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Dark Horse

from Maker's Mark by Alice Bierhorst

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Velvet folk, melancholy meditation on outsider status

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Dark Horse
©1998 Alice Bierhorst/BMI

When you're the DARK HORSE
You wish you had an eraser
So when you looked in the mirror
You didn't have to face her

That lonely twin
That answers to your name
And when you see her you understand
Why you're somehow to blame

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You wanna know if it's all just a special effect
Does it show, all the years of silent neglect

When you're the DARK HORSE
They think you're made out of leather
They pound you with words of stone
And they expect you to weather

When you're the DARK HORSE
You can't peel off your label
And when you try to join them
They say there's no room at the table

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When you're the DARK HORSE
Sometimes you hear bells
Bombs bursting in air
The sudden shock of shells

When you're the DARK HORSE
You don't sleep well at night
Always hoping to catch a ride
On an unearthly light

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from Maker's Mark, released September 9, 1998

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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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