Understudy

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understudy

oh it is long after two and we’re left here to do
all of the things they couldn’t finish or lose
and there’s a fire and boys we just shovel
we just shovel it on

i used to worry about how my hair would fall out
how my bones would complain and rattle about
we may be low but we will be lowered
into the dirt into the earth

and these are desperate days but here lies a way
i do declare my understudy
i will follow you

and if you see and i don’t well then please let me know
if you can help or in any way save the show
the disaster the mess of a plan
drawn up and rolled up with the heaviest of hands

and outside the world it doesn't even stutter
the mark of a man not measured by another
nothing changes it all remains
it all stays it all stays it all stays the same

these are desperate days but here lies a way
i do declare my understudy
i will follow you

those kids are wide awake but dreaming still
out on the town and in for the kill
but those nights they did take their toll
and i am paying still

these are desperate days but here lies a way
i do declare my understudy
i will follow you

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from Understudy, released December 17, 2017

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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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