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Runner Five (Album Version)

from I Have Missed You at My Table by Mary Crowell

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    Mary Crowell has returned to Mystic Fig studio to work with Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff. I Have Missed You at My Table is her fourth solo album and is a second jazzy love letter to gaming. Consider it the heir to Crowell's 2012 release, Acolytes of the Machine & Other Gaming Stories.

    releases May 27, 2022

    General Album Credits:
    Produced, engineered and mixed by Jeff Bohnhoff at Mystic Fig Studio
    Arrangements by Mary Crowell and Jeff Bohnhoff
    Mastered by Justin Weis at Trakworx
    Album art by Starr Weems
    Album Layout by Misty Granade

    All songs written by Mary Crowell except the following:
    “Evil Dice Tango” (lyrics by Ian Badcoe and Mary Crowell; music by Mary Crowell)
    “The Xbox Makes You Antisocial” (lyrics by Lilium Crowell and Mary Crowell; music by Mary Crowell)

    Back up vocals by Maya Bohnhoff on "What's the DM Gonna Do, When I. was a Little Rat (Full Company,) Evil Dice Tango, Hat of Disguise, and When I. was a Little Rat (Vincent and Temple,)

    Back up vocals by Amanda Bohnhoff on "Evil Dice Tango"

    Violin/Fiddle by Amy McNally on "Hat of Disguise" and "Why I Was Late (the Pony Song)"

    Cello by Betsy Tinney on "The Tiniest Bit of the Powder"

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A tribute to the heroic runners at Abel Township in the splendid runners app, Zombies Run!

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Runner Five (Album Version)
(Copyright 2014 by Mary C Crowell)

Almost done with Season One, next mission on the list!

Nothing interrupts the run: on that I do insist.
I fiddle with my earbuds; check the laces on my shoe.
I need another gear to get my farm to level two.

For Abel I’ve been running—Abel Township, that’s the place.

Find supplies and get resources, ‘cause I’m building up my base.

My pace is getting faster as I run most ev’ry day,

Listening to the runners getting bitten, going gray.

Chorus:

I’m Runner Five. I am staying alive,
So my town can survive.
I can run, so I run for my Abel.

Running and running for Abel Town.
Faster so zombies won’t chase me down
Running and running for Abel Town.

My helicopter crashed right outside of Abel Town.

A rocket launcher shot it—brought my transportation down.
And worse it fell a place where flights of zombies like to roam.
A zombie Runner Five named Alice chased me to my home.

I’m wearing her old number with her backpack on my back
Listening on the radio to Eugene and to Jack.

Apocalypse is recent. There are sports bras to be found,
Chipotle apps, and ammo lying thick upon the ground.

Chorus

I’ve cried with Doctor Myers, and I might be sweet on Sam.
That Runner Eight won’t trust me, but I do not give a damn.
I’m useful for the intel and supplies that I can bring.

As Runner Five I listen, but I never say a thing.

And I really hope that Jodi (Runner Four) will get to live.

She likes knitting, and she’s careful. Her death, I won’t forgive,
But runners do get bitten. There’s a cough and then a moan.

A cure for going gray is alas, a thing unknown.

Chorus

Bridge:

I’m not ready to die—
Hope is in good supply;
On my missions I fly;
We need food on the table.
And I’m Runner Five;
There is no doubt that I’ve
Got the heart and the drive
I run fast, for my Abel.
Faster so zombies won’t chase me down
Running and running for Abel Town.

There are many Runner Fives avoiding zombies while they run,
Many of them geeks like me discovered that it’s fun.

It’s cool to check your numbers, see your route upon the map.

I might be just a little bit addicted to this app.

Chorus


Faster so zombies won’t chase me down

Running and running and running and running for Abel Town!

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from I Have Missed You at My Table, released May 27, 2022
Mary Crowell- Lead and backing vocals, keyboards, drum programming
Jeff Bohnhoff- Guitar, bass, drum programming

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Mary Crowell Athens, Alabama

Mary Crowell is a singer/songwriter and piano teacher who loves mythology and playing Dungeons & Dragons.
Her Patreon is here: www.patreon.com/DrMaryCCrowell
She may be seen at science fiction and filk conventions performing and accompanying concerts on piano and occasionally clarinet.
Scattering Seeds on the Pomegranate Tour is her third solo album and is a mythic musical journey! ... more

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