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Hickory
Iron & Wine
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He kissed her once as she leaned on the windowsill
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She'll never love him but knows that her father will
Her fallen fruit is all rotten in the middle
But her breast never dries when he's hungry
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The money came and she died in her rocking chair
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The window wide and the rain in her braided hair
A letter locked in the pattern of her knuckle
Like a hymn to the house she was making
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Blind and whistling just around the corner
And there's a wind that is whispering something
Strong as hell but not hickory rooted
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She kissed him once 'cause he gave her a cigarette
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And turned around, but he waits like a turned down bed
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And summer left like her walking with another
And the sound of the church bell ringing
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The money came and he died like a butterfly
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A buried star in the haze of the city lights
A gun went off, and her mother dropped her baby
On a blue feathered wing, we were lucky
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Blind and whistling just around the corner
And there's a wind that is whispering something
Strong as hell but not hickory rooted
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