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Emerald City

from Here Today by Alice Bierhorst

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country mouse longing for the bright lights of the big city

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Emerald City
©2003 Alice Bierhorst/BMI

There is only one way out of town
The track has grown muddy and tamped down
Heads of the flowers are bent to the ground
Pointing the way out of town

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The water tastes bitter
The morning always breaks sweet
In the distance, EMERALD CITY
Always just out of reach

Over yonder three cows on a rise
Swatting their halo of flies
They're not simple, they're simply surprised
It's stunning to be so alive

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Every heart not yet broken will be
Pierced by the arrow of time
Drawn by forces nobody can see
We purchase each day at a time

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from Here Today, released February 12, 2003

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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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