One For the Crow

from Performing As the Sodermen by John Mac and the Moraggots

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He’ d live alone,
If he could stand himself that much.
His mind floats miles away while he
Lays his head down, on someone’s unsprung couch.
You see that silver lining,
In the cloud that soars above.
It ain’t rain, just a dreams been tarnished,
Worn out and varnished,
Without someone else’s pain.
The dappled light,
Trickles in between the shades.
He knows he should quit this room instead
he falls asleep again.
He lies there, paralyzed
With one side of this debate.
A feeling he has, a choice to be made,
An evil little thought that lies in wait.

Nonsense. He pushes himself upright,
Turns on the light.
It’s some kind of conundrum,
It’s a sighted man who only sees the night.

A sense to orient,
And point our feet on the way.
The time crawls by in clicks. The old clock ticks and
Whispers “Howdy Hey!”
Sunrise each time takes you
By surprise but still you wait
Outside the outlines of the day take shape;
Your mother tells her friend you’re just fine.

Comes the time when the gloves must come off
You fight your way to the front.
It’s some kind of conundrum,
It’s a weaving man who has one more than he should.
One more than he should.
One more than he should.

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from Performing As the Sodermen, released June 10, 2008
Words and Music by John Mac and the Moraggots. Special thanks to Mike Spinrad on hand drum and percussion.

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