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Augustine - III. Salted Earth

from Weights And Measures by Prairie Rehab

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III. Salted Earth

Don't put me away
I've stayed with you all this time
What have I done to you?
What is my crime?

Once I was your flower
Once I was your branch and root
Now I'm the bitter taste
And the forbidden fruit

I'm not your wife
I'm not respectable
But you were my only one
Bone of my very bone
Don't put me a-way

To Carthage you came
Burning, but not consumed:
Pomegranate tongues of flame
Saffron acacia blooms

And I was that fire
I held you within my arms
Like imperfect matter
Melded with flawless form

I'm not your wife
I'm not respectable
But I gave the whole of me
All of my flesh and blood
Don't put me a-way

A man sees a good thing
Carefully weighs its worth
Tears it asunder
Plunders and salts the earth

Leaves it laid open
Arid and bare and browned
I was your good thing
I was your fertile ground

Don't put me a-way
Don't put me a-way

© 2012 Lacie Mangels / Scott Swartz
(Filament Glow Music ASCAP)

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from Weights And Measures, released February 3, 2013
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Credits for this track are:

Lacie Mangels - Vocals

Scott Swartz - Guitars, Violin

John Baldus - Drums

Greg Lamb - Bass

Dave Grelle - B3 Organ

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