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Mockingbird Diet

from Nature's Got Away by Karl Blau

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Nature’s got a way
Of keeping herself occupied
Of keeping track of who lives
And who dies
Not that there’s no inbetween to report
I know a few creatures
Alive with a sort of
Death-defying look in their eyes

It’s not fair to say we know
Just who is who
We can’t walk in their shoes
Just by reciting their lines
But it seems like we can say
We’ve been there many times

Like the mockingbird eats
The black widow spider
Piece by piece to eventually hide her
Beneath his dark feathers
Surrounding bones
Heartbeats will accompany moans

You’ve got a long list to trade
You’ve got a lot to let go
Spiritually would you believe
We’ve got a lot of baggage to leave
Would you believe
We have a lot to let go

Simple can at first sound so terrible
It can sound so vague and like
What is there for me to hold onto?

Well how about a dirt clod?
A ripe strawberry?
What about a nightingale’s song?

The mockingbird eats the black widow spider
Piece by piece to eventually hide her
Beneath his dark feathers
Surrounding bones
Heartbeats will accompany moans
Heartbeats will accompany moans

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from Nature's Got Away, released September 23, 2008
Markly Morrison - bass Lindsay Schief - drums, Eli Moore - guitar, Ashley Eriksson - piano, Andrew Ebright - glockenspiel, David Jaberi - bells, Karl Blau voice and lead guitar

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Karl Blau Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

These records are all over the place. My latest studio record Love & Harm consists of a modern country rock sound featuring the pedal steel of Jon Hyde (Introducing) and amazing players you'd recognize from playing on stage with me. Living in Germantown, Philadlephia, started a recording project called Opal Eskar, check that out too. ... more

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