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Poplar Tree

from I Put The Day Away by Phil Cohen

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lyrics

i was out swimming with the mourning doves
down by the water born from the rising sea
of all the people that don't breathe the salt
but they moved to california and it's not my fault

i was out sleeping in the poplar tree
pounded by the storm that came in ‘94
the neighbor never liked that I was getting free
but i'm too old to be keeping that goddamn score

i was out burning all the autumn leaves
smoke on the rise, the cold cut me down to size
the winter never meant that much to me
so I'm going to carolina for a long slow squeeze

i was out putting on my satin gloves
bound for the egg that money couldn't save
where everybody's trying to get that awful buzz
so slip me something good
cuz i'd rather be sleeping in my grave

nights alone are hard to keep
the thoughts you own die in your sleep
when you spend your whole damn life trying to take a side
if it all goes the way i plan i'll be gone before they understand
to find the words to best explain
is like trying to find piss in the pouring rain


but those alive and those to come
are just standing by the road with a big bent thumb
cuz no one taught us how to wait
or that money can't save you from a dirt nap fate
all that your whole life's born from your parents greed
instead of save the earth they'd rather past the seed
and then they expect you to do the same
you either roll the dice or endure the flame

and I'm not much of a gambling man
i already dug my grave and I know who I am
but it's hard to ignore the human trait
that's why they're putting up nets on the golden gate
and I won't stop them if they want to try
but halfway down I hope they learn to fly
cuz the sharks are hungry and they won't be kind
if they find out you didn't want to pull the blinds
cuz there is no god in the frisco bay
if the Anglin brothers couldn't get away

and I'm not much of a rambling man
i already cut my teeth in a caravan
so I'm thankful for the evening breeze
when I'm sleeping in the poplar trees

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from I Put The Day Away, released March 22, 2024

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