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Soothsinger, Sundancer

from Kamiak Rose by Forrest VanTuyl

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You were barefoot on the mornin’ we were married.
Backroads - we were runnin’ outta gasoline.
We chainsmoked from Idaho to Abilene.
The antidotes evaporate like turpentine.
I was stormy eyed, riot-minded, gnawing on nostalgia-
you were singin’ in your sleep at night like a bird lost in the Dahlias.
We were faultless, fallen, august, empty, sleepin’ on cold canvas,
we strangled lines & tangled vines & southern faces surround us
singin’

“Soothesinger, sing me to sleep
unbind my eyelids & drag me down deep
bury my burdens in your blood orange leaves
soothesinger, sing me to sleep.”

Sundance, you deserved better love.
Sundance, soft-pack camels & Drinas
swallow all the southern dust & exhale all the salt,
when I wash ashore in Essaouira know it’s not your fault.
I came home to Kamiak, I slept til February.
We stole each other’s clothes & stained our lips on thimble berries, now
there’s an eloquence to autumn, sober hymns & “God, prepare me”
I’ll be sleepin in that fog in that field below Rose Marie’s singin’

“Soothesinger, sing me to sleep,
unbind my eyelids & drag me down deep
bury my burdens in your blood orange leaves
soothe singer sing me to sleep-

Brown eyed bird worship love, drag home your feet
Serve the black Southern dust, play the retreat.
Brown-eyed bird worship love, drag home your feet
Serve the black Southern dust, sing me to sleep.”

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from Kamiak Rose, released February 5, 2013
Vocals - Jordan Pargeter

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Forrest VanTuyl Goldendale, Washington

Forrest VanTuyl is a Western songwriter, poet, and working cowboy based in the Inland Northwest. His work has been featured in the New York Times, at The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, and he has written music for the US Forest Service.

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