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foreign mourner
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everything comes and goes but I stay
just like I always done
I don't have to tell you what's it like
you know it well
but I'll tell you one thing
I wouldn't give it up for gold
nor for diamonds
not for glory, nor for fame
that wouldn't do, no it wouldn't
takin me out of the picture
that wouldn't be no solution
shit wouldn't get any clearer
that wouldn't do no it wouldn't
hittin the X in the corner
out in the low-poly nothin
there i would be just a foreign mourner
everything's born and dies but I'm okay
just like I always been
I don't have to go some heavenly way
to reach my heart
but I'll tell you one thing
I wouldn't waste away my years
turning meadows of petunias into mirrors
C F/C CM7 E- AM7 A7
DM7 B-7 E7 A7
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a tender home
03:23
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I would open my mind if it were ready to be open
I would dance with the salt and the sand
in the ruminating ocean
could I hold up the sun if I were settled in my garden
could I send out my roots to a tender home
and plant my weary heart in?
feel it through, all I need is every moment to be with me
and the way of my breath and my feet
forever steady as they carry me
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gingerly, tenderly
03:06
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when I felt the waves crashing around me
I was enticed by all the wicked sentiment
and it grazed my teasing fingertips
and I knew it was the end for me
wholly swallowed by the suckin sea
in an agonizing ecstacy
and I loved you gingerly,
yeah I loved you tenderly
and here's the sound my heart makes
when it's full of heartache
when it's full of unmet soul feelin
when I caught that I was underwater
I was surprised that I'd lost my little ladybug
that had led me to the polywog
and I loved her gingerly,
yeah I loved her tenderly
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sweet babylon
03:48
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I lost my teeth one by one
they fell right out of my mouth and
into a silky cloud of red, red ribbon
I couldn't speak without my teeth
and so my energy made my wishes known to you
with elegant precision, belly-uttering
oh, dusty rider, take me home now
sweet babylon's calling
oh, golden spider, make me moan now
sweet babylon's coming home
I never thought about my way
but then my shoe came unlaced
and I came tumblin down the Jesus chimney
and all the dust amid the shit around
got scattered about
and Satan doubled down and I got sinny
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bly wallentine Provo, Utah
big-hearted music for freaks groovin kindly through this world of love and sorrow 🫀
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