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houdini's blues

from songs for lauren by the salt wells

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no need
to be
forgiven

forgive
me when
i'm gone

don't need to be forgiven
you'll forget me when i die
much better to be forgotten
then to adopt a lie

gather you children around me
say, why you can't see eye to eye?
much better to be forgiving
than to adopt a lie.

son, why'd you not buy your brother
a casket made of stone?
oh, death'll lock down another
and you'll find yourself alone

gather your witness around you
a pound of her flesh for a pound of your bone
oh, death'll lock down your brother
your casket will leave her alone.

oh, darling, don't put out the candle
this here darkness is cold
your love, my brother mishandled,
your love and my love has grown old

what's this you gather around you:
a treasure lost, and a treasure sold?
your love to my brother's a candle,
your love and my love has grown old.

you say you don't need to forgive me
you'll forget me when i'm gone
you'll not forget what you give me
nor upset this earth i'm standing on

gather your assets around you
another's labour, another's song
you'll not forget to forgive me
nor upset this earth i'm standing on

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from songs for lauren, released January 15, 2017

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the salt wells began as a homerecording project in 2002. this came to include freak out improvisations, spontaneous compositions, & collaborative songwriting with stacy hartoon, greg wallace, junko hayashi, & alex moomey. by 2004 more than two cassettes had been produced and the salt wells included contributions from mikey hayes & david simpington, again with jessie floyd & sophia ramone in 2010. ... more

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