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Law of Averages

from Earthbound by Alice Bierhorst

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the endless slip back towards darkness and dissatisfaction

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Law of Averages
©2002 Alice Bierhorst/BMI

I'm breaking the LAW OF AVERAGES
The one that denies we're all infinite
A long roll of tape with flies stuck in it
Spoiling the ointment of happiness

I'm breaking the surface that we tend with care
Underneath something we don't dare
Disturb from its slumber
Release into the air

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Peace on earth will be delayed again
Peace on earth will be delayed again

I'm looking over my shoulder
Surveying the places I've been
I know that as I grow older
I'll long to see them again

I'm breaking the LAW OF AVERAGES
The one that condemns us to repeat
The same old mistakes
Again and again

CHORUS

I get down on my knees and I pray for a blank slate
The kind where no dirty words can accumulate
The kind that you never have to wipe clean

CHORUS

Peace on Earth will be delayed

If you don't know by now
If you don't know by now
You'll never see the day

CHORUS

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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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