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Dallas

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Tell the moon you've seen the serpent Found the sword and walked among the
Trees

Trees

Tell the moon you've seen the serpent Found the sword and walked among the
Trees

Trip the forest through the branches On the limb you fell the nest of Bees

Tell the moon you've seen the serpent Found the sword and walked among the
Trees

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quamp On Apr 11, 2015

Birdhouse in Your Soul

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quamp

2015-04-12 12:33:25

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2015-04-11 21:11:35

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This was done in 1970's experimental rock style a la Yes. It was one of the many venue songs written in 2004 for a club that was the cornerstone of the Deep Ellum scene of the late 1980's. The band played there two nights in 2004. I was there on July 18th, 2004 and saw John F. reading the lyrics from a book. He had his hand covering up the title of the book, and all I could think was "What book is that? I wanna know what book that is!" Later I found out it was a book of poem from Henry Treece.

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