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DESERTER

ARE WE REALLY STUCK WITHOUT POWER THREE DAYS FROM THE TOWN AND ARE THE TRAILS AND THE PATHS ALL LOST I CANNOT FIND A WAY OUT ANYTHING OF A PAYOUT AND THE GOOD GUYS ARE CERTAINLY GONE WE ARE CAUGHT UPSIDE DOWN AGAIN RIGHT SIDE OUT AGAIN HOW DO YOU PEOPLE GET ON CAUSE SOMETIMES THE CURSE IS LOST IN THE WORDS AND WE DON'T NEED A REASON TO LIE TO FIGHT DESERTER DESERTER I KNOW IT HURTS STOP THE WILLOW BENDS DOWN WHERE THE DEAD DO LIE WITH THEIR POCKETS ALL FULL OF ROCKS DESERTER DESERTER I KNOW IT HURTS STOP ARE WE SO FAR FROM GRACE WE DO THIS WITHOUT FAITH AND THE BASIC IDEA IS ALL WRONG WHEN I FALL ON MY FACE I DON'T LOSE ANYTHING AND IT HELPS TO KNOW WHICH WAY IS UP SO SET EM UP JOE AND DIG ME A HOLE FOR TO CLIMB TRIUMPHANTLY FROM I DON'T NEED A BED AND I DON'T NEED A CHAIR I NEED A TABLE TO LAY STIFF UPON I NEED YOU AT MY HEAD AND ALL THE REST SOMEPLACE ELSE JUST CRYING AND A-CARRYING ON DESERTER DESERTER I KNOW IT HURTS STOP THE WILLOW BENDS DOWN WHERE THE DEAD DO LIE WITH THEIR POCKETS ALL STUFFED WITH ROCKS DESERTER DESERTER I KNOW IT HURTS STOP ARE WE SO FAR FROM GRACE WE DO THIS WITHOUT FAITH AND THE BASIC IDEA IS ALL WRONG SOMETIMES I THINK I'VE ARRIVED BUT I HAVEN'T LEFT YET I NEVER GOT OUT OF THE DARK AND I'VE A ROPE ROUND MY WAIST AND A HAND ON THE DOOR I MAKE PIGEON STEPS THROUGH THE PARK SO SLOWLY DOES IT CAREFULLY DOES IT BOYS I KNOW I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE IT WASN'T ANY KINDER BACK THEN IT WAS ALWAYS A MESS AND WILL BE FOR EVERMORE GOOD GOD DESERTER DESERTER I KNOW IT HURTS STOP THE WILLOW BENDS DOWN WHERE THE DEAD DO LIE WITH THEIR POCKETS ALL STUFFED WITH ROCKS DESERTER DESERTER I KNOW IT HURTS STOP ARE WE SO FAR FROM GRACE WE DO THIS WITHOUT FAITH AND THE BASIC IDEA IS ALL WRONG

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from We Love To Get Lost And We Love To Get Found, released September 9, 2013

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Stephen Burch. Problem folk, songs with words.

"Ein Singer-Songwriter ist immer auch Poet. Und Burch ist ein ganz besonderer." (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

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