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Last night I had the strangest dream
That I was on the mountainside
And all around me, fields of green
And my two feet were tightly tied

Now see me limping down the stairs
My swollen ankles like two bulbs
My whole life I’ve been scared
And my thumping heart’s been full
Of dread

But I remember, so long ago, was it a memory or a dream?
There was a big man, who held me in his strong arms,
And his eyes were my same green

Now hold me close to you my queen
I like the lines around your eyes
And streaks of silver in your long black hair
I love you in the morning light

I love you best when you wake up
Before you paint your soft white face
With pale powder, kohl and rouge
I like that life has left a trace on you

I had a bad dream, oh my wife, hold me tight to your chest
I saw you swinging limp from the rafters, in your favorite velvet dress

And I love you woman, when I plunge inside you
I lose my sense where I am, I lose my sense of who I am
I want to be inside you, to live inside you
until I mend
until I mend

But I remember, so long ago, was it a memory, or a dream?
Someone like you, yes, so much like you, held my head in her warm hands

credits

from Lake of States : Sounds of the Summer, track released April 19, 2009
holly ~ lead and backing vokes, whistling, guitar
mike ~ accordion, banjo, hurdy gurdy, piano
computer ~ bass drum/tupperware/music box samples


track art ~ 'oedipus and the sphynx' by gustav moreau, 1864

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Holly Mae and the Painted Room Berlin, Germany

The Painted Room is an art-folk entity of varying membership that existed in from 2006 to 2012. Members have included Holly Mae Haddock, Sara Kwon, Kathy Kwon, Molly Morgan, Sarah Morris, Mary Fraser, Mike Billmire, Serge Van der Voo, Merilee Philips, Sami Jo Buffington, Ken Lee, Jaime Fordyce & others ... more

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