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The Last Tree

by Larkin Grimm

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Sorrows come and sorrows go That's all I know, that's all I know And the light comes strong and fast But I'm afraid it's never going to last Close your eyes and follow me Into the dark inviting sea The ocean waves will cover me But I'll be all right Well someday everyone who we attack will fight us back But 'til then let's just pretend We're like them; we're so Bohemian Close your eyes and follow me Into the woods under the trees If we hide our heads under the leaves We'll be all right. But someday the last tree Is gonna fall, and kill us all And 'til then well let's pretend We're doing everything we can Close your eyes and follow me Into a world only I can See If I get lost don't look for me You'll be all right Close your eyes and follow me Into the black and blinding sea If I get lost don't look for me You'll be all right Sorrows come and sorrows go That's all I know, that's all I know
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Where is the light, where is the light? Where is the light, where is the light? Hold on my love, there is a giant panther out there and if you leave she will take you in her shining claws and suck the marrow from your bones, your bones, your bones Hold on my love, there is a giant panther out there and you can't breathe but you can stick your head inside her paws like I would hold you in my loving arms. Where is the light, where is the light?
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Well I went to the waterfall in mid-December and the air was so clean that it brightened my lungs and my mind. I stood on the rocks below the falling water In the place where as a child I caught a salamander. Little Weeper, go to sleep now. Things look better in the morning light. You could cry all day and night now, couldn't you? But go to sleep and you'll probably be all right. As I stood on the rocks, I remembered your long legs Wading nervously through the cold and shady riverside And you walked across a log that had fallen in a storm and you slipped and you fell but I caught you in my arms. Little Weeper, go to sleep now Things look better in the morning light You could cry all day and night now, couldn't you? But go to sleep and you'll probably be all right. "Who is the searcher? Who is the colonist? In time you will know the last wilderness" Well I want to the waterfall in mid-December and the air was so clean that it Brightened my lungs and my mind. I stood on the rocks below the falling water in the place where as a child I caught a salamander And the river said, "Papa knows his baby, Papa knows his child, Lay your head beside the water, let your soul be wild" Little Weeper, go to sleep now Things look better in the morning light You could cry all day and night now, couldn't you? But go to sleep and you'll probably be all right. I want the world to be cold like the one you're living in
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Into the most excruciating vibe we ride Side by side On big gray clouds we ride I'm just saying yes to you But you say no to everything I like to do And into the most excruciating vibe we ride Side by side. As we're riding past the graveyard I'm wondering if I can fool you into coming Into my house again And I got so excited about it I forgot to remind you, You have to hold your breath, be brave and face death Or the ghost that got into me will climb right into you too And into the most excruciating vibe we'll ride side by side On big grey clouds we ride Oh, honey you have to hold your breath Be brave and face death or The ghost that got into me will climb right into you too. And into the most excruciating vibe We'll ride side by side On big grey clouds, we ride Oh, honey don't you know I'm just saying yes to you But why do you say no to everything I want to do with you? Into the most excruciating vibe we ride Side by side
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No Moonlight 03:04
Every day the sun shines on the moon But there is no moonlight on the sun Do you think the moon is happy Just to be there or does she wish He'd feel her sometimes? Every day the sun shines on the earth And the earth gives birth to everyone Do you think the moon is happy Just to look on or is there sadness in her spinning round? Every day the sun shines on the moon But there is no moonlight on the sun And do you think the moon is happy just to be there or does she wish he'd feel her sometimes?
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Strange creature, knocking on my door Please don't come in Oh, I might have a heart attack, please don't let him in, I thought I was rid of him I climbed up to the very top of the hill Talking, on the astral plane, to my distant demon love and when I got where I was going I tried to kick him out of me I said, OH OH OH get this thing off of me I don't want it anymore Then spinning around in the sunlight, I called the birds to eat his soul And I ran down down down through the woods And I tried to lock my little door But my home and my mind have fallen into such disrepair there ain't hinges on the door any more Strange creature, knocking on my door Strange creature, knocking on my door Please don't come in I might have a heart attack please don't let him in I thought I was rid of him.
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The sun comes up There is no fog The heat is on The cold is gone Now it is hot No more freeze The sun comes up And there is no fog The heat is now on There is no cold anymore Now you must be yourself And enjoy the heat and the sun The sun will shine and the heat will stroke. You will be good. So you won't have to freeze anymore. Now you know.
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I'll tunnel under the reeds by the riverbank and sleep in the boughs of a fallen pine and in the darkness I'm just a shadow creature leaving all my sins behind. Run from the dogs Run from the men Run from the life that follows them Because these big hands were never meant to be a link in your chain. I'd rather trust in the heart of a killer Than believe all the lies in a scholar's brain I am strange and I have been reckless But I've never been insane. Will you remember me when I've been gone a couple years or more? Will you still recall my face when I've been living in the woods? I'm not sorry for what I've done So I'll tunnel under the reeds by the riverbank and sleep in the boughs of a fallen pine and in the darkness I'm just a shadow creature Leaving all my sins behind Run from the lights burning so bright I'm better off in the pale moonlight because these big hands were never meant to be a link in your chain And when a wave of earth rolls in to cover you and when your city falls into the sea You'll wish that you remembered where I run off to But you're not welcome here with me
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Rocky Top 03:19
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Let's go tubing in the dawn on the warmest day in spring time I will braid my scraggly hair and put a rainbow dress on put your bicycle into the back of my truck and we'll ford the stream Let's go tubing on the warmest day in spring
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released August 8, 2007

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