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BWhat we built, aF#t the kiln that won’t be Astilled
Did not Gset well:
BThe old veil of desireF#  
Like the vessels that we Afired
Fell thiGn as eggshells
BmAnd every season, someboAdy burns
Downtown, taking turns–
CTaking a bus, to take a train anGd just plain vamoose
BmNow the wind blows coals over the hills. AHoney
I’ve been paying my bills
CBut honey it’s been a long time since I’Gve come to any use
BmAnd it hurt me bad, when I heard the news
DThat you’d got that call, and could not refuse
A(A goose, alone, I suppose, can know the lonelinEess of geese
EWho never find their peace, whetDher North, or South, or AWest, or East, WF#mest or East;
EAnd I could never find my way
DTo being the kind of friend you seemed tAo need in me
GTill the needing Fhad ceased.)
BRecently, a bottF#le of rye, and a friend, Aand me,
on our five loGose legs,
Bhad a ramble, and spokeF#  
of the scrambling of broAken hopes, and gGoose eggs,
Bmand a stranger, long agoA.
(Not you, honey! You, I know.)
CWe just spoke of broken hopes anGd old strangers.
BmNow the wind blows coals over the sea.A  
Tell you what, honey: you and me
CBetter run and see if we can't contain tGhem, first.
BmBut you had somewhere that you had to go,
Dand you caught that flight out of Covalo.
ANow, overhead, you’re gunning in those EVs,
Ewhere you had better find your peace,
wheDther north, or south, or Awest, or east. F#mWest, or east.
EAnd I had better find my way
Dto being the kind of friend you seemed tAo need in me,
Gat last (at leasFt).
EWhat’s redacted will repeat,
Dand you cannot learn that you burn when Ayou touch the heat,
so we touch tF#mhe heat,
Eand we cut facsimiles of love and death
D(just separate holes in sheetsA  
Gwhere you cannot breathe, and you cannoFt see).
EAnd I cannot now, for the life of me, beliDeve our talk—
our fAlock had cause to leave,
but dF#mo we? dEo weD?

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Goose Eggs

by Joanna Newsom

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F#m

B F# A

What we built, at the kiln that won’t be stilled

Did not set well:

B F#

The old veil of desire

Like the vessels that we fired

Fell thin as eggshells

Bm A

And every season, somebody burns

Downtown, taking turns–

C G

Taking a bus, to take a train and just plain vamoose

Bm A

Now the wind blows coals over the hills. Honey

I’ve been paying my bills

C G

But honey it’s been a long time since I’ve come to any use

And it hurt me bad, when I heard the news

That you’d got that call, and could not refuse

A E

(A goose, alone, I suppose, can know the loneliness of geese

E D A F#m

Who never find their peace, whether North, or South, or West, or East, West or East;

And I could never find my way

D A

To being the kind of friend you seemed to need in me

G F

Till the needing had ceased.)

B F# A

Recently, a bottle of rye, and a friend, and me,

on our five loose legs,

B F#

had a ramble, and spoke

A G

of the scrambling of broken hopes, and goose eggs,

Bm A

and a stranger, long ago.

(Not you, honey! You, I know.)

C G

We just spoke of broken hopes and old strangers.

Bm A

Now the wind blows coals over the sea.

Tell you what, honey: you and me

C G

Better run and see if we can't contain them, first.

But you had somewhere that you had to go,

and you caught that flight out of Covalo.

A E

Now, overhead, you’re gunning in those Vs,

where you had better find your peace,

D A F#m

whether north, or south, or west, or east. West, or east.

And I had better find my way

D A

to being the kind of friend you seemed to need in me,

G F

at last (at least).

What’s redacted will repeat,

D A

and you cannot learn that you burn when you touch the heat,

F#m

so we touch the heat,

and we cut facsimiles of love and death

D A

(just separate holes in sheets

G F

where you cannot breathe, and you cannot see).

E D

And I cannot now, for the life of me, believe our talk—

our flock had cause to leave,

F#m E D

but do we? do we?

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