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Unnatural Disaster

by Patrick Dunn

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...and all my trust hides like a bed sheet Kicked onto the floor where you sleep The people dance, they're all moving their feet But the only rhythm I know is from the steam heat Addie would you come back home if you please I know it's hard when you've been displaced But I thought you'd miss us a little I guess it's hard and you had a bit too much heat When the water filled the street you thought it'd be easier if it was snow Addie would you come back home There's no need to be alone, if you please I think you should Because with the ocean gone, we'll rebuild this town and you and me The way I see things in regard to our mistakes In the face of this disaster they are relieved So lose your overcoat and take that river south Remember your old house, it needs a little heat Addie would you come back home There's no need to be alone, if you please I think you should Because with the ocean gone, we'll rebuild this town and you and me The deviled voices, they sing me to sleep On the eve of a sad anniversary I still keep an old box with some of your things I found that letter you wrote but couldn't give me Well you should have Because I would have Understood Addie would you come back home There's no need to be alone, if you please I think you should Because with the ocean gone, we'll rebuild this town and you and me We'll rebuild this town and you and me Or at least just you and me
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It fell with the rain while I was still asleep On the wet grass, I heard them scream A house of firewood, when lit from underneath Can often resemble a dream She was raised on the cross of Jesus His words were never far from her mouth But when that fire took her daddy She wondered, "Where is God now?" It took her two months to get a night of sleep And two years to make peace with his stone Every man that loved her would somehow learn to leave All she ever wanted was to be alone She was raised on the cross of Jesus His words were never far from her mouth But when that fire took her daddy She wondered, "Where is God now?" If you could have seen the paintings on her wall The ones she made with her words They're buried now down beneath the ashes And evidence of everyone's little girl Now, it's been seven years since I last heard from Addie Greene And I hope that she's doing all right I wish that I could tell her the things I still believe Without bringing back the pain of that night She was raised on the cross of Jesus His words were never far from her mouth But when that fire took her daddy She wondered, "Where is God now?" If you could have seen the paintings on her wall The ones she made with her words They're buried now down beneath the ashes And evidence of everyone's little girl It fell with the rain while I was still asleep On the wet grass, I heard them scream A house of firewood, when lit from underneath Can often resemble a dream
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Addie Greene 04:15
She entered the back office of the Atlantic Motel And slid off her engagement ring The first finger on her opposing hand Returned the pressure of a trigger spring The shotgun shell, the old motel Were scenes from another life And the common-law husband waiting out front Now had a fugitive wife Ain't this just how you want it to be? Cut your ties Dry your eyes Ain't this just what you want, Addie Greene? Nothing was taken, no cash went missing The drawer was left untouched And the only known witness claimed to have heard "This is from all of us." It was discovered the motel victim Had a string of previous arrests Including charges of arson on which he was never convicted Seven years prior to this mess Ain't this just how you want it to be? Cut your ties Dry your eyes Ain't this just what you want, Addie Greene?
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When you go walking outside of your door The people, they're bound to moan They'll get to talking, but idle hands Aren't staying inside their own When the devil he comes To split their tongues Won't you keep him outside your door Touch. Breathe. Just keep him outside your door I'll tell you Addie one thing I've learned From living a life alone Is when the neighbors, they question Your true intentions it's best just to stay at home When the devil he comes With his iron lungs Won't you keep him outside your door Touch. Breathe. Just keep him outside your door Now when I lost my son in that midnight fire His life should have been my own Because a grown man is still a father's pride When his wife's already gone When the devil he comes To steal your sons Won't you keep him outside your door Touch. Breathe. Just keep him outside your door The preacher has come, the preacher has gone He talked about my soul The words were all there until I shared I had no money for his bowl When the devil he comes With his Bible to thump Won't you keep him outside your door Touch. Breathe. Just keep him outside your door Give my best to that sweet mother of yours Tell her I kept the devil outside my door But if he ever tries to knock it down He'll get a taste of my .44 When the devil he comes With his hired guns Won't you keep him outside your door Touch. Breathe. Just keep him outside your door
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I still remember the comb she used And the small, brown spots on the bone handle The smell of the garden flowers in bloom And the ash on her hands from a white candle Three days before we left The two of us There was a bright sky all filled with white lies Heading out toward the east When the belly-bulged gray night of the rain filled spotlights Lined the way for our feet A dance in 3/4 time For the two that are left
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Go back to the ground from which you came Show me your dust bed, concrete walls again Bring back your slow drain to the sea Bring back what you took from me When I ask for understanding There's a camouflage of words Among them: intuition, absurd A river, a storm, and her Did it feel like a century A one-hundred year flood Was it time to drain the mountains Did you count the suns? I'm known to be a patient man I've practiced my reserve Holding out hands in her direction To see what I deserve A man is a balance of actions What he does and what he should Well, I've waited long enough to learn Waiting is no good Well I hear you callin', mama Through the window of the night No, I never gave up I never dropped my sights Off that dirty horizon line Across that red desert burn Across them skeletal rail tracks In case you would return I kept your candle burning bright I kept the comb in your room I kept the phonograph records For you to come home to I ceded understanding About as much as I could And I've waited long enough to learn Waiting is no good Go back to the ground from which you came Show me your dust bed, concrete walls again Bring back your slow drain to the sea Bring back what you took from me What I've done and what I should Well, waiting is no good
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Baby, what's the use of this now If you don't like this arrangement you better speak out Lady, why the teary fight You know I've been working for a living so we don't have to sleep out at night Lately, you say I'm not spending my time Walking and talking with you, but that just ain't right Because baby, you're always on my mind All the time As I'm working for a living so we don't have to sleep out at night Now, I never talk about what I'm missin' And all I ever ask for is a little kissin' When I get home from a double-shift These old bones could use a little lift So come on now, be a friendly sight Be an ally to this man as he does you right I'm tired, I'm not one for fights You know I've been working for a living so we don't have to sleep out at night -- Why you comin' home acting like I don't know where you been I know you're puttin' in the hours but I don't think that's quite it Some nights I swear you love the liquor more than you love your kid Tie one on now But I'm a hard life livin' so we don't have to sleep out at night Believe me when I say I know you're a hard workin' man Believe me when I say I thank the Lord you're a good man But there's still some things, love, you don't understand One's a good wife When she's a hard life livin' so we don't have to sleep out at night I've been stayin' home raising your kid I don't think you know how hard that is You come home complainin' about that and this Before you even give your little wife a kiss So come on now, be a friendly sight Be an ally to this woman as she does you right I'm tired, I'm not one for fights You know I've been hard life livin' so we don't have to sleep out And we're both workin' for a living so we don't have to sleep out It's a hard life livin' so we don't have to sleep out at night
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I was sitting heavy at the edge of the continent I was sitting heavy at the edge of the continent Hoping the letter that I sent matches what I meant I was thinking about my baby, I don't know what's left of us now I was thinking about my baby, I don't know what's left of us now Gonna find that woman, gonna find her, though I don't know how If I were a sparrow, I'd be a fighting bird And I'd sing out the golden word To understand, I'll be a hammer in her hand Stray from the windows of this abandoned beast I'm shutting it down, I'm heading east I've done all I can in no man's promised land I kept quite when my baby committed her crime Yes, I kept quite when my lady committed her crime I told my lady with a loaded gun that man deserved to die But she's a good woman, she's got heartache and a hard smile She's a good woman, she's got heartache and a hard smile She's a hard working woman pulling spades in style If I were a sparrow, I'd be a fighting bird And I'd sing out the golden word To understand, I'll be a hammer in her hand Stray from the windows of this abandoned beast I'm shutting it down, I'm heading east I've done all I can in no man's promised land I drove it west, man, I didn't waste no time I drove it west, man, I didn't waste no time But we were never followed across state lines We were thinking California could save us from what we'd seen We were thinking California could save us from what we'd seen But Los Angeles don't give a damn about your dreams If I were a sparrow, I'd be a fighting bird And I'd sing out the golden word To understand, I'll be a hammer in her hand Stray from the windows of this abandoned beast I'm shutting it down, I'm heading east I've done all I can in no man's promised land
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She was the belle of the city She was the belle of the city She was the belle of the city You know that I ain't lyin' She was the belle of the city When she came into my life She was the belle of the city That's why I made her my wife When we moved to California When we moved toward western skies When we moved to L.A. County You know it was all right She was the belle of the city When she came into my life She was the belle of the city That's why I made her my wife When I go back to New York City When I go back to Boston town When I go back to that city It's like my history coming down She was the belle of the city When she came into my life She was the belle of the city That's why I made her my wife She was the belle of the city When she came into my life She was the belle of the city That's why I made her my wife She was the belle of the city She was the belle of the city She was the belle of the city You know that I ain't lyin'

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released July 18, 2012

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Patrick Dunn Sacramento, California

Patrick Dunn writes and plays music in the tradition of the old soul, the rambler, the traveling singer-songwriter -- characters found along the ever-growing timeline of honest music. Pulling from his influences, Patrick plays a mix of folk, soul, country, and rock and roll that has come to be called, for better and for worse, Americana. ... more

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