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DIZZY SPELL

looking out, looking up
he took the book and threw it up
shoo it off, newly tough
and roughly just the same
for twenty days and thirty more
still standing by the open door
back door, cellar door
dancing on the cluttered floor
prancing and romancing
taking chances on the fence
making sense of the densely packed
six-gun rack in a lean-to shack
face the fact, it's getting back
to daylight, stagefright
waiting for another night
to chase those cosmic blues away

away from the river
away from the cold
away from the darkness
away from the old
scenery misfit, half-wit, stupid git
it's just a taste of the waste
they fed us here on tuesday
must be a slow news day
and the dues that we paid
were too short
contort, distort, retort
and the dancer closes her eyes
and turns away from the sky
and the mirrors
and the healers
and the dealers of the lie

into the shelter
the swealtering room
the rickety porch
her heart like a torch
descended on me
just like a candlewax scorch
and the sting of a two karat ring
made her sing like a
fallen angel would sing
and we bring them our rain
and we show them new pain
it's a shame we lost all track of the time

spinspinspinspinspinspinspinspin
spinspinspinspinspinspinspinspin
spinspinspinspinspinspinspinspin
spinspinspinspinspinspinspinspin
hit the ground.

4/10/05

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from Pretending To Fly (fdm096), released December 15, 2017

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Chris Anderson Alexandria, Virginia

Chris is a wildly prolific songwriter who has hovered among the outskirts of the music world for over 30 years. On his own label, Flying Dachshund Music, Chris has released 154 CDs, 96 of them being full-length albums. That's just the tip of the iceberg and there are no signs of stopping. Ever.

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