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Crooked Earth

from Crooked Earth by Ben Smith

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You're just a rumor now
wandering the streets
you can't feel your feet below you
or every other heartbeat

Forgiveness is a promise
that's impossible to keep
You can try to outrun sorrow
but the road is always steep

You can't straighten out this crooked earth
this crooked earth has you nailed to the ground
You can't make it out of this crooked earth
this crooked earth is hell-bent, heaven-bound

but you can hold your head up high
you can practice every lie
you can buy yourself some time
but the earth knows every trick
it never panics
it opens up and swallows all the answers

Your breath's just a faint whisper
when the smoke gets in your lungs
Your words are borrowed loosely
now you're speaking in tongues

Forgetting is a bargain
and it's priced-to-move
You can trade something for it
when you can't find the truth

You can't straighten out this crooked earth
this crooked earth has you nailed to the ground
You can't make it out of this crooked earth
this crooked earth is hell-bent, heaven-bound

but you can hold your head up high
you can practice every lie
you can buy yourself some time
but the earth knows every trick
it never panics
it opens up and swallows all the answers
and it's burning in its core
it's warming on the shore
and it opens up and swallows all us with it

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from Crooked Earth, released September 6, 2011

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Ben Smith West Chester, Pennsylvania

West Chester, PA songwriter Ben Smith's songs sound good in both your front parlor and your back barroom---all Tin Pan Alley piano and a fading choirboy voice.

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