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Able & Shiphrah

from Adder and Alder by The Clay States

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take my eyes/forsake my child/take my wife/as I cough and growl/shoals of dark/roll over our/drowning ark/of this train/shovel your grave/lay down and take your rest/shine like gruel/in your new skin dress/burn our houses back to the clay/rake the coals ‘til they blow away/in the fields of men/grow the end of them/charred alive on this train/counted rows/and the smells of old war/the banks are shallow/where they turn them o’er/our stomachs claw/because we can’t eat/you share alone your stores of meat/such tenderness/will it never rest/hills of crow/wherever you sow/to sate the throat of this train/it’s too late to turn back now/it’s too late she says with a smile/stay a child/hair like coal/no one here can ever grow old/these heads shall roll/lie dawning light/sheer woman stark with grief/sings to quiet the babe in the evening/lie dawning light

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from Adder and Alder, released January 12, 2015

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The Clay States Birmingham, Alabama

Songwriter Stephen Collins from Birmingham, Alabama known for multi-genre songwriting and focused vocal harmony. Their music has been called Antebellum Americana, Country Dark, and New Weird America. They continue to perform mostly in and around the Deep South, with biannual tours nationwide. ... more

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