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Edith Piaf

from Bones by Melissa Ruth

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lyrics

A kettle’s on in Oregon
And the wind is from the east.
How is the city treating you?
I haven’t heard in weeks.


There must be puddles now in the streets at night.
Do you turn your collar high?
There must be lovers now in your bed at night.
Do you turn your head and sigh?

I re-read your T.S. Eliot:
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
This was underlined many times,
And this: I do not think that they will sing to me.

Of this sea I take what I need,
What I need and nothing more.
My love, if not the turtle dove,
What are you looking for?

I pluck off the last of the MacIntosh
It is cold here, cold enough to frost.
The fire is stoked with that old dry oak
And the smoke, it lingers until it’s lost.

Radio plays a scratchy tune:
Mon Dieu, laissez-le-moi encore un peu. I’ll draw a bath.
My love you’re burning fast,
My love you remind me of Edith Piaf

If you choose to grow bold and you choose to grow old
But you cannot bear it alone
Come unto my bed, there’s a pillow for your head
A breast on which to rest your weary bones.

La Vie en Rose.

credits

from Bones, track released February 14, 2023
Melissa Ruth- Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Vocals
Johnny Leal- Acoustic and Lead Guitars
Scoop McGuire- Bass
Matt Hill- Keys
Cameron Siegal- Drums

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Doo-Wop Twang:The space of blues, the teeth of country, and the grit of rock n roll.

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