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So They Say

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SO THEY SAY

SO THEY SAY SO THEY SAY I MAKE MY BED WHERE OTHERS LAY WELL THEY LIED WELL THEY LIED I MAKE MY BED WHERE OTHERS DIED I COULDNT BE I COULDNT BE I COULDN'T BE WHERE PEOPLE WERE SO I LEFT SO I WENT I TOOK A BOAT TO FLOAT TO HER SHE NEVER ASKED SHE NEVER ASKED SHE DIDNT MAKE DEMANDS ON ME SHE OPENED UP SHE OPENED UP SHE OPENED UP BOTH ARMS FOR ME WITH CALICO AND INDIGO AND QUILTED SHEETS ON EVERY BED FROM EVERY ROOM ANOTHER VIEW ACROSS THE BLUE AND DEWEY HEATHER THE KISSES CAME AND LEFT LIKE BREATHS THE NIGHTS TOO SHORT THE DAYS TOO BRIGHT TOO MUCH FOR ANY SIMPLE HEART TOO MUCH FOR HERS TOO MUCH FOR MINE SO HOLY WORDS RAINED DOWN ON US BUT THEY RAN RIGHT OFF OUR BACKS LIKE BLOOD AND IN THE END WHAT IS LEFT JUST THE CHANCE TO CUT AND RUN SO IT GOES SO IT GOES IVE NEVER KNOWN JUST ONE GOOD YEAR I ONLY KNOW I ONLY KNOW EVERY ROAD THAT BROUGHT ME HERE AND WE ARE CRUEL WE ARE COLD WE ARE WITHOUT AND WE ARE SMALL WE PACK THE KINDNESS IN A BOX AND BURY IT OR JUST BURN IT ALL OH COME ON GIVE A LITTLE OH COME ON GIVE A LOT I CANNOT BE COMPLETE AND CARELESS I CANNOT BE WHAT I HAVE NOT BUT IF THERES A WAY TO WALK THE OCEAN IF THERES A WAY TO CLIMB THE SEA IF THERES A TUNNEL TO THE CLOUDS THAT CHUCK THAT HAIL DOWN ON ME IF THERES A WAY TO BURN WATER IF THERES A WAY TO DROWN A STONE THERE IS NO WAY THERE NEVER WAS IT NEVER LIVED LEAVE WELL ALONE SO THEY SAY SO THEY SAY I MAKE MY BED WHERE OTHERS LAY WELL THEY LIED WELL THEY LIED I MAKE MY BED WHERE OTHERS DIED

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from January EP, released February 1, 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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