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My Bluest Field of Lavender

from Jet Black And White by Russell Joslin

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lyrics

Fevered from the breeze on the lane, I called out for more.
Fearing that I was insane, she opened the door.
She said ‘There are so many roads through this forest, why’d you have to go and pick mine? I haven’t seen anybody for oh such a very long time’.

She said ‘The love that is made in the cities is disgraceful and in-divine,
The things I could show you within here would place you in a different mind.
But there are so many years ‘neath my belt now and my motives I fear are unkind.
There are so many hearts on the market, why’d you have to go and pick mine?

You’ve been tapping on keys for pleasure, drinking gallons of poison for pain.
And Oh if I could only befriend you, I’d leave you cleansed, renewed and changed.
But I haven’t felt anybody, in oh such a very long time.
There are so many minds to indulge you, why’d you have to go and pick mine?’

So the love that we made was half-empty and subdued like a 21 year old king.
When things broke down there was nothing else to do, we’d just sip berry nectar and sing.
And she remains to this day my bluest field of lavender.

So for week upon week I stayed with her, learning everything I’d ever need to know
About the birds and the bees and the breakdown of modern life and everything we know.
She said ‘There are so many things that approach us, I could tell you but you’d be terrified. There are so many species to save now, why’d you have to try and save mine?’

She seemed to have enough love for men like me, but never quite enough for she.
I really really wanted to save her soul, stay with her for the next eternity.
And Oh if I could find my way back there, that future would surely be mine.
There are so many lives that she could’ve started, why’d she have to go and start mine?

So I stumble through this town with my daggers drawn and my eyes set to ‘Leave me alone’, dreaming of the girl who took me in – the only human I’ve ever known.

And she remains to this day my bluest field of lavender.

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from Jet Black And White, released January 3, 2010

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