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Pretty Things

from How Could a Man by Derek Senn

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lyrics

So the leaves have turned and fallen fifty times since my birth
and the trees will wait out the winter buds will break come the thaw
some trees will die and decompose I’ll chainsaw one to heat my home
when I was a boy my Labrador died I reckoned I’d see her on the other side
I asked my priest will she go up to heaven he said no
so she remained inside a box inside a drawer next to my socks
when it’s my time should I be burned I don’t want to be shelved in an urn
scatter me up here at the lake bring instruments and have a raucous wake
I’m sitting here in my cabin with my woman and my cat
we’ve got each other books and a guitar you don’t need much we’ve come to learn that
the days are shorter and there’s and arctic breeze and we’re enveloped in crimson maple trees
and I took her ashes and spread them in the meadow
she really liked it there so it seemed apropos
and it will soon be a sea of snow and after the break-up pretty things will grow
after the break-up pretty things will grow

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from How Could a Man, released May 3, 2019
Derek Senn – vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards, harmonica
Damon Castillo – bass, electric guitar
Kristian Ducharme – B3
Paul Griffith – drums, tambourine

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Derek Senn San Luis Obispo, California

I learned how to play guitar late in life. Then I decided to write songs and record them. For years I worked in the lo-fi tradition of home recording, which means I basically did everything myself & all songs were certified 100% free range, non-GMO, free trade, sustainably recorded organic. YUM! But now I record in proper studios and the music tastes even better! ... more

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