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Hanging Tree

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Hanging Tree

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She brings

Her friends

So we won't have

To be alone

A fear

That I might

Loose composer

Without warning

I am a child of fire

I am a liar

I have desire

But I was born inside

The sun this morning

This dirty life of mine

Is hangin' me up

Aall the time

This dirty life

Is just a hanging tree

This dirty life of mine

Is hangin' me up

All the time

This dirty life

Is just a haning tree

They say good evening

When they don't know

What to say

And they say good morning

We wish you would go home

You open windows

And you wait for someone

Warm to come inside

And then you freeze

To death alone

(Chorus)

You call the waittress

But it's time for her to go

And shit I know

Everyone eventually leaving

But I got a pair of wings

For my birthday

And I will fall down

Through the sun

This evening

(Chorus)

I wrote down the lyrics

To Hanging Tree today

(As posted above) and

I'm left dispointed

To say the least

Because this song

Is just so

Fresh in terms of melody

But I think it deserves

Better lyrics than this

Do you think these lyrics

Are of the same caliber

As we we got off

Those first two albums?

I think the melody

And the song structure on

This is brilliant

(Reminds me a bit of Wilco)

but the lyrics are

Bbeyond abstract

Maybe even incoherent

Simple, passive those are

Words that come to mind

Same is true

Of their new song

Cowboys I think

Does anyone know

If Adam

Is a heavy drug user?

Maybe he's fried?

Not an accusation

By any stretch

Just an inquiry

I only ask that because

I listened

To Adams voice mail

Posted up

On the official site

(Latest one they put up)

And he sounds

Completely out of it

There's a difference

Between someone

Who's tired out of it and

Someone who's out

Of it because

Of substance use

Unfortunately to me

He sounds like the later

If it's not true

I hope he gets some rest

And starts putting more

Effort into his writing

If it is true

I hope one of his friends

Helps him get some help

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