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OUT: 4. RUSSIA
RUSSIA The branches cold With snowfall thick You were so impatient To show me The eyes of a child Whose pride is stirred to the quick When I touched you I knew that you were sick The smell of death Ran...
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OUT: 2. PREDICTABLE
PREDICTABLE (to America) You are so predictable I thought you were special, but now I know what you’re about Even so, I know it’s my fault My face won’t betray what I’d like to say even now And you...
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OUT: 7. MON ETOILE
MON ETOILEÔ mon étoile Tu as brillé si fort Tu appelais le désastre Précipitant ta mort Ton rythme si rapide Tournoyait dans un vide Et à t’approcher Nous nous sommes brûlés Ô mon étoile Tu as brillé...
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OUT: 8. ARCHIPELS
ARCHIPELS (à M.) Tu as placé avec soin ces îles Pour que je découvre lentement, Sans me lasser des charmes et prodiges Et tous les temples t’appartenant Et chaque fois je risquai la mer Juste pour le...
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OUT: 10. PARIS, 2008
PARIS, 2008 They were waiting Flowers in their hands But you said nothing They’d understand Just empty papers It ruined your mouth Now they move their lips, muted And filth comes out Surrounded by...
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OUT: 1. FLOWER
FLOWER Please don’t let the failure Failure of my quiet face and tongue To arrive at what my thoughts Thoughts have always wanted to have done Discourage you I have come with nothing Except the fear of...
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OUT: 5. CHAINS
CHAINS (Vietnam, Cambodia, Bagdad, Fallujah, Lebanon, Gaza...) Tendrils Bring out some vague image to the light of day And push back the curtains, another victory We close our eyes to breathe The warm...
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OUT: 6. INITIATION
INITIATION Like a ghost, I move through you And I hover over the withered fields I no longer remember the words that brought me here They have, like me, disappeared And left these empty shells to take...
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OUT: 11. I WONDER AS I WANDER (trad./J. Niles/arr. Gehrke)
John Jacob Niles :"I Wonder As I Wander' grew out of three lines of music sung for me by a girl who called herself Annie Morgan. The place was Murphy, North Carolina, and the time was July, 1933. The...
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