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Men In Corners

from Woe by The Great Park

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MEN IN CORNERS

i didn’t think before i opened up
i didn’t think i’ve not been thinking much
now you got questions boys that’s fair enough
you wanna pull some teeth gotta get things done

the day was dark the night was long
the wind was whipping up a wicked song
deep december sheets of ice
a sliding star the farm alight

well i came to buy but i was told to sell
so i went to court cause i needed help
i went to court and i lost my nerve
it’s fair to say we’re not on the best of terms

men in corners they start fires
men in corners they are hungry liars
we set a place what were we thinking of
give em knives they’re gonna cut things up
show a hand they’ll cut it off

i just came to thee for to rest a while
i never dreamed that id be pressed to fight
i’ve not got much no mouths to feed
sometimes you want sometimes you need

give an inch they take a mountainside
tell em stay they sail oceans wide
raise a glass they leave you high and dry
steal a glance they pluck out eyes

men in corners they start fires
men in corners they are hungry liars
we set a place what were we thinking of
give em knives they’re gonna cut things up
show a hand they’ll cut it off

they plugged me with wires gold green and copper blue
they scrubbed my eyes tears fell like parachutes
they bled the best of me wide away
they took desperate measures of volume and weight

they took teeth they took hair
they looked for kindness it wasn’t there
they will not stop they’ll never have their fill
they started early they work there still

men in corners they start fires
men in corners they are hungry liars
we set a place what were we thinking of
give em knives they’re gonna cut things up
show a hand they’ll cut it off 

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from Woe, released August 19, 2018

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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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