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1. Scarecrow
Where does the road Where does the road go? Into the field Dreaming in snow What’s in the field Fallow and cold? A man made of earth Warmest I know Wheat for his calves Corn to his thighs Heart full of...
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2. Ruby Warbler
I was really wild Thought I knew how to act Getting high in the bathroom and bored in the red leather booths at jacks And I rarely smiled And I often laughed At the way that the world and the war of...
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3. King of Kankakee
You were the king of Kankakee Maybe the prince of all You came so close to kissing me You woke me up from my long sleep Into an even longer fall I lived aboard a sailing ship The kindest mate I had yet...
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4. Cory Jo
Take it back now Cory Jo I am on your side you know I would never turn you in Take it back now what you did What is happening in your head You look cornered in that wildcat grin Painted your old pickup...
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5. Bluebird
Bluebird bluebird Do you feel absurd Calling out calling out To your false dawn False dawn false dawn Here you come now you’re gone Just a trick of the guttering wick And the dew on the lawn Bluebird...
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6. Rosebud Bullets
When we landed was it snowing The wind was it blowing Birds curled into balls Tourists all flown off to where they were going And you all curled up on your thoughts We took the wrong turn Took the...
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7. Happy Hollow
Stand here lit at the end of the day Skies on fire and the fires at bay And the bay is full of the strangest ships Happy hollow haunted stripped When I had nothing I wanted less No Navajo rug no...
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8. Cities
Your blooming by the pool Skirted in red and it suits you 104 in the shade your pale breast is brave your eye is cool I am flirting with danger Today in Las Vegas Just like one is apt to do But here in...
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9. Unearthed
Hold your breath till the walls turn blue Bite your tongue till you chew You’ll come unglued Hold the phone in your trembling palm And never make the call You’ll come unglued A girl unglued Walk to the...
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10. Annabelle
Annabelle you walk past my window Like a woman under a spell Your girl child mouth Working out the words To get me to tell you what goes on Inside my happy hollow Annabelle Annabelle I’ve already lost...
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11. Big Wind
Flowery cross on the roadside bend Big wind gonna take it away Trees round the barn and the chickens in the pen Big wind gonna take it away Black angus in the pasture Running faster than you can catch...
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12. Rosie
Are you flushed my Rosie Breathless now my dear? Willie caught your coat And dance you here Once around the coffin Once around the car Once around the roses In the mason jar Are you flushed my Rosie...
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13. Black Braids
You with the beautiful red face There laughing on the bridge in Zeerikzee Do you still have black braids Pretty as a mare in may Do you wear a checked dress Knee socks pulled up high That’s the way you...
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14. Northern Coast
I dream of the northern coast California fog and dogpatch grass Passes glowing red and roan Manzanita or madrone I dream of the cliffy coast I see jumping women floating down Gowns that match the spray...
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