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Concrete Lullabies

from Decades of Silence by Bluebird's Ghost

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Recorded live by Owain Fleetwood Jenkins at StudiOwz, early morning April 11th, 2017. Take 1.

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Don’t talk to old Bathsheba
she’s all ate up inside
from sleeping in that damp cold
singing concrete lullabies

She’s the one who’s been here longest
Came in years and years ago
We all came to the city
There was nowhere else to go

Dwelling in the fringe places
on the outskirts of town
Empty malls and hotels
Rich folks’ abandoned playground

Scattered in the ruins
like a flock of migrant birds
Perched in the bones of dead trees
in those stagnant swampland pools

The city didn’t want her
Ain’t got enough to feed its own
No job, no food, no shelter
Sleeping on cold, hard stone

The cold, it gets you slowly
and it lodges in your heart
Like that ever grinding hunger
when you wake up in the dark

The police won’t help you
when you’re living of grace
They just drive you right back downtown
to keep them rich folks safe

Stranded in this hard place
we fell right through the cracks
Drinking in the bleak light
along the railroad tracks

Leave a light on for Bathsheba
with her lined and quiet face
She’s dreaming of that old home
where she was born and raised

The water turned to poison
And out laid the land to waste
Now it’s quiet on the bayou
Yet another empty space

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from Decades of Silence, released November 1, 2017
Tale: lead vocals
Erlend: tenor guitar

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Bluebird's Ghost is an acoustic oldtimey duo from Sandnes, Norway.

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