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Fractions of Life
m.litton

So many babies born today, so many stars left the sky
Life goes on like a lazy river drifting through the night
Old, old passions going down, kneeling on one knee
There’s a prophet in your heart, a Buddha in your spine
They are praying

Some old dog is moaning low, some poor man can’t sleep
Like the moon we all walk alone, struggling across dark seas
Hear that broken window, babe, hear that turning key
There’s a thief in your belly, a wolf in your eye
They are listening

Hear the siren of the dragon, girl, making fires through the cold
Hear that mummy whisper so softly once museum doors have closed
There’s cold bread in the oven, warm blood down a six-foot hole
There’s a beggar in your pocket, a poet in your lungs
They are screaming

Beneath the dark moist willow limb a seed has gone to soil
Autumn leaves are falling yellow, hissing as the serpent coils
Frozen o’er the tundra like thoughts frozen in your mind
There’s a dream of life in the corpse of Christ
Believing

O fill this empty bottle, babe, please fill this empty man
Someday I’m gonna leave this ol’ house, babe
This old castle made of sand
Hear that falling coin as it rolls across the floor
The world goes around like a weary ol’ dime
Just spinning

So many babies born today…

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from Between the Wars, released September 16, 2020

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I'm a creekbank ghetto boy. Began my singin' near half a century ago in Canada, then hit northeast, down thru Nashville, Austin, out to Colorado and back to Kansas where I started out and will likely remain. My influences are Leadbelly, Jimmie Rodgers, CCR and The Band, while the juices of a hundred others flavor my music, not to mention the devil himself if that's what it takes to make a song... ... more

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