Sweet Reverie

from Ryan McGillicuddy And The Adventurers For Draining The Dismal Swamp by Ryan McGillicuddy

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I swear these books have eyes
They cut me up like rotten pine
I don’t pick them up
And they stare me down till I close mine

This garden is brown as ghost town
And her wrinkled leaves are empty streets
Her withered frown it cusses me
But I curl and sleep

Ain’t it a shame the way
I know it is what needs to give
Ain’t done a damn thing
And I bet tomorrow I’ll do it again

My friends all give me hell
Say I’ve turned pillow soft and well
It’s true I guess but Rose
She needs a chest to rest on all day long

A girl in there with long blonde hair
And all she needs is words to please
But I sewed my lips up
With a string of lazy dreams

Ain’t it a shame the way
That time she takes more than she gives
Ain’t done a damn thing
And I bet tomorrow I’ll do it again

My strings are sick they cough and spit
And I’m melting at the finger tips
Drunken lies ain’t worth a dime
But tell me yours and I’ll vomit mine
Count the ways on clouds adrift
They form a maze to navigate
Too many things to see and breathe
You cut me and I swear I’ll bleed dreams

Sweet reverie

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from Ryan McGillicuddy And The Adventurers For Draining The Dismal Swamp, released September 13, 2012
Ryan McGillicuddy: Guitar, Vocals
Chad Wilbur: Mandolin
Jesse Dalton: Bass, Vocals
Paul Adams: Drums
Trevor Smith: Banjo

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