Streets Of Stone

from Shotgun Pillowcase by Terry Lee Hale

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Streets Of Stone

It’s a hard wind tonight that blows
Tips the nests of all the crows
And the shape of all is shuttered fast
For what gathers here to leap, rend and smash
I walk the streets of stone
Winter has finally arrived and fast
Cold chimneys lit and fast
The high, yellow light upon the hill
With the crucifix form and the window sill
But not she sighs, for beauty

I miss the kiss both long and slow
Her full lips and what they know
And holding
And it’s me again the late, late show
Fold up with crumpled notes
And knowing

Wind moans in different keys
As the Weaver weaves what he wants to weave
Seemingly set deliberately
But the sense of what it is I fail to see
And she agreed
The river flowing, frozen ok,
We’re not getting out, new plans made
So it’s back to the kitchen, mansion of thieves
Plotting and planning, not at all pleased
But there I suppose we must go

I miss her breath, narcotic kiss
Well dark eyes, fingertips
The slowing
It’s me again but where’d I go
Some left turn stole the show
A folding, folding
Shadows spill

Promises made
Echo still, no time to fade
But I guessed it long ago
The bitter, the learning and the letter came slow
It's down to me with the match and the flames
At the edge of forever she just smiled, then waved

I miss her more than being whole
Common sense but what do I know
And it's showing
It's me again, the late, late show
Out again on street of stone
And knowing, knowing


D# G A# G A# D - capo 4

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from Shotgun Pillowcase, released December 5, 2007
TLH - Dobro, synth
CE - keyboard string arrangements
Ziga Golob - contra bass
Sergej Randelović - percussion
Al Deloner - electric piano, melodica

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Terry Lee Hale Marseille, France

Currently a resident in Marseille, Hale has been releasing albums for more than three decades. Hale’s work is stubborn and transcendent of genres and deeply evocative in a way that only a true original can be.

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