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SECRETLY ILLITERATE

by fm davis and the Reckless Enablers

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1.
O the rain dances down In tin shoes on the housetop And the dark cloaks the sky like a grave But in your eyes there’s a spark And it glows like the candlelight Flickering feebly against the pane Just close your eyes and you’ll see The world as it’s meant to be The world as you only have dreamed Open your eyes now and be The one you were meant to be As true and as strong and as brave Do not flinch from the rain Do not dread the dark of the night Do not cower before your own tomb Sing a story of day Sing a story of redemption Sing a story to make us come true We’ll close our eyes and we’ll see The world as it’s meant to be The world as we always believed Open our eyes and we’ll be The ones we have hoped to be As true and as strong and as brave
2.
I will write The truth Upon your forehead I will carve Your true name Upon my hand I will bathe Your courage And your wishes And your luck Until they gleam Bright as morning again Will you love me And be my friend For the world is terrible lonely Will you love me And be my friend For the world is terrible sad We've been worn Down and dingified And gunked up And unnerved But we can Be scrubbed clean We can live Like we never learned What pain feels like Or mockery Or fear Or how bad things can be We won’t waste All our luck On cars and airplanes We will quench Our thirst with tall-ships And tests We will trade Our old, dirty Broke-down wishes For a new hope Where our hearts And souls and bodies can nest. Where you can love me And be my friend Though the world is terrible lonely Will you love me And be my friend For the world is terrible sad There can be snow and foes And red lanterns and somersaults There can be snow and foes And red lanterns and somersaults There can be snow and foes And red lanterns and somersaults There can be snow and foes And red lanterns and somersaults If you love me And be my friend For the world is terrible lonely Will you love me And be my friend For the world is terrible sad Will you write The truth Upon my forehead Will you carve My true name Upon your hand Will you bathe My courage And my wishes And my luck Until they gleam Bright as morning again Will you love me…
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Jesus came on cold straw Jesus was warmed by the breath of an ox Who is this blue-cold child And this woman plain as the winter Is this the word of God, this blue cold child Is this His will, this plain winter woman Love cuts like the cold wind And the will of God is plain as the winter Where is the summer will of God Where are the green seasons of God’s will Love cuts like the cold wind And the will of God is plain as the winter Jesus grew up and raised the dead The dead are dead and can stay that way What do we want with the dead alive The dead are dead and can stay that way O you people They nailed him to a cross They run a spear through his side Now we can get some peace Now we can ease our minds O you people Jesus is coming again The stars are going to perch on his shoulder And when he calls it the sun Is going to fall like a goose for his feast If you don’t know him now You won’t know him then O you people Love cuts like the cold wind And the will of God is plain as the winter
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Borne Away 03:54
The road it is rough And the hearse has no springs Hark to the tune That the sad driver sings Rattle his bones over the stones Rattle his bones o'er the stones When we did breathe All our breath was for holding When we did sing All our songs were unture When our lungs emptied Wild winds fell upon us When our song ended The stars sang anew When you could run You did falter and stumble When I could scream I would not speak your name When you were stilled You flew faster than terror When my voice died I cried louder than pain Borne away All my sorrow Borne away All my fear Borne away far beyond the farthest reaches Where nobody owns paupers like me What good is breath If you never breathe deeply What good is light If you can't bear to see What good is love If you never embrace it What fear in death If you never were free Borne away All my weakness Borne away All my tears Borne away far beyond the farthest reaches Where nobody owns paupers like me The road it is rough And the hearse has no springs Hark to the tune That the sad driver sings Rattle his bones over the stones Rattle his bones o'er the stones

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released November 5, 2011

perpetrated by fm davis with David Davis (piano, percussion, choir), Jesse Basford (trombone, guitar, percussion, choir), Becki Franklin (flute, choir), Nick Meyer (bass), Tara Meyer (choir), Kirk Thompson (mandolin and mix mastering). recorded by Kirk Thompson at Master Mix Recording, 24 September 2011.

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