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Dear John Letter to Jesus

from This Broken Moment by Jessica Smucker & The Sleeping World

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Listen Jesus
I don't mean to throw your love away
You're a good guy
You've got pretty eyes
and some witty things to say
But I've been walking through these streets alone
through quiet nights and silver rains
I put my trust in things like gravity
It has your force without the name

You've been true but I need more
than promises of doom
It's the 21st century, if you keep telling me
how you've bled for me, well then you're just another
bearer of bad news
Your broken body on the shelf for me -
it's the last thing that I need
when all my friends have left the bar at night
and you are all that still remains

I tried to tell you to go back to heaven where you belong
I tried to stop writing you into every song
They say you're merciful
Then why don't you go? Leave me alone
I'm not a bad girl. I've just got too much going on

I tried but you just stand there
holding out your hand
The saddest part is I really do think you'd understand

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from This Broken Moment, released October 22, 2010
Dear John Letter to Jesus
Jessica Smucker: vocals, keys
Erin Gosik: background vocals
Rich Sexton: guitar
Dave Sheaffer: bass
Mike Roy: drums
Robin Chambers: violin, viola
Charlie Burnett: double bass

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Jessica Smucker Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Jessica has performed all over the Eastern U.S. and has won several national songwriting contests including the Connecticut Folk Festival and SolarFest. She has opened for notable acts like Cheryl Wheeler and Bill Staines, and shared festival stages with Patty Larkin, Dar Williams and Antje Duvekot. Her third full-length album, Lucid Stories, Tentative Lies, is due out in September 2020. ... more

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