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Earthbound

from Earthbound by Alice Bierhorst

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battling the inertia of small town life

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Earthbound
©2002 Alice Bierhorst/BMI

This sweet town
Often mistaken for the moon
With names like Beauty
To hide the humble truth

This sweet town's
Got a hole a mile long
You can lose your reflection
If you're not that strong

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This fading light
It's gonna fail us if we let it
Slip away, forget us
These stolen stars
They're just like puppets on a string
But the sky don't mean a thing
When you're tied to the ground
When you're EARTHBOUND

This sweet town
Can pick you clean just like a hawk
Hovering at twilight
Feasting on loose talk
This sweet town
Where the water tastes like wine
It can make you drunk
It can surely make you blind

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My sweetheart
I found him nestled in the grass
With a handful of answers
So I never have to ask
Each new growth
How it roots me to my home
It can reach up and strangle me
So I never walk alone

CHORUS

CHORUS

When you're EARTHBOUND

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from Earthbound, released February 12, 2002

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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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