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Such a pretty hunger
Black lace, chiseled face
Crows bloomin’ on sycamores
Chewin’ bone, chewin’ tendon
Branches bendin’, shadows mendin’
You got to give in to get in
Shake a hand that’s a needle, kid
Concealed, delivered

I’d forsake the world
I’d forsake the world
I’d forsake the world
For you, for you, for you
Violet

Blackmail, blackbird pie
Cut it open—where does it take yah?
Blue window north of Spain
Honeymoon after a rain
Go on light yourself a cigarette
Lean on the overlookin’
Crumbs of light scattered ‘round wolves on chains
I do not feel a thing (ashamed)
I feel kind of--woo!

I’d forsake the world
I’d forsake the world
I’d forsake the world
For you, for you, for you
Violet

Cat drug in your raven
A mockingbird in its beak
If love is a violet bloomin’
Kid, you’re a witch weed
You see, I sowed you while you slept tight
By the pale light of a cup of milk
Flip a coin, see where you’ll cut the catch
Above an eye, underbelly

I’d forsake the world
I’d forsake the world
I’d forsake the world
For you, for you, for you
Violet

By the time you get this I’m already gone
Smoke on the silk cut, the radio’s on
Chan Marshall croonin’ Love Sick Blues
Live, Augusta
A sun hound licked away the frost
On a familiar scene
One-legged rooster balanced on a hot tin roof
King’s cookin’

I’d forsake the world
I’d forsake the world
I’d forsake the world
For you, for you, for you
Violet

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from Honeymoon After a Rain, released June 20, 2015
Matt Oleksa: vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, percussion
Kevin Bass: bass
Erik Roget: drums, chimes

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