Northern Flicker

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Old dry thigh, northern flicker
It’s no lie I tried to love her
We were babies far from mother
Mountains higher than each other

The shape of your strange name:
Rocks to cotton moth wings
The water in your eyes:
Pacific Northwest open skies

No bark, no bite
I’m a shell of a former life
All bark, no bite
I’m a ghost of a past life

Now you swing your lantern home
The valley did not hold us long
But I still swallow your name
Tender leaf, razor blade

Old dry thigh, northern flicker
It’s no lie I tried to love her
We were babies far from mother
Mountains higher than each other

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from Arlene, released March 12, 2021
Written by Kate Long
Played by Joseph Decosimo, Kate Long, Glenn Myers, Matthew O'Connell, Nathan Salsburg, Joan Shelley
Arranged by Joseph O'Connell

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