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Bird Flies South

from Demos #3 by Joe Holt

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The tang of old coffee is the only thing I'm tasting these days
I'm watching TV and the interviewee is describing the migratory ways
of some bird I'm never gonna see

I'm tired of choices with none of the voices
saying anything I can use
in a world where a bird flies south
and it's news

I'm a mailbox to send to; I'm searching for something to feel
It's like looking through menus, allergic to all of the meals
allergic to anything real

There's a bird in the air and I hope while he's there
he's admiring the views
in a world where a bird flies south
and it's news

I wake up forgetting why I bother at all
there's nothing I'm dying to do
There's a hole in my soul with a shovel inside
and it's you

So I walk through the night and when I start to see light
the birds come and sit on the tree
and I wonder why they stay when they can fly anywhere
then I wonder the same about me

Now I'm seeing the sky and remembering why
it's sometimes rewarding to lose
in a world where a bird flies south
and it's news

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from Demos #3, released May 20, 2014

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Joe Holt New York, New York

Joe is a folk singer/songwriter originally from England, whose music was praised by Obscure Sound as "stirring, eloquent songwriting," and by Ear to the Ground as "the real deal when it comes to folk songwriting." His music has been featured twice on NPR. He lives in New York City. ... more

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