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dedicated to Joel Arsenault: farmer, poet, friend.

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Death took another of our own,
While we were all looking the other way
It was a wicked move, although
I couldn't say

All the ones I've loved were wicked sometimes
I must forgive Death, so much misunderstood,
For doing things his way

But I've started wearing red lipstick
Just to wash the dishes
Startled by the quickness
And my sweater at the slightest breeze

I've started wearing red lipstick
Just to wash the dishes
Startled by the quickness
Who knows whether my sweater days are numbered,
And as I'm concerned, I'll wear them as I please

In red and redder fleece I crest the hill
On bicycle
Summer descends

The crickets may not know it yet
Just why their singing slows
And grasshoppers fly low, then blow
Up with the wind
Their wings are black and gold

Confidentially, I'd like to be the grasshopper
Essentially subdued and bold

These first three days on Earth,
But God has brought them to us slightly cold
And from his palm,
These first three marbles rolled

And Death took another of our own,
He didn't ask for much the way he could have
I'm glad that I can't give away my youth
To tell the truth I probably would have

But I've started wearing red lipstick
Just to wash the dishes
Startled by the quickness
And my sweater at the slightest breeze

But I've started wearing red lipstick
Just to wash the dishes
Startled by the quickness
Who knows whether my sweater days are numbered,
And as I'm concerned, I'll wear them as I please

In red and redder fleece I crest the hill
On bicycle
Summer descends

The crickets may not know it yet
Just why their singing slows
And grasshoppers fly low, then blow
Up with the wind
Their wings are black and gold

Confidentially, I'd like to be the grasshopper
Essentially subdued and bold

And a song isn't enough for Autumn,
A song isn't enough for you
But a song, a song's a pair of wings
The wind can never whip through

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from Mothers & Daughters, released June 4, 2021
Composed and performed by Norma Jean Haynes

Chris Haynes- Accordion
Anand Nayak- Bass, Banjo
J.J. O'Connell- Percussion

Engineered by Judy Elliot-Brown at the Institute for the Musical Arts, Goshen MA

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