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The Trouble with Hari

from Meter by Autorickshaw

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Picture a precocious little girl, growing up in a traditional Indian village, caring more for her pictures and paintings than for following tradition. This is the trouble with Hari, with playful lyrics set to a lively Brazilian-Hindustani-calypso beat.

lyrics

The trouble with Hari is she’s smart Has iron will and a rebel heart Mother tells her what not to do “Don’t you play with paints -
go to school”
But all Hari thinks of is her art

She makes giant pictures in the sand She uses whatever is at hand Images of Krishna, Arjuna Characters from Bhagavad-Gita The mythical tales of India land

Lakshmi Auntie lives just down the way She sees Hari’s drawings everyday
She pays a surprise visit
To sit down with Ma and Pa
Tell them Hari’s head is in the clouds

“I have seen this kind of thing in the past At this rate, she’ll marry out of caste You’ve got to do something soon
To stop this bad behaviour
Or else your good fortunes will not last”

And Hari doesn’t know what to do Arjuna’s struggle is Hari’s too
Why is it she cannot follow through “I wish that Arjuna fashioned me
into his arrow so that
he can shoot me high above my life,
and all at once, I can be true”

The trouble with Hari is she’s smart Has iron will and a rebel heart
Hari heard what Krishna had to say Like Arjuna, finally made her way Now her works adorn the Taj Mahal

The trouble with Hari is she’s far From the only butterfly in this jar When the Great Lord Krishna
snaps the lid
Gives you freedom like a little kid Tell me, my friend:
what then will you start?

credits

from Meter, released September 28, 2017
Music by Gordon Sheard
Lyrics by Andrew Craig and Suba Sankaran

Suba Sankaran-voice, shaker
Dylan Bell-bass, vocal drums, shaker, wine glass/wine bottle agogo
Ed Hanley-tabla, shaker

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Autorickshaw Toronto, Ontario

Canadian Indo-fusion ensemble Autorickshaw has been called one of the most interesting acts on the world music landscape. Their sound showcases the sultry, sophisticated vocals of Suba Sankaran, anchored by the driving bass-lines & beatboxing of Dylan Bell over a bed of intricate tabla grooves by Ed Hanley. Autorickshaw has toured extensively across Canada, the US, the UK, Europe, India & Nepal. ... more

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