Crippled Bird

from The Elegant Gesture Of The Drowned with Bob Bucko, Jr. (album, remixed and remastered 2023) by David Morrison

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You'll never make it out
But that's by design
Not yours or mine
And most certainly not divine

But happenstance is best experienced
As a mix of the low and the high
And in the final ledger was writ
The blood red word goodbye

Your obligation to your audience
Has twisted up the sky
The air is dry
And your caravan has left behind

But your best defense has left me curious
About what falls down from up high
Trapped in the wind, torn hedges
The crippled bird that cannot fly

But your last defense made me furious
About the way that I will die
And I swear to you
You'll never make it through
This crippled bird must die
By your hand or you by your lies
What you wear inside

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from The Elegant Gesture Of The Drowned with Bob Bucko, Jr. (album, remixed and remastered 2023), released August 2, 2012
Written by Bob Bucko, Jr. BBJR - electric guitars. DMO - vocal, bass, drums, organ. Guitar solo by Bob & Dave in turns.

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David Morrison Wimberley, Texas

Singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer. Occasional guest vocalist w/The Rudy Schwartz Project, Farrago Ensemble, The Able Sea & others. Has played hundreds of solo & band shows & been
featured on Church of the Subgenius show. Coproduced the Glimmer Blinkken's Golden Days & mixed the Mustn'ts EP. Currently w/the Lemon Settlement & the Swangles. Runs Rat Palace Recording. ... more

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