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In the Jar

from I Grew Up Here by fawns

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There's a harsh wind blowing the tears across the streets
And the gutters are clean for tonight
There's a salty whisper from the city to her lover
Please just let me be
While the engines just keep working to drown out the sound
Of the lonely hearts that beat until they burn
There are souls that linger from deep within the mound
Trembling like leaves upon the ground

Still the tock is ticking leaving nothing behind
But the shadows of the things we long to keep alive
And all of us are waiting with yearning for that sign
That tells us we can hang our coats to dry
Leave a penny in the jar, he said
And I think I'll take mine

There's a fire that eats the sinners and the saints
Screaming all the while that these things are the same
Well everybody's rushing to the other side
I've not yet seen the other lights
So the books lie cold and restless as the words'll disappear
And the pages lie like ashes in the earn
And the barren trees like soldiers who hold all of our secrets
While laziness just spits upon their face

Still the tock is ticking leaving nothing behind
But the shadows of the things we long to keep alive
And all of us are waiting with yearning for that sign
That tells us we can hang our coats to dry
Leave a penny in the jar, he said
And I think I'll take mine

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from I Grew Up Here, released January 11, 2019
Mercedes Fawns - acoustic and electric guitars, vocals

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fawns Lethbridge, Alberta

Mercedes Fawns and Richard Charlton started fawns in 2016. The five-piece band invokes deep and layered alt rock songwriting, inspired by the ebbs and flows of mental health, complicated relationships, and nostalgic memories of Western Canada.

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