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Papa's Ghost

from The Staying Crows by Old Wolves

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Papa's ghost floats next to mine in the ashes of cherry limbs
"Leave us we'll be home soon enough"
We sing back at the seraphim
But their trumpets blare and their voices break
Same tired song we've heard since birth
So we cast them off "We like the woods" our tongues tied now to the earth

Mama kept the curtains closed
Said she could see better in the dark
She closed her eyes and could swear she felt
Papa's ghost deep within her heart
But her focus blurs as the tears run down
Can't find the courage to leave this place
Put's the pen away, resigns another day, keeps papa's shotgun in it's case

There ain't no weight worth a good god damn
When the other end of the rope is wrapped around your makers hand

Now come my son let the weight of a serpent's gaze
Be that which casts you aside
This world shall bear my fruit and false sense of freewill
In the shadows where children hide

Be on your way

My teachers told me that god was dead and papa's ghost just lingers on
No direction home, fully free to roam, but in quiet hear papa's song
Those trumpets blare even louder now, but the song seems to have changed
Some things we lose
Some things we don't
Some things just stay the same.

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from The Staying Crows, released May 10, 2017

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Weaving together elements of doom, blues, folk, and raw feeling, Joe Zumpano is a true force to be reckoned with. Every line he has written and every chord he strikes is littered with the ghosts of a memory. There’s the rest of the world, and then there’s Old Wolves.” ... more

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