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Alma Told Me (They Do, You Do)

from 2. Black Fly Summer by Ada Vale

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lyrics

Alma told me about a tug on the leash –
did I feel it, too?
She said she recognized when I felt the squeeze,
and she asked about you.

She said we never would have been in the same
cages when we came.
But when you let us out, and we run in the wild,
it’s all the same, it’s all the same.

But I’m not your bird, I’m not your breed.
We see the ghost whenever
we wander through the sheets
in sex we painted blue.
What they do, you do.

I told you once who was holding the leash,
and your face in the dirt.
Shining boy, with your hands in the trees;
I know that they hurt.

We never would have been in the same
cages when we came
But when they let us out, and we run in the wild,
it’s all the same, it’s all the same.

But I’m not your bird, I’m not your breed.
We see the ghost whenever
we wander through the sheets
in sex we painted blue.
What they do, you do.

Walking with the creatures,
I know what I’ll see.
People from the mountain
don’t know the beast like me.
I’m the one who works there,
I’m on your tv.
Can’t miss my name.
Can’t miss my name.

But I’m not your bird, I’m not your breed.
You need those fools, remember.

credits

from 2. Black Fly Summer, released September 1, 2016
Words & Music by Math Rosen

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Ada Vale Toronto, Ontario

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singing stories
of mountain & city
since 2015
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a musical drama
by Marley Rosen (they/them)

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