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Old Mother

from Floating Feather by Fox and the Bird

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Our old mother speaks from the badlands,
parched and dry from the worst words of man
Our old mother speaks

Our old mother speaks through a thunderous roll
of a city on a hill in a story I was told,
Where a garden had grown
but now where the hell did it go?
By lock and key confined,
now we have gone and lost our minds
Our old mother speaks

She’s wailing and screaming
"don’t you leave me here all alone"
No longer believing they will wrench this love
from our fingers dead and cold

Our old mother walks through the culdesacs
She’s calling our names but were not going back
Our cages are built far from where our fathers had knelt
and we will great the sun, long after our sweet mother has gone
Our old mother speaks

Our father of the sand,
they’re fragments that were left of that man
All men must live and die
but death is now just sand in my eyes

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from Floating Feather, released July 29, 2011
Song by Dan Bowman
Instrumentation by Fox and the Bird

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Fox and the Bird Dallas, Texas

Fox and the Bird is a folk-pop band hailing from Dallas, TX with gang vocals and layered harmonies. The band is a choral collective that's seen a rotating cast of 15 songwriters & members since they hit the scene in 2008. They continue to produce and self-release its albums, touring from time to time and always committed to music that is made on back porches, in living rooms and on the streets. ... more

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