Gift for Franzeska by bironic (Chee & Leaphorn Mysteries)

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Title of vid: Don't Let It Bring You Down
Recipient: Franzeska
Vidder: bironic
Fandom: Chee & Leaphorn Mysteries
Music: Don't Let It Bring You Down by Sarah Fimm, covering Neil Young - edited
Summary: Jim Chee's job as a tribal police officer isn't easy. But it gets a little better when he finds a partner in detective Joe Leaphorn.


A little background if you're not familiar with the source: These were three PBS Masterpiece Mystery movies -- Skinwalkers, Coyote Waits, and A Thief of Time -- directed by Chris Eyre and based on books by Tony Hillerman. Jim Chee (Adam Beach) is a Navajo tribal police officer and medicine man-in-training who partners with the more experienced and secular Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi) to solve crimes that often have a supernatural element to them. There's of course much more to recommend about the stories and the array of excellent actors involved (Graham Greene! Tantoo Cardinal! Peter Fonda! Keith Carradine! Paul Guilfoyle!), but that's pretty much all you need to know for this vid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinwalkers_(2002_film)

Content notes: other, Murder crime scenes, depression, brief physical abuse of a child (:23-:24)
Signed length: 02:57
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Lyrics
Old man lying by the side of the road

With the lorries rolling by

Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load

And the buildings scrape the sky



Cold wind ripping down the alley at dawn

And the morning paper flies

Dead man lying by the side of the road

With the daylight in his eyes



Don't let it bring you down

It's only castles burning

Find someone who's turning

And you will come around



[Instrumental]



Blind man running through the light of the night

With an answer in his hand

Come on down to the river of sight

And you can really understand



Red lights flashing through the window in the rain

Can you hear the sirens moan?

White cane lying in a gutter in the lane

When you're walking home alone



Don't let it bring you down

It's only castles burning

Find someone who's turning

And you will come around



[Instrumental]



Don't let it bring you down

It's only castles burning

Just find someone who's turning

And you will come around

Comments

[ghost_lingering]

This is really excellent -- you show his frustration with the crimes and the situation really well.

[bironic]

Ah, thanks! Glad this worked for you.