They did at least write the title track; its line about "sitting in the shade of my family tree" serves only to inspire hopes that they might deploy their songwriting more regularly.
Dozens of people mull about, sitting or sleeping in the shade of buildings, trees, bus shelters, and benches.
There, about 100 supporters greeted him in the shade of a 148-year-old oak.
I looked up at one point and noticed about ten small children standing in the shade of a crumbling home, next to three women.
The terms of Bassem's release forbade him to take part in demonstrations, which are all effectively illegal under Israeli military law, so on the first Friday after I arrived, just after the midday call to prayer, he walked with me only as far as the square, where about 50 villagers had gathered in the shade of an old mulberry tree.
It seemed important to know a little more about the person who'd stood in the shade of those massive, intricate buildings and pointed the camera.
As for getting up in arms about the Pixies allowing their song (even if it is one about a voyeuristic love-making session in the shade of a big tree) to be used in a commercial — I will get over it.
About 20 Afghan guards carrying Kalashnikovs sit in the shade of mulberry trees that line the surrounding streets and watch the work in progress.
I found something irksome about a writer setting up her tent in the shade of perhaps the greatest American novel, a decidedly ecumenical work, and then in effect complaining that its branches weren't inclusive enough.
Ross Martin, a local landscape designer who donates much of his time in this garden, is hard at work on what he calls the Nest, a giant woven wreath of linden and willow branches, about 20 feet in diameter, which lies in the shade of a big willow tree.
