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wild sage

D shadows on the broad lawn, Em D canopy of trees D sometime after midnight, Em D the ground is gonna freeze.

F# G birds in the frosty air,

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what are they doing there?

greenhouse full of butcher's broom, breezes at my back some time before the sun comes up, the earth is gonna crack.

I look down at my hands, like they were mirrors.

fresh coffee at sunrise, warm my lips against the cup. been waiting such a long time now, my number's finally coming up.

all the neighbors come on out to their front porches, waving torches.