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Wild Dogs & Black Flies

from 2. Black Fly Summer by Ada Vale

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lyrics

Walk with me
on the long way home,
watch the crowds on Sterling Rd. –
white like the sugar that thins your skin.

Walk with me
on the long way home;
shouldn’t be out here on my own;
wild dogs and black flies swarming the king.

I saw him.
I know which way the wind is blowing –
blowing your words into my mouth,
your wings on my tongue, on my tongue.
I’ll find you there when I sink my teeth in.

“Hello?”
“Can you hear me now?”
“Do I get my say?”

Watch where you point that thing!
On the other side of the tracks,
lovers hold hands in the landfill,
on the other side of the tracks.

On voting day, your lips may touch,
but you won’t hear each other’s hello.
Hello, hello, hello.

They’re sleeping in the steam out there.
They’re always what they seem out there.
Don’t tell me that I’m home, I’m home now.
You strip the sheets in every dream.
You patch a hole but snag the seam,
and something in the stitches tells me
nothing’s any different now.

I heard about a place with stars above the door,
words smudged in grease paint and charcoal on the floor.
If you’ve got a switch-blade, you can hustle your way in,
but hold tight to your halo, angel.

credits

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

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

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