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The Wind​-​Up Bird

from Two Maple Keys by Maudlin Magpie

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lyrics

a child came up to me
said "strangers, they know themselves"
but i don't know anything
just what i read and feel

she waits for me patiently
for the waters to calm themselves
once the wake of the others gone
the bottom is still and clear

and when the bass drum kicks
steady in my heart
like a stalled out car
surging to jumpstart
as the long lost child
makes his way home
the wind-up bird
keeps time like a metronome

and there in the open field
oh how the winds did howl
a shimmering ocean of grain
for one moment, i lost myself

but the ink well is drying up
the quill has become blunt and worn
but the flame has not yet burned out
so i must continue on

and when the bass drum kicks
steady in my heart
like a stalled out car
surging to jumpstart
as the long lost child
makes his way home
the wind-up bird
keeps time like a metronome

credits

from Two Maple Keys, released July 14, 2012
guitar and vocals by jason horodyski
vocals by katie gold

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