the cold | The other too soon for his fate to be told |

I lay him in the leaves in the warmth of the sun | He might see another morning ‘fore his race is run | Honey bee, good luck to you honey bee |

Mandy comes out for a cup of tea | And I tell her the tale of the honey bee | Each in our own way, honey bee | We’re praying for you |

I let him sit for a while for to give him some time | Finger pickin the guitar and scribblin lines | Then I get right down on my hands and my knees | And I check on my friend below the dogwood tree | And lo and behold, there ain’t no honey bee |

Honey bee lives through the cold in the night | To fly around once again in the morning light | Honey bee, how I love you honey bee |

Honey bees in the air in the early morning light | About their honey bee business, buzz around in flight | Honey bee, oh honey bee |

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from Home, released December 1, 2010
Chris on fingerpicked guitar and harmonica

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Chris Monti Providence, Rhode Island

Known for his effortless style and musical curiosity, Chris has immersed himself in West African guitar, dug deep into country-blues and old-time music, and moves seamlessly between diverse styles from Egypt, Peru and India. He has toured the East Coast, Canada and points west. He also enjoys his singular role in the community as a strange combination of entertainer, educator, and magician. ... more