Bluebird's Egg or a Lesson In Staying

from Olds by John William Watkins

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recorded in brooklyn at Rhys' apartment.

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I hate goodbyes so why don't we just
Not saying anything and I'll walk out the door
On my two boy redneck feet
Just put one in front of the other and hit it man
You've got pictures in your head
Ive a song in my ear from last summer bumr dear
That we once were hot and hard
But hot and heavy it just burns the bread

But what's the use of
Leaving you when summer is half over
In the morning glory's creeping up my leg
And that old spiders web is silken honey
Round my heart where a bluebird's laid it's egg

I hate goodbyes so why don't we just
Not say anything and I'll fly to the moon
Over the barn and beyond the bats
And the field of silver corn & silos & tabby cats
Or should I fly to the sun and sacrifice my wings
Sear away this ever-loving-old-aversion-to-changing things
Fall to the earth and give a rats iota
For broken bones and hearts an inexhaustible quota I'll have for feeling my feelings

But what's the use of
Leaving you when summer is half over
In the morning glory's creeping up my leg
And that old spiders web is silken honey
Round my heart where a bluebird's laid it's egg

I hate goodbyes so why don't we just
not say anything and I'll climb up the stairs
Get undressed and fall into bed
When you meet me there won't I give you head
And I'll surmise when the morning comes
What it was yesterday I mistook for love
The spider's spin and the bluebird's nest
& the morning glories winding will learn me best

But what's the use of
Leaving you when summer is half over
In the morning glory's creeping up my leg
And that old spiders web is silken honey
Round my heart where a bluebird's laid it's egg

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from Olds, track released June 13, 2018
JWW uke and vocals. Rhys Tivey trumpet and synth

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"Watkins has mastered the art of expressing human emotions in a way that keeps them relevant to anyone with heart, while remaining true to his specific experience. This is not the moon, or June romanticism enshrined in 20th-century pop songs. It’s something else: lovely and valuable."

-Kent Williams/Little Village ... more

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