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from Expat EP by Golden Birds

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You came from the sky
Just as earth and fire had swallowed us
I did not know if I had long
I told my little girl
Be strong
Be strong
You stay strong

Then a shaft of light
And weight releasing from on top of us
As tumult filtered back surrounding us
My burning eyes picked out your silhouette
And I said not yet not yet not yet

And I can see you
Reaching through the smoke and dust
To lift me up
Saying I had nothing to fear
I'd prayed so hard for an angel to come and rescue us
I said
Are you here

Right when you arrived
I'd just made peace with my husband being gone
Years of grieving now I had to move on
Promised my girl not to raise her on my own
So tired of being alone

Then there you were my knight
And I knew destiny drew you clear across the earth
To bring me life again yes baby you've been my rebirth
And these days of my finest dreams' arranging
But I feel something changing

Oh baby look me in the eye
Help me baby as I try to understand
I know you mean well you're my upright man
But can you see that I need someone
Do you just want someone

And I can see you
But you’re starting to fade
Starting to stiffen
Each time you turn away
My daughter needs a father
Who won’t just disappear
Are you here

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I can't forget those nights
I was a new thing girl I'd never known
I was your man & I was all full grown
Every sinew singing every time I walked to town
You drove me crazy baby never so alive
Embedded every night in your sweet caress
& every morning rising beside your sweet breath
But every day just cut me down

Till I said
Every single thing I see
It just passes straight through me
Like I'm a God damned sieve
Girl I'm a ghost
Haunting someone else's home
I don't know what I have to give

& I can see you
Your brown hair crazed by the wind
From the whipping blades
As they kick up the sand
You said where could I go
If it wouldn’t have our bed
I said
This one is over my head
This one is out of my hands

& I can see you
Reaching out for me
From fever dreams
In the moment they’re clear
Before my parents’ basement closes around me
I call out

Are you here
Are you here
Are you here

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from Expat EP, released December 31, 2012
Music by Don Henley and Mike Campbell; words by Golden Birds.

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