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Four Leaf Clover

from Call Out by Martha Groves Perry

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Four Leaf Clover features a compelling Celtic shuffle groove and tells the story of a complex relationship between me and my father over four leaf clovers. The unusual arc of the verse melody provides the harmonic tension and complexity to carry the contradictory emotions in the song – lightness and heaviness, snarkiness and longing – as does the alternation between swing and straight rhythms. The resulting slight world music vibe gives the song a cinematic folk noir vibe that elevates the song beyond its immediate story and into the realm of archetype.

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You’re standing here before me and it’s not quite fair
You offer me a fistful of your four-leaf clovers
Even though I searched around you everywhere
Two more jump into your hands when you bend over

I don’t want your stinking four-leaf clovers
I want to find them on my own
I want to be a four-leaf clover
Then I won’t feel so alone

Even though I act as if I just don’t care
Years have passed and I have found no four-leaf clovers
Then I glance beside my shoe and see it there
I squeal and then announce at last my search is over

I don’t want your stinking four-leaf clovers
I want to find them on my own
I want to be a four-leaf clover
Then I won’t feel so alone

You draw near and cheer me
And call my find sublime
“Now you know how they look
You can find them all the time”

Your strange prophetic words left me in deep despair
Cause I was left alone to search for four-leaf clovers
Even though you left a framed one as a spare
I’d rather have you here to find my four-leaf clovers

Yes I want your four-leaf clovers
I won’t find them on my own
I want to be a four-leaf clover
Then I won’t feel so alone

Yes I want your four-leaf clovers
I won’t find them on my own
I want to be a four-leaf clover
Then I won’t feel so alone

You draw near and cheer me

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from Call Out, released April 21, 2023
In addition to songwriting, lead vocals, and writing the harmony vocals, I performed backing vocals on this song. Kenny Schick, my producer, also sang backing vocals and played or programmed all of the instruments. Kenny recorded his parts at Basement3Productions in Nashville, Tennessee, and I recorded my parts in March 2022 with Steven Glaze at ToneFreq Studio in San Jose, California.

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Martha Groves Perry San Francisco, California

Martha Groves Perry is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in San Francisco, California. Her bold, alternative Americana original music has a straightforward, compelling and sometimes edgy clarity with strong blues, rock, and experimental influences. Her penetrating, poetic lyrics reflect the fearless truth-telling and unbothered amusement of a seasoned, female point of view. ... more

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