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Rosewood Casket

from Monsters by Dudley Saunders

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lyrics

Jonny killed his sweetheart
When he was but fourteen
Stabbed her to the heart
Crows picked the bones so clean
That now on yonder mountain
So whitely do they gleam
That Jonny hath grown old
‘fore manhood he hath seen

and its cold out there
on the mountain where she lies
there’s no salt on the sill
no black ribbon on the hive
Why’s it easier
To love her when she’s gone

And he’ll never see her smile
Never touch her skin a while
Never walk that crooked mile
To walk him free
Something circles in the sky
Looking down with devil eyes
Black wings flutter by
With black hair in the beak

Jonny had four boys
And I guess a wife between
Sweet and mild
Against the wild
And she doesn’t mean a thing
But boys will play
At killing they
Will shoot with sticks and things
Sees his fingers in their hands
He sees them murdering

And it’s cold out there
In the shadow of his eyes
Where they wonder what they done
Can they apologize
Why’s it easier
To love him when they’re gone
And he’ll never see them smile
Never touch ‘em when they cry
Never walk that crooked mile
To walk them free
Something circles in the sky
Looking down with devil eyes
Black wings flutter by
With black hair in the beak

And years dissipate
Like a dream that hits the day
Like a dream that cannot
Come awake

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from Monsters, released October 1, 2012

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Dudley Saunders Los Angeles, California

Dudley Saunders won the 2009 Outmusic Award for "Outstanding Album" for THE EMERGENCY LANE. In 2011, he was the Western Regional winner of the Mountain Stage NewSong Contest for songs now featured on his 4th release, MONSTERS.

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