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i've been in a quiet time
when only storm clouds fill my mind
seems like everything i said
just came outta my mouth dead

and i've been hiding out at night
where there ain't no damn fights
i've been tryin' to keep my cool
and quit breakin' my own rules

and now the oceans start to rise
from the tear drops from my eyes
as they fall and hit the floor
i hear soldiers splashin' at the door

and the soldiers said they found me dead
they needed someone to identify my head
so they took me down to the scene
where they'd found my notebook burned in a pile of leaves

they said "have you seen this man before?"
i answered "once or twice or more
but i ain't ever seen him like this
he never used to get so pissed"

i took the scraps of the notebook
and what was left of the guitar
and i made up a tune
and i sang it to the moon

and from that burnt pile of leaves
emerged a small, determined sapling
and she reached up to the sun
singing "lazy bones, you're works just begun"

and the clouds inside my mind turned white
forming new ideas, not blocking out the light
been tryin' to make every word i breath
be more like throwin' out a seed.

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from * volume three *, released July 5, 2016

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charlie shuck Jacksonville, Florida

a poet and songwriter from jacksonville, florida.


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