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Green and Dying

from Ode to a Tinhorn by Maxwell Putnam

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lyrics

i was born green and dying
in the evening in the mist
time held me up to heaven and said
what am i supposed to do with this
they said put him on fortysecond street
with a pocketknife and give him a kiss
and so it was i was born
in the same bed to die in

inside where all the pretty people play
the gossip bonafide
your mother seems so proud she
talks about the history of drinking wine
your father's been explaining for an hour or two
the benefits of never waisting time
and everyone at the party was born
without even trying

you're looking like you're working like a
hooker on the corner of insanity and poetry again
is your motivation destiny or
just another voice in your head
the rain's been kicking particles of other people's problems
looking like a storm coming in
and it looks like you were born
without a comfort to cry in

life is a lot like a fireworks display
it's loud and mostly for show
when the grand finale hits
you're a little drunk and ready to go
but nothing's a sweet as the smell of the street
magnolia trees and fried dough
and everyone at the carnival gets
tamed and trained like a lion

olivea is finished with her grieving
she starts to smiling slow
i see her eyes and know that time
is never gonna let her go
they say that every love sours,
never will ours, fate is only one way to go
what's not a cause for love to be defying

he let me stay there for a little while
before he figured it was time for us to go
he shook my hand, showed me he had the ticket
just like it was a ladder he led me under
the great rainbow
to the place where eden fell
green and dying

all the same it seems i remain
like the sea to sing through its chains
and the prisoner to echo the train
and mountains bow down to the plains
all green and dying

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from Ode to a Tinhorn, released March 16, 2018

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