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There’s bars, bars on my windows There’s chains, chains on my doors There’s bars that spill onto streets And chains that lead me there by the feet Bars and chains Bars and chains And other people’s games. I’m chained to my emotions I’m barred from my own head Chains to prove my devotion Bars to […]
MoreYou say you did some hard travellin’ But you know your streets were paved with gold You had bells on all of your fingers And you wore the Emperor’s clothes You sold out while I got sold down the river You wore it well, while I got worn down You got the life-raft While you […]
MoreBig fish, tall tales: Moose rides the Captain’s trails Crow flies – left to right Hope he has a safe flight tonight And oh no, I don’t belong here anyhow I don’t belong here anyhow. Herd stares, Cherry pie Dairy cow works on a fly Smooth stone in my pocket Your hair in a golden […]
MoreOn my last trip to the coast It was me and the wailing ghost Of all of those dreams I pushed into the sea On my last trip to the coast. On my last night in the woods I got stalked by the thoughts that could Get their teeth into me Chase me into a […]
MoreCool dappled hollow, river runs beside it, ancient water-monster, bathes in a spot of brightness frozen in fear of feet, I wipe the guts of her children off my soles, monster runs to her hole.
MoreMountain lion wind Been whistling round our bed And I don’t know if it was something I said Or that cold mountain lion wind And I am back to where the sage brush grows And the light don’t fit me right Oh that mountain lion wind. Mountain lion wind Been whistling round my head And […]
MoreThe harvest was done And the threshing room was full And he sorted the wheat from the Chaff in the mill And by the light of the lamp he Worked through the night Until a stranger walked in and said “Do you know how to fight?” And when that stranger comes knocking Do you know […]
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