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The Tides Will Turn

from Intimates and Hosiery by Milly Raccoon

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lyrics

The way she cried, she lost her eyes. Her lashes left her lids.
Her prideful mind, he could not find; her loving lips, he did
Her face she pressed into his chest and told him she must go
"It's in my mind to find a home and a husband for to know"

The end is nigh and that is why I'm not asking you to marry me
The tides will turn, the earth will burn, and wind and sands will bury me

She wandered for a hundred songs along the mountainside,
and in the town she'd look around for the ladies of the night.
She'd barter false affections for food and feather bed
She thought of her lost lover and the final words he'd said

She learned of flesh and pleasure, her skill was widely known
For just a pretty penny, her body you could own
At night she sang so sweetly, the other whores to hear
They said go to the city, lest fate imprison you here

She was given gifts aplenty by men she did not know
But one who'd heard her singing gave her an old banjo
Soon she played for payment, her freedom she had found
Not whore nor wife but mighty bard, she'd travel the world around

She rose her song for forests, for trees to give us breath
For whales and fish in oceans that greed would put to death
And when the earth was whole again, she'd find the love she once knew
And say I see the world you saved, and now I'll marry you

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from Intimates and Hosiery, released September 3, 2015
Milly Raccoon: vocals, guitar
Nathan Rivera: harmony vocals, accordion
Karl Kummerle: violin
Barry Bremer: bass
Words and music by Milly Raccoon

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Milly Raccoon Nashville, Tennessee

Trained by campfires and tavern jams all over the world, Milly Raccoon’s eccentric and poignant lyrics mix with musical stylings that seem to have travelled out of the past, emulating classic country, early jazz, and other antiquated Americana. There is a connecting thread of spirituality, healing and liberation weaving through her work.
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