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Butterfingers

from Safe Places To Dream by Alice Bierhorst

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Butterfingers
©1997 Alice Bierhorst/BMI

You walk into my house and you break all the dishes
You slip into the ocean and you stumble on the fish
You leap up to the west and fall flat to the east
And the one that you love most is the one that leaves you least

BUTTERFINGERS, BUTTERFINGERS

Like a pretty pony drawing circles in the hay
Not a cloud up in the sky but your forecast calls for rain
You open up your arms to embrace the summer rain
And the sky pelts you with hailstones - guess the joke's on you again

BUTTERFINGERS, BUTTERFINGERS
BUTTERFINGERS, BUTTERFINGERS

You're a greasy habit that everybody shuns
Like a bunny rabbit facing down a loaded gun
But everybody loves you when you pose as punching bag
So smile for the camera - it'll turn you into a hag

BUTTERFINGERS, BUTTERFINGERS
BUTTERFINGERS, BUTTERFINGERS

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from Safe Places To Dream, released February 12, 1997

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Alice Bierhorst New York, New York

Alice Bierhorst is a visionary singer and songmaker. Ethereal and earthy, tender and tough, her music draws upon classical music, 60's and 70's pop, roots rock, Tin Pan Alley, and dreamy indie folk. Debussy, Kate Bush, Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Nick Drake, Brian Wilson, Judee Sill in the mix. A voice clear and plaintive, airy and grounded, full of wonder, tenderness and love. ... more

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