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Pretty Lawns & Pearly Gates

from Sharp Relief by Sam Hanlan

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lyrics

Man is cheap to run
not easily undone
his furnace burns a duller sun
until his love is done
the head obeys the body
body's life is lonely
lovers never knowing
the fire's heat is weak
the precious dead and long gone
sat beside them so long
spat them out a swan song
but left the lights all on
so cheap and badly framed
the weening and the waned
hang thin across these days
and he can't be loved again.

But I can
and I will
in our bed
that's where we'll live
the master of my callow heart
the dye is cast, now
so where to start
and sure enough
easy to love.

Where exactly is the line
that I drew the last time
hands have never been so
dirty by design
heaven opened up its gates
but I went round the back way
had myself a long stay
and left the way I came
dig a little hole, where
the man can call his home, where
silence fills the air, where
the devil makes his lair.
Or live a little larger
we can farm a little harder
we can walk a little farther
and love a little, too.

We're sailing hard along the causeway
strapped with nothing more to say
they'll pick apart any words you'll find
and you can't have mine
so are you ready to die
pinch yourself and feel alive
sail away to the other place
with the pretty lawns and pearly gates.
Send a letter when you arrive
let me know that you'll be alright
in the vault, you can look inside
it'll probably be time.

But I can
and I will
in our bed
that's where we'll live
the bodies piled up in my mind
the dye is cast, now
so where to start
and sure enough
easy to love.

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from Sharp Relief, released November 22, 2019
Sam Hanlan - vocals, guitar, FX, recording engineer, mix engineer, producer
Milena Seitzinger - clarinet

Mastered at Small Pond Recordings

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