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Saving Face

from Picardy by Ben Smith

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A lie from a friend
or the truth from a stranger
is the same in the end
You're always in danger
of finding out something you knew was true

But what if I'm both?
I'm the friend and the stranger
and nothing I say,
nothing will change her
She'll tender an offer not so tenderly

blacken my eyes
hold my face in your hands for a while
there's no disguising
there's no saving grace in saving face

steady your heart
with your steady hand
steel your nerves
and all you command
and brace for the shudder that's coming on

But what if my heart becomes fist
and starts shaking
what if my hand can't unmiss
what it's breaking
I'm not letting it go, I won't let go

blacken my eyes
hold my face in your hands for a while
there's no disguising
there's no saving grace in saving face

all the rest
drops to the ground
my eyes fall there
and don't make sound
sometimes seeing ain't believing
when love is blind

watch my ears
fall like ash to the ground
they settle in a corner
my teeth come unbound
and they chatter on the floor
like a bag of dimes

blacken my eyes
hold my face in your hands for a while
there's no disguising
there's no saving grace in saving face

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from Picardy, released September 4, 2018
Ben Smith -- vocals, guitar, piano
Tim Celfo -- bass
Brad Hinton -- guitar, lap steel
Sean Hoots -- guitar
Thomas Bendel -- drums

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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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