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A bootlegger's heart, it doesn't break apart
it just dries up if someone pulls the plug
Juniper and grain, the hypnosis of the drain
that's why your eyes look so green in the bathtub
I was drunk and had my doubts but the way you moved your mouth
when you sang me a song for my aching
If loneliness was a drought and patience was a cloud
I'd say the heavens broke, unless you were faking

In our roaring years, even broke behind the ears
and in between the dimes in your eyes
but two quarters for my bread, flipping tails and a heads
even poor men strike it rich when the moonshines
I was drunk but I was sure when you left to see the world
to put all its spinning in your pocket
I thought I'd be fine waiting just be a little shaken
cause a bottle only breaks if you drop it

Its getting a little hazy, I've been sitting here for days
I try to speak easy but I'm struggling
I wouldn't say I've been sinking, I wouldn't say I've been swimming
but drinking like a fish should count for something
now I'm drunk but I believe that in life and love and dreams
temperance is a joke, its all or nothing
so cheers to your return, and if it sounds a little slurred
its just I've been waiting so damn long for your home coming

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from Little Stones to Break the Giant's Heart, released October 22, 2013
Billy Beard: drums, percussion
Sam Kassirer: piano
Jim Larkin: bass
Austin Nevins: electric & acoustic guitar, lap steel, bariton ukelele
Laurence Scudder: viola
Dietrich Strause: vocals, acoustic guitar

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