SAPPHO LIVES!

from rough nights by Hel Sídhe Wyly

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the outlaw song ianthe always deserved.

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voice like a raspberry,
sweet, sour and gritty
with a fire in your eyes nuff to burn down the city
little bit scruffy and a lotta bit pretty,
just a baby of 23.

and i know you didn't want it all to end up like that,
said you wanted to see just how weird it could get
but she loves makin waves,
she don't stick around to watch em crash.

oh dear girl,
where have you gone?

well, some people get lost and they don't come back
got a one-way ride outta birmingham
with a purple peacoat, and a rolled rim hat
lookin like the resurrection of the bonnot gang
she painted every town all the way to the coast,
gonna catch her a train just to see where it goes
made many a lap before she gave up the ghost,
like many a bright soul, in new orleans.

oh dear girl,
what have you done?

know you don't wanna see me mopin round like a sad sack of shit
find the nearest whatever and break it,
biggest dude you could fight, you can take him
she said "quantum immortality! bitch, i'm just fakin,
i'm alive. what is time?"
"i'm alive."

and i know you didn't wanna go out like that,
said you wanted to see just how weird it could get
but she loves makin waves
she don't stick around to watch em crash.
oh dear girl,
where have you gone?
oh dear girl,
what have you done?
"i fucked up again," she said.
"i fucked up again,
i fuuuuuucked up."

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from rough nights, released January 31, 2021

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Hel Sídhe Wyly New Mexico

all itchy feet, calloused fingers, burnt cities and wild forests.
banjo, dulcimer, concertina, mouth trumpet and vocals by Hel Sídhe Wyly.

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