Jim Allen - For Maggie

from More Songs About Birds and Trees by Various Artists

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I’ve cried for Maggie all night, but I can’t feel a thing
I turn over and turn out the light when I hear the bells ring
My head’s worn a hole in the wall, it’s the least I could do
But my heart’s grown too hollow to truly be swallowed in blue

Even the arms of the earth appear weary and wan
But with or without weeping, the reaping will go on and on
I mumble a prayer and I cover a window in black
Sometimes being gone means that you’ll never be coming back

I’ve cried for Maggie all night, but it’s not like I mind
My eyes needed something to do and it beats going blind
If her picture falls off of the wall from the thunderstorm’s force
It just means the sky’s been plugged in to the wrong power source

Now the night and day meet to the second-line beat of my bones
As they drum out the difference between lonely and being alone
I can drown in a crowd and still feel like I’m on my own
I can call her all night but no one’s gonna pick up the phone

I’ve cried for Maggie all night, but I can’t feel a thing
I turn over and turn out the light when I hear the bells ring

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from More Songs About Birds and Trees, released April 13, 2021
Mastered by Ranier Gembalczyk for Sienna Digital
(c) 2021 Orsini Music (BMI)

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13 singer/songwriters plus one pandemic equals a lot of downtime. That's why the baker's dozen heard here started convening via Zoom once a week to share new songs with each other in the spring of 2020. Many were friends beforehand and some were strangers to each other. But gathering online each week, everyone became intimately acquainted pretty quickly, evolving into an extended musical family. ... more

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