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The Needle & Thread

from Spine Adagio by Joplin Rice

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how can you say
that it’s all in my head
when you’ll love me one day
& the next you’ll be dead
but I’ll find a way
to hear what you said
when you left this parade
& sought out the needle and thread

oh shame
you protect me so well
oh shame
don’t blame
or expect me to tell
say my name

terrible lies
that spill out and stain
our clean black insides
will show up again
the and last time
will not be the same
but your needs all rely
on protecting the secrets and shame

your nervous cat’s smile
will rot through your teeth
with the thoughtless denial
what you’re spitting at me
I’m coughing up smiles
that’ll bleed in the heat
the punishment’s mild
but the crime begs to twist inside me

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from Spine Adagio, released June 23, 2012

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Joplin Rice Lexington, Kentucky

Joplin Rice is a songwriter living in Richmond, Kentucky.
He has released numerous other albums both under his own name and as Ezra Triste.
Every band he forms dies.

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