ORCHARD
wedding songs they come and they will go
the wind will rise and fall
sun and moon they spin and rivers flow
I will remember what you told me

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and come October baby
I will meet you in the orchard
every year at the same time
I'm gonna meet you in the orchard

now, every generation learns to dance
across that floor they steal their moment
young lovers pick the lock their hearts burst open
like rotten jack-o-lanterns

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you'll sing like a choir girl I'll sing like a thief
we'll sing our ugliest confessions
we'll build midnight backyard bonfires and watch
our soul smoke climb to the black heavens

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and who would believe it if we told them what we see
the snake coiled around the willow tree
and who would believe it if we told them what we heard
the evening star singing to the morning bird

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we'll trade the rings and then we'll jump the broom
we'll hold our breath til springtime
we'll build a house we'll build an altar bed
I will remember what you told me

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we'll say our prayers above the planted seed
we'll drink each other's blood then finally
we'll jump the leaving train we'll roll away
into that ghost green valley

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