Hickory

[00:11.16] He kissed her once as she leaned on the windowsill
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[00:20.98] She'll never love him but knows that her father will
[00:24.76] Her fallen fruit is all rotten in the middle
[00:34.55] But her breast never dries when he's hungry
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[00:50.43] The money came and she died in her rocking chair
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[01:00.14] The window wide and the rain in her braided hair
[01:03.90] A letter locked in the pattern of her knuckle
[01:13.48] Like a hymn to the house she was making
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[01:29.54] Blind and whistling just around the corner
[01:32.89] And there's a wind that is whispering something
[01:39.03] Strong as hell but not hickory rooted
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[01:53.48] She kissed him once 'cause he gave her a cigarette
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[02:03.31] And turned around, but he waits like a turned down bed
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[02:13.16] And summer left like her walking with another
[02:16.75] And the sound of the church bell ringing
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[02:32.96] The money came and he died like a butterfly
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[02:42.62] A buried star in the haze of the city lights
[02:52.45] A gun went off, and her mother dropped her baby
[02:56.03] On a blue feathered wing, we were lucky
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[03:12.02] Blind and whistling just around the corner
[03:15.34] And there's a wind that is whispering something
[03:21.40] Strong as hell but not hickory rooted
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