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Article #602258Re: She Sleeps Tight / Will Dockery
From: Rex Entwhistle
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:37
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:37
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On Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 2:46:06 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote: > She Sleeps Tight > > Sleeps so tight > she has a marksman's eye. > Maker's mark > tattoo firewater spine. > Leather shoes > but nowhere to go. > > Dice and coins > scattered in the snow. > Dice and coins > scattered in the snow. > > Won't be long, > until I see her face. > She's waiting > in an undisclosed place. > I've been conspired > banned from my muse. > > This won't stick > poor boy's all confused. > This won't stick > poor boy's all confused. > > In Salem town > she keeps her chin so high. > Darkened breeze > she smiles as I roll by. > Step inside > she looks for tables left. > > Wink at time > nothing lasts except yourself. > Wink at time > nothing lasts except yourself. > > Like a Steamboat > she plans to roll on down. > To the Gulf > out of this dirty town. > Copper mesh > kept stuffed in a jar. > > Sharp cold hit > turning wine to water. > Sharp cold hit > turning wine to water. > > We know him > eye deed by his ship. > In a trap > a kind of goosechase trip. > Whiskey fumes > and stale gunsmoke. > > Sunk and drowned > with all her knives and jokes. > Sunk and drowned > with all her knives and jokes. > > Sleeps so tight > she has a marksman's eye. > Maker's mark > tattoo firewater spine. > Leather shoes > but nowhere to go. > > -Will Dockery > > -- > She Sleeps Tight / Will Dockery & Sandy Madaris: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uGY157cpiU&tIs > > "She Sleeps Tight", vocals by Will Dockery & Sandy Madaris, guitars by Brian > Mallard. Paintings by George Sulzbach, many of the painting lost in the > flood can be found here. Great tune....
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