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I had a mind of my own
I was gonna form clouds with words
and speak rain in tongues on your wedding day
I was gonna be the one to prophecy your mermaid wife
how she’d only step down from the movie screen
long enough for you to take a bite

I wanted more than your bed
I’m a cupid of words like arrows
shooting straight to your head
I was gonna be the one
but there she was with her hair hung down
and the ocean on her back

It all happened so quickly
I’m afraid I missed my cue
or maybe I’m just tired

I probed your mind with my tongue
burned you with chaliced lips
you mistook for a mermaid’s kiss
but I wanted more than your lust
I’m the sepulchral groan of the wind
I could beat your words to dust
Just haven’t bothered for a long time
a long time

I can’t be what you want me to be
fumbling through your brain, riding on the waves of a fool’s mythology
Everything that you can’t have, that’s what you want
You always look to the big screen mermaids
‘cause they can’t run like I can

The ocean won’t underwrite your claims
but there are currents beneath the surface
bowing down to your name
You’re a pocket of sand I’ve swallowed
Parched, my lips run dry
and you’re asleep on the coastline, tanning,
so vain you won’t deny
what I’ve been saying for a long time
a long time

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from This Broken Moment, released October 22, 2010
Jessica Smucker: vocals, keys
Erin Gosik: background vocals
Rich Sexton: guitar
Dave Sheaffer: bass
Mike Roy: drums
Robin Chambers: violin, viola

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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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