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Grown in the womb when she was eighteen
And the soul come to teach her was sweet and serene
She painted with mud on warm summer sidewalks
And collected cicadas who shed their shells right off

They lived on her dresser until the next year
When fresh new reminders of death reappeared
Mama, she asked, what's become of their souls?
And the mama, she knew but she said, I don't know,

And instead asked a question of her perfect babe,
She said, where did you live before you knew your name?
And the journeying child whose present was youth
Looked at the shells on her dresser and cooed,

La la la la la when I died
My thoughts became raindrops and fell from the sky
They washed all the grass and cicadas in the meadow
As I kissed my old body goodbye and hello and goodbye

The mother grew ill when the girl was eighteen
And whispered in languages sweet and serene
The dreams of the dying remembered the child
As part of the beauty that life put on trial

And her mother's body called love's eye to witness
Asking her daughter to cure her last sickness
And the journeying child whose present was new
Looked at the shell of her mother and cooed,

La la la la la when you die
Your thoughts become raindrops and fall from the sky
They'll wash all the grass and cicadas in the meadow
As you kiss your old body goodbye and hello and goodbye

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from Five Letters From Far Away, released December 1, 2012
Julia Massey: vox, keys
Geoff Gibbs: bass
Dominic Cortese: drums

David Miner, producer
Carl Saff, mastering

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Julia Massey & the Five Finger Discount Seattle, Washington

Julia Massey & The Five Finger Discount is a sweetly trippy, magical musical trio led by dreamy flaxen-blonde vocalist/keyboardist Julia and flanked by her happily-raging rhythm section, Matt Deason (bass) and Dominic Cortese (drums).

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