Name: Cutting Room Floor
Duration: P00H03M27S
Description: She takes the footage of her life and reassembles it into a better movie than the one she started with.

Cutting Room Floor

from We the Nighthawks by Kimberly Hawkey

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She takes the footage of her life and reassembles it into a better movie than the one she started with.

lyrics

Lip-synched Arabella
Packed her story in a case
Folded into quarters
Edged with Belgian lace
But our frames were all a-flutter
What's another remake for?
Snip the b-plot, let it curl
The cutting room floor

At a table near the ballroom
We filmed a farewell scene
Then we turned the cameras off
We smelled of ethylene
Fingers on our triggers
In a constant state of war
Pulling focused moments off
The cutting room floor

A dream of golden statues
A waltzing carbon doze
Millimeter reels that thread
The nitrate in our clothes
We had a grand affair
But the cameras never came
We funded this with nectar
But the taste was aspartame
The footage lies in baskets
I don't want it anymore
The archivists can leave it on
The cutting room floor

Lip-synched Arabella
Packed her story in a case
Folded into quarters
Edged with Belgian lace
The matinees will only see
What she underscores
She left a different movie on
The cutting room floor

credits

from We the Nighthawks, released May 21, 2021
Vocals – Kimberly Hawkey
Piano – Assaf Gleizner
Drums – Jamison Ross
Bass – Dylan Perrillo
Trumpet – Rhys Tivey
Clarinet – Jonathan Greene
Violin 1 – Adrianna Mateo
Violin 2 – Tallie Brunfelt
Viola – Jocelyn Pan
Cello – Andrew Nielson
French Horn – Erin Paul
Harp – Hannah Cope Johnson

Music by Lecco Morris
Lyrics by Justin K. Rivers
Music Director – Assaf Gleizner
Co-arranged by Lecco Morris and Assaf Gleizner
Orchestration – Assaf Gleizner, with additional orchestrations by Lecco Morris
Production Assistant – Vincent Fazio
Engineer – Ariel Shafir, Jim Mastrianni
Producer – Joel Moss
Recorded at Dreamland Studios in West Hurley, NY
Additional recording at Jim Mastrianni’s Studio

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Kimberly Hawkey New York, New York

Kimberly Hawkey’s artistry transcends time. With immortal songs – jazz, Broadway, folk – and a
crystalline voice, the NY-based artist transports audiences into a world of beauty, offering an
unforgettable shared experience. Kimberly fully inhabits captivating melodies and cinematic lyrics – conjuring vistas of the heart
for a modern age in need of vintage, time-tested soul sustenance. ... more