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jealous whiskey

jealous whiskey

09.13

we went walking in the hills above the highway

In your coat I was thinking maybe you could take me far away

and bury the cage i had just sprung

to a place where everything shined and no one was falling down

falling down drunk

I recall the first time that I saw that I was

back in trouble with the thing that I was always running from

the monster that murdered my father

the spectre that spoke to my mother

and made her laugh when no one said anything funny

and made her cry whenever she thought of her daddy

and you just seemed so ever loving level headed

you just looked so unlike the other ones

and I must admit I was looking for someone to save me

I know I am, I am such a weak woman

I am such a weak woman

And my eyes ran red till it felt like they were bleeding

and I cried cried cried when I was asleep and dreaming

And I tried tried tried to outrun all those demons

but the whiskey always came back jealous,

Screaming

And all that I wanted was to stack my wood beside yours

and live in the mountains and watch the storms roll in

we’d crack eggs into our cast iron skillets

and sing sweet songs to our green-eyed children

and all that I wanted was someone who wasn’t addicted

it was a foolish dream

All that I wanted was someone to put down the bottle

and hold me

but you won’t hold me

But hope springs eternal

Hope springs eternal

Hope springs eternal

And I just can’t help holding out

And no one’s gonna save me

no one’s gonna save me

no one’s  gonna save me

I’d better learn to help myself

We went walking in the hills above the highway

in your coat i was thinking maybe you could take me far away

crush of mud and light

Crush of Mud and Light

02.13.12

You were the first love story

You were the archetype

And it were your hands that painted for me all the constellations

Father I was the last one to see you

Close your eyes, close your eyes

And you were the first ‘I’m sorry’

As you became the seldom seen

And it was your glass of scotch you slowly filled up every morning

But it was I who said ‘Its time

For the morphine, morphine’

And I hope that it lets you go easy

You know its okay to give up the fight

I swear your heart will beat forever I will carry it in mine

With all the tears and all the fire

In a crush of mud and light

And you played a five-string banjo

And you gambled on the Mississippi Queen

And though you may not be alive to play that sweet D45

You know your children’s hands will hold it

As they sing, as they sing

Oh well we told you we were done with anger

As we felt your bones through the sheets

And though it may have been a lie we said that we were all alright

And that they days we spent with you dear

Had all been sweet, so sweet

Well mama always told us babies stay away from whiskey and guitars

Or you’ll end up just like daddy pickin tunes for credit in a run-down bar

But I always loved good bourbon and I found a mandolin before too long

And I know I’m my daddy’s daughter cause the best thing that I ever did was

Write my first song

Well I wasn’t so sure you heard us

As my sister and I played so low

And in the days that came I asked myself if I must have been dreaming

When you said ‘Play me one more song

Before you go, before you go’

So I sang the Sound of Silence

And I sang you Rosasharn

And I said we’d join our fathers and our fathers gone before

And that we would all be kept safe

Safe from harm, from harm

And I hope that I sang you so gently

Through that bitter black October night

I know your heart will beat forever I will carry it in mine

With all the tears and all the fire

In a crush of mud and light

And light

And light

And light