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September 2009

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She smokes cloves when she's got the money
And Pall Malls when she has none
She says "I am not the ember, I'm the puff of smoke--
Would you pour me another one?"

Delilah thinks about her future
She forgets about her past
And when the sirens sound in the alley
She says "I've been tied to the mast all along"

Now she's sitting on her porch swing thinking
About changing her last name
She's got the spider bite blues and the cocaine chills
And her daddy takes the blame

Now she's climbing the train track trestles
For to howl in the face of the moon
She says "God, you and I are gonna wrestle--
I have my doubts, but I'll find out soon enough"

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from Words Are Fragile Vessels, released October 5, 2021
Paul Bowers: guitar, vocals
Haley Dreis: vocals
Gardner Beson: bass

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The Camellias North Charleston, South Carolina

Ragged folk songs for hard modern times.

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